HB-5220, As Passed House, December 2, 2003

HOUSE BILL No. 5220

October 30, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Gaffney, Daniels and McConico and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                                                             A bill to amend 1921 PA 207, entitled                                             

"City and village zoning act,"                                              

by amending section 7 (MCL 125.587), as amended by 1994 PA 25.              

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 7.  A building erected, altered, razed, or converted,                  

2   or a use carried on in violation of a local ordinance or                    

3   regulation adopted pursuant to this act is a nuisance per se.               

4   The court shall order the nuisance abated, and the owner or agent           

5   in charge of the building or land, or both the owner and the                

6   agent, are liable for maintaining a nuisance per se.  The                   

7   legislative body in the ordinance adopted pursuant to this act              

8   shall designate the proper officials whose duty it is to                    

9   administer and enforce the ordinance and do  either 1 of the               

10  following for each violation of the ordinance:                              

11      (a) Impose a penalty for the violation.                                     

House Bill No. 5220 as amended December 2, 2003

1       (b) Designate the violation as a municipal civil infraction                 

2   and impose a civil fine for the violation.                                  

3   (c) Designate the violation as a [blight] violation                         

4   and impose a civil fine or other sanction authorized by law if              

5   the city or village establishes an administrative hearings bureau           

6   pursuant to statute to adjudicate and impose sanctions for                  

7   [blight] violations.