ARTICLE III. NUISANCE ABATEMENT1
16-50. Definition.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Nuisance means anything, act or failure to act, or use of property of which shall annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health, comfort or welfare of the public, or shall offend the public decency, or shall interfere with, obstruct or render dangerous any street, alley or public place or shall in any way render the public insecure in life or property.
(Code 1987, § 8-05.02)
16-51. Enforcement.
(a) Abatement by township officials. The township supervisor, and in his absence any member of the township board, shall cause any known existing nuisance to be abated and terminated with reasonable dispatch in such manner as they deem proper.
(b) Responsibility for expenses. The reasonable expense that shall be incurred in so abating or terminating said nuisance shall be a legal claim against the person responsible therefor and a lien upon the premises involved and may be collected by suit in assumpsit or by special assessment against the premises.
(Code 1987, § 8-05.03)
16-52—16-75. Reserved.
State Law reference—Public nuisances and abatement, MCL 600.3801 et seq.