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Published in 1976 By Order of the City Council
Republished in 2000 By Order of the City Council

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Adopted, March 8, 1976
Effective, April 1, 1976

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CURRENT OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF MADISON HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN

(2024)

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Roslyn Grafstein
Mayor

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Mark Bliss
Mayor Pro Tem

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Sean Fleming
Bill Mier
Emily Rohrbach
David Soltis
Quinn Wright
City Councilmembers

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Melissa Marsh
City Manager

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Larry H. Sherman
City Attorney

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Cheryl E. Rottmann
City Clerk

PREFACE

Part I of this volume contains the Home Rule Charter of the City.

Part II, the Code of Ordinances, constitutes a complete recodification of the ordinances of the City of Madison Heights of a general and permanent nature. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included herein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1958 Madison Heights City Code, as adopted by Ordinance No. 96 on June 11, 1958, and ordinances adopted by the Council subsequent thereto. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of the volume, the reader can locate any section of the 1958 Code, and any subsequent ordinance included herein.

The chapters of the Code have been arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been appropriately catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to correlative chapter provisions and relevant state laws have been included.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the fourteenth section of Chapter 9 is 9-14. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and, at the same time, new sections can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system of numbering. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between Sections 4-4 and 4-5 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 4-4.1, 4-4.2 and 4-4.3, respectively. New chapters may be included by the addition of a fraction after the chapter number, e.g., if the new material is to be included between Chapter 12 and 13, it will be designated as Chapter (12½). Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of each chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

The general index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by city officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this looseleaf system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Code with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into the Code, may be cited as a part thereof as provided in Section 5 of the Adopting Ordinance.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgements

The publication of this Code in 1976 was under the direct supervision of George R. Langford, President, and William J. Carroll, Jr., Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The 2000 Republication was supervised by A. Lawton Langford, President; John Dombrowski, Supplement Supervisor; H. James Thompson, Jr., Supplement Editor; and Mary E. Renfroe, Supplement Proofreader.

The publishers are most grateful to the City Clerk, Ms. Dorothy M. Lents, and the City Attorney, Mr. Harry H. Young, for their supervision, cooperation and interest during the progress of the initial work on this Code. The publisher is most grateful to the administration and staff of the city for their assistance in the course of the 2000 Republication. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.

This Code is presented for the use and benefit of the citizens of the City of Madison Heights, Michigan.

August, 2000

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ORDINANCE NO. 571

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code of Ordinances of the City of Madison Heights, Michigan; Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

The City of Madison Heights Ordains:

Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 30, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Madison Heights, Michigan," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the City adopted on or before December 9, 1974, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof.

Section 2. All provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 1st day of April, 1976, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Madison Heights, adopted on final passage on or before December 9, 1974, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the 1st day of April, 1976.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of such Code, or any provision of any rule or regulation adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, as provided in Section 1-7 of such Code.

Section 5. Any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Madison Heights, Michigan," shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance and Section 1-7 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code, when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such code all provisions which may from time to time be repealed by the City Council. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same.

Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part of or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Madison Heights to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance.

Section 9. This ordinance shall become effective on the 1st day of April, 1976.

/s/ _____
City Clerk

ADOPTED: March 8, 1976

PUBLISHED: March 11, 1976

EFFECTIVE: April 1, 1976

CERTIFICATION:

I, the duly authorized Clerk of the City of Madison Heights, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance adopted by the Madison Heights City Council on March 8, 1976.

Dorothy McGuire Lents
City Clerk