Staff
Zoning Officer
ZO Authorities & Responsibilities
The Ordinance Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to enforce all ordinances of the Township, whether currently or hereafter enacted, and whether such ordinances specifically designate a different official to enforce the same or do not designate any particular enforcing officer. Where a particular officer is so designated in any such ordinance, the authority of the Ordinance Enforcement Officer to enforce the same shall be in addition and supplementary to the authority granted to such other specific officer. Any ordinance-enforcing authority of (the Township Supervisor/Superintendent and any other) officers specifically designated in any Township ordinance shall continue in full force and effect and shall in no way be diminished or impaired by the terms of the within ordinance.
The ordinance enforcement duties herein authorized shall include, among others, the following: Investigating ordinance violations; Serving notice of violations; Serving appearance tickets as authorized under Chapter 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, Public Act 175 of 1927, as amended (MCL 764.9c); Appearing in court or other judicial proceedings to assist in the prosecution of ordinance violators, and such other ordinance enforcement duties as may be delegated by the Township Supervisor/Superintendent or assigned by the Township Attorney.