This ordinance and the various parts, sentences, paragraphs, sections and clauses it contains are hereby declared to be severable. Should any part, sentence, paragraph, section or clause be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by any court for any reason, such judgment shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.

Furthermore, should the application of any provision of this ordinance to a particular property, building, or structure be adjudged invalid by any court, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provision to any other property, building, or structure in the township, unless otherwise stated in the judgment.

The zoning ordinance adopted by the Charter Township of Canton on March 25, 1980, and all amendments thereto, shall be repealed on the effective date of this ordinance. The repeal of the above ordinance and its amendments does not affect or impair any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued, or acquired, or any liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time enforced, prosecuted, or inflicted.

A.

Chronology of actions pursuant to adoption.

1.

Public hearing by planning commission: October 24, 1988.

2.

Resolution of planning commission to approve zoning ordinance text and map and recommend township board adoption: September 18, 1989.

3.

Approval by county coordinating committee: October 18, 1989.

4.

Resolution of township board to adopt zoning ordinance text and map: November 28, 1989, published December 14, 1989.

B.

Effective date. Made and passed by the Township Board of the Charter Township of Canton, Wayne County, Michigan on this 28th day of November, 1989, and effective immediately upon publication of notice of ordinance adoption by the township clerk in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township of Canton, pursuant to the provisions of sections 11 and 11a of Michigan Public Act No. 184 of 1943 (MCL 125.282, 125.282a), as amended.

We hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance is a true copy of an ordinance as enacted by the Township Board of Trustees on the 14th day of December, 1989.

I, Terry G. Bennett, Clerk of the Charter Township of Canton, hereby certify that notice of adoption of the foregoing ordinance was published pursuant to the provisions of sections 11 and 11a of Michigan Public Act No. 184 of 1943 (MCL 125.282, 125.282a), as amended, in the Canton Eagle, a newspaper of general circulation in the Township of Canton on the 14th day of December, 1989.