[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of
Buchanan as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 2-20-2020 by Ord. No. 119-2020]
Pursuant to MCLA § 41.186, the Township of Buchanan ("Township") adopts by reference the Buchanan Township Code of Ordinances (the "Code") as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code and consisting of Chapters 1 through 300, which constitutes a complete codification of the ordinances of the Township of Buchanan.
This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after publication.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form shall be filed in the
office of the Township Clerk for use and examination by the public
during normal business hours.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code
shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference
to the "Code of the Township of Buchanan" shall be understood and
intended to include such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions,
amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall
thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the
loose-leaf book containing said Code, as amendments and supplements
thereto.
Within 30 days of the adoption of this ordinance, the Clerk
of the Township shall publish a true copy of this ordinance or a summary
of this ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or someone authorized and
directed by the Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the
book containing the Code required to be filed in his or her office
for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances
adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification shall,
when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such
changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said Code
book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be
purchased from the Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk, upon
the payment of a fee to be set by the Township Board of Trustees,
or may be furnished electronically. The Clerk may also arrange for
procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the Code is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of
the remaining portions of this ordinance or the Code.
A.
Repeal
of inconsistent ordinances. All ordinances and parts thereof not included
in the Code adopted by this ordinance, which are in conflict in whole
or in part with any of the provisions of this Code, are repealed as
of the effective date of this Code, but only to the extent necessary
to give all provisions of this ordinance and the Code full effect.
B.
Repeal
of specific ordinances. The Township Board of Trustees of the Township
has determined that the following ordinances are no longer in effect
or enforceable and hereby specifically repeals the following legislation:
(1)
Legislation, regarding lot division, adopted June 9, 1970.
(2)
Ordinance No. 12, regarding solid waste: garbage, trash and refuse
collection, adopted October 12, 1971.
(3)
Legislation, regarding construction codes: adopting 1973 Uniform
Building Code, adopted October 23, 1974.
(4)
Ordinance No. 119, regarding construction codes: designating enforcement
agency, adopted November 2, 1974.
(5)
Ordinance No. 15, regarding construction codes: electrical code,
adopted December 3, 1978.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption and revision
as part of the Code, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes
were made in one or more ordinances. It is the intention of the Township
Board of Trustees that all such changes be adopted as part of the
Code as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally
amended to read as such.
B.
In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions to previously adopted
ordinances or parts of ordinances as set forth in Schedule A,[1] attached hereto and listed by title below, are made herewith,
to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter
and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been
renumbered and appear in the Code.)
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-10B, the chapters, articles and sections which were added, amended, adopted or repealed by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a history referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, histories indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 2-20-2020 by Ord. No. 119-2020." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township offices.
C.
Nomenclature changes.
(1)
All references to "Berrien County Road Commission" are hereby revised
to "Berrien County Road Department."
(2)
All references to "Department of Consumer and Industry Services"
are hereby revised to "Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs."
(3)
All references to "Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)"
are hereby revised to "Michigan Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Department (EGLE)."
(4)
All references to "Road Commission" are hereby revised to "Road Department."
(5)
All references to "M.S.A." citations are hereby revised to their
corresponding MCLA references. All M.S.A. references will be deleted.
