[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of
Putnam 4-17-1991 by Ord. No. 22 (Ch. 6 of the 2004 Township Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Municipal civil infractions — See Ch. 55.
The purpose of this chapter is to secure the public peace, health,
safety, and welfare of the residents and property owners of the Township
of Putnam, by the prohibition of whatever annoys, injures or endangers
the safety, health, comfort or repose of the public; offends public
decency; interferes with, obstructs or renders dangerous any street,
highway, navigable lake or stream; or in any way renders the public
insecure in life or property. Public nuisances shall include, but
not be limited to, whatever is forbidden by any provisions of this
chapter. No person shall commit, create, or maintain any nuisance.
No person shall have in his possession, either inside or outside
of any building, structure, or dwelling, in a place accessible to
children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator
or any other similar airtight container of any kind that has a snap
latch or other locking device thereon, without first removing the
snap latch or other locking device, or the doors, from such icebox,
refrigerator, or other similar container.
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Editor's Note: See also MCLA § 750.493d, Removal
of locking devices from abandoned, etc., iceboxes or refrigerators.
A.
Junk automobiles include any motor vehicle that meets any of the
following criteria:
(1)
A vehicle that has been unlicensed for use upon the highways of the
State of Michigan for a period in excess of 30 days;
(2)
Any motor vehicle that has been inoperative for any reason for a
period in excess of 30 days;
(3)
Any vehicle that has had one or more wheels removed for a period
in excess of 30 days;
(4)
Any vehicle that has had the engine removed from the vehicle for
a period in excess of 30 days; or
(5)
Any vehicle that has removed from it any part necessary for the vehicle
to be operative on the highways of the State of Michigan for a period
in excess of 30 days.
B.
Junk automobiles prohibited. No person shall store or cause to be
stored junk automobiles on any property in the Township of Putnam,
except in a completely enclosed, permanent building unless there is
in force a valid junkyard license issued by the appropriate governmental
agency.
A.
"Junk" is defined to include parts of machinery or motor vehicles,
unused stoves or other appliances stored in the open, remnants of
wood, metal or other castoff material of any kind, whether or not
the same could be put to any reasonable use.
B.
No person shall store or accumulate or cause to be stored or accumulated
junk, trash, or refuse of any kind.
[Amended 11-19-2014 by Ord. No. 64]
A.
Each of the following conditions regarding structures is hereby considered
a nuisance:
(1)
Any structure or any part thereof that is overcrowded or not provided
with adequate means of egress or ingress;
(2)
Any structure that does not have adequate facilities for the disposal
of human excreta or other sewage;
(3)
Any structure that does not have a reasonably necessary amount of
clean water for use on the premises;
(4)
Any structure that is not adequately ventilated, drained, cleaned,
and lighted;
(5)
Any structure, yard, or lot that is conductive to the harboring or
breeding of insects, vermin, rats or other rodents;
(6)
All cellars, foundations, and/or excavations for any building, the
bottom of which contains stagnant or putrid water;
(7)
An unclean structure, yard, or lot that includes any unreasonable
accumulation of garbage, rubbish, ashes, branches, leaves, or yard
clippings;
(8)
A structure that has light, air, or sanitation facilities that are
inadequate to protect the health, safety, or general welfare of those
who live or may live within;
(9)
A structure, or part thereof, that is likely to partially or entirely
collapse, or some part of the foundation or underpinning is likely
to fall or give way so as to injure persons or damage property;
(10)
A structure that has become vacant, dilapidated, and open at
door or window, leaving the interior of the structure exposed to the
elements or accessible to entrance by trespassers or animals or open
to casual entry;
(11)
A structure that has settled to such an extent that walls or
other structural portions have less resistance to winds than is required
in the case of new construction;
(12)
A structure, or any portion thereof, that is partially completed,
unless it is in the active process of construction and/or completion
in accordance with a valid building permit;
(13)
A hole, excavation, shaft, pit, trench, partially constructed
basement, or other nonnatural opening in the ground, if it is not
filled in with dirt or safely and sufficiently covered or fenced with
a good and substantial fence at a height of not less than four feet
so as to prevent access by an unauthorized person; and
(14)
A hole, excavation, shaft, pit, trench, partially constructed
basement, or other nonnatural opening in the ground that is accumulating
stagnant or putrid water.
B.
It shall be unlawful for an owner or agent to maintain or occupy
an unsafe structure.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump rubbish or waste
materials on any land in Putnam Township except in and on public or
private dumping grounds as may be provided for that purpose. It shall
be unlawful for any person to dump rubbish or waste materials within
the right-of-way of any public street, highway, or park. All public
or private dumping grounds shall be located not less than 100 feet
from any public street, highway, or park; nor less than 500 feet from
any inhabited buildings and/or recorded residential subdivision. Such
dumping grounds shall be reached by a suitable service road of adequate
width to permit safe travel. All such dumping grounds shall be burned,
leveled and covered with a layer of dirt as often as necessary to
eliminate odors and minimize rats and vermin.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was originally adopted 8-21-1963
as Section II of Ord. No. 2.
[Amended 2-15-1995 by Ord. No. 22-1; 4-19-2000 by Ord. No. 22A]
A.
A person violating this chapter is responsible for a municipal civil infraction as provided in Chapter 55.
B.
Any person or entity guilty of violating this chapter shall also
be subject to civil proceedings for damages and/or injunctive relief
by the Township or by any person or entity injured or damaged by such
violation. Commencement of any such proceedings shall not constitute
an election of remedies.
All persons or entities who/that own, manage, lease, rent or
occupy any structure or the real property upon which the nuisance
exists, shall be equally responsible for keeping the structures and
property in a clean and habitable condition free of all nuisances.
Each party having any of the interests mentioned above shall have
the responsibility of taking all necessary precautions to prevent
any nuisance or other condition detrimental to public health, safety
or general welfare from arising thereon.
