Public notice: City of Manchester

Manchester City Hall, 912 City Road

CITY OF MANCHESTER WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE No. 11

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER

THE CITY OF MANCHESTER, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO 93.056 OF THE MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

It shall be the duty of all owners and occupants of any lot or parcel of land fronting or being upon or along any public street in the City of Manchester under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works of the City to keep in repair and rebuild broken or damaged sidewalks in the public streets adjacent to and abutting upon each lot or parcel of land at the time, in the manner, and of the material as the City Council may direct.

The City shall be responsible for constructing any new sidewalk in the City, unless a Development Agreement exists with a developer or property owner in a development that cedes that responsibility to the owners and occupants of that lot or parcel of land.

SECTION 2. AMENDMENT TO 93.057 OF THE MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES

ORDER TO CONSTRUCT

Whenever the City Council shall deem it expedient or necessary that a sidewalk should be repaired or rebuilt, the City Council shall so declare by resolution which resolution shall state the place where each sidewalk is required to be built, repaired, or rebuilt, and the kind of material with which the same is to be done, the width of the same, and the time in which the same is to be completed and that the City of Manchester will pay from the appropriate City fund for the cost of materials necessary for the same not to exceed 50% of the total cost including labor and all other expense incidental thereto to build, repair, or rebuild the sidewalk as shall be determined by the Superintendent, and thereupon it shall be the duty of all owners or occupants of all land affected thereby to proceed within the time mentioned therein to do the work and make the improvements required thereby and in the manner and of the kind of material therein mentioned.

SECTION 3. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS

All other City ordinances, City Council resolutions, and parts thereof that conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed and shall be of no further force or effect.

SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY

If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE

The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance, or a synopsis of this Ordinance, to be published in the manner required by law within fifteen (15) days after it has been duly adopted by the City Council. The effective date shall be the 20th day after the date of publication.

Adopted: May 19, 2025 Published: May 28, 2025 Effective: June 17, 2025

CERTIFICATION

I, Brittany Kuhnle, am the Clerk for the City of Manchester and certify that the above Ordinance was offered by member Dresch and supported by member Harvey and the following council members voted:

AYE: Chartrand, Dresch, Harvey, Way, Woods, Vailliencourt
NAY: None
ABSTAINED OR ABSENT: LaRocque

Further, this Ordinance, or a synopsis of this Ordinance, was published in the Manchester Mirror, a newspaper circulated in the City of Manchester on the 28th day of May, 2025.

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Brittany Kuhnle, City Clerk
Dated: May 19, 2025

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