[Ord. No. 120, § 1, 4-17-2000]
This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the Chesterfield Township Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau Ordinance.
[Ord. No. 120, § 2, 4-17-2000]
This ordinance is adopted in accordance with and pursuant to Act. 12, Public Acts of 1994 and Act 246, Public Acts of 1945, as amended.
[Ord. No. 120, § 3, 4-17-2000]
(a) 
Establishment. The township municipal ordinance violations bureau ("bureau") is hereby established pursuant to MCL 600.8396, as it may be amended from time to time, for the purpose of accepting admissions of responsibility for ordinance violations designated as municipal civil infractions, and to collect and retain civil fines/costs for such violations as prescribed herein.
(b) 
Location. The bureau shall be located at the township treasurer's office at the township hall located at 47275 Sugarbush, Chesterfield Township, Michigan 48047.
(c) 
Personnel. All personnel of the bureau shall be township employees. The township board may, by resolution, designate a bureau clerk with the duties prescribed herein and as otherwise may be delegated by the township board.
[Ord. No. 120, § 4, 4-17-2000]
The bureau shall only have authority to accept admissions of responsibility, without explanation, for municipal civil infractions for which a municipal ordinance violations notice has been issued and served, and to collect and retain the scheduled civil fines/costs for such violations specified pursuant to this division or other applicable ordinances. The bureau shall not accept payment of fines/costs from any person who denies having committed the alleged violation or who admits responsibility only with explanation. The bureau shall not determine or attempt to determine the truth or falsity of any fact or matter relating to an alleged ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 120, § 5, 4-17-2000]
(a) 
Ordinance violation notice requirements. Municipal civil infraction violation notices shall be issued and served by authorized township officials as appointed by resolution of the township board of trustees. A municipal ordinance violation notice shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) 
The violation alleged to have occurred;
(2) 
The date upon which the violation occurred;
(3) 
The time within which the person must contact the bureau for purposes of admitting or denying responsibility for the violation;
(4) 
The amount of the scheduled fine/costs for the violation;
(5) 
The methods by which the violation may be admitted or denied;
(6) 
The consequences of failing to pay the required fines/costs or contact the bureau within the required time frame;
(7) 
The address and telephone number of the bureau; and
(8) 
The days and hours that the bureau is open.
(b) 
Denial of responsibility. Where a person fails to admit responsibility, without explanation, for a violation within the jurisdiction of the bureau and pay the required civil fines/costs with the designated time period, the bureau clerk or other designated township employee(s) shall advise the complainant to issue and file a municipal civil infraction citation for such violation with the court having jurisdiction over the matter. The citation filed with the court shall consist of a sworn complaint containing, at a minimum, the allegations stated in the municipal ordinance violation notice and shall fairly inform the alleged violator how to respond to the citation. A copy of the citation may be served by certified mail upon the alleged violator at the alleged violator's last known address. The citation shall thereafter be processed in the manner required by Michigan Statutory Law.
[Ord. No. 120, § 6, 4-17-2000]
Unless a different schedule of civil fines is provided for by an applicable ordinance, the civil fines payable to the bureau upon admission of responsibility by persons served with municipal ordinance violation notices shall be determined pursuant to the following schedule:
1st violation
$50
2nd violation of same offense
$75
3rd violation of same offense
$100
4th or subsequent violation of same offense
$250
In addition to the above-prescribed civil fines, costs in the amount of $20 shall be assessed by the bureau if the fine is not paid within 10 days of the date of service of the municipal ordinance violation notice.
[Ord. No. 120, § 7, 4-17-2000]
The bureau clerk or other designated township official/employee shall retain a copy of all municipal ordinance violation notices, and make a report available to the township board, quarterly concerning the number of admissions and denials of responsibility for ordinance violations within the jurisdiction of the bureau and the amount of fines/costs collected with respect to such violations. The civil fines/costs collected shall be delivered to the township treasurer and shall be deposited in the general fund of the township.
[Ord. No. 120, § 8, 4-17-2000]
Nothing in this division shall be deemed to require the township to initiate its municipal civil infraction ordinance enforcement activity through the issuance of an ordinance violation notice. As to each ordinance violation designated as a municipal civil infraction the township may, at its sole discretion, proceed directly with the issuance of a municipal civil infraction citation or take such other enforcement action as is authorized by Michigan Statutory law.