Parking Ordinance Amendment Ordinance
Ordinance No. 95-9

Purpose: 
An ordinance to amend the parking ordinance, adopted by Park Township, concerning the parking of trucks in neighborhoods, to provide a new penalty provision and to provide for the effective date of this ordinance.

The Township of Park, County of Ottawa, and the State of Michigan ordains:

        Section 1.  Amendment of Section 5 of the Parking Ordinance.

        Section 5 of the Parking Ordinance, adopted by Park Township, Ordinance No. PK, concerning parking of trucks in neighborhoods, is hereby amended to state in its entirety as follows:

Section 5.  Penalties:  Any person who shall violate a provision of the Ordinance or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to enforcement procedures as set forth in the Municipal Civil Infraction Ordinance adopted by the Township, and subject to a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars, plus costs and other sanctions, for each infraction.  Each day during which any violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.  Increased civil fines may be imposed for repeated violations; a repeat violation means a second or subsequent municipal civil infraction violation committed by a person within any twelve (12) month period and for which a person admits responsibility or is determined to be responsible.  The increased civil fine for repeat violation shall be as follows:

(A)  The fine for any offense which is a first repeat offense shall be $250.00, plus costs and other sanctions;

(B) The fine for any offense which is a second repeat offense or any subsequent repeat offense shall be $500.00, plus costs and other sanctions.

        The Township Zoning Administrator, members of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department assigned to the Township, members of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department whose services are contracted for by the Township, and any other individuals who may, from time to time, be appointed by resolution of the Township Board, are hereby designated as the authorized Township Officials to issue municipal civil infraction citations (directing alleged violators to appear in Court) or municipal civil infraction notices (directing alleged violators to appear at the Park Township Municipal Ordinance Violation Bureau) as provided by this Ordinance.

        Section 2.  Effective Date.

        This Ordinance is ordered to take effect on March 1, 1995, said date being thirty (30) or more days after publication in The Holland Sentinel, a newspaper having general circulation in the Township, pursuant to the provisions of Act 246 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended.

Township Supervisor, Stuart Visser                            Township Clerk, Howard VanRaalte
            signature on file                                                                                  signature on file

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