CITY OF WYANDOTTE, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: 

Section 1. 

The following section of the City of Wyandotte Zoning Ordinance entitled "Article XX Administrations, Section 2003 Certificate of occupancy shall be amended to revise the requirements and regulations for the issuances of a Certificate of Occupancy. The amended section shall read as follows: 

ARTICLE XX. ADMINISTRATIONS 

Sec. 2003. Certificate of occupancy 

No structure shall be occupied nor land used until a certificate of occupancy has been issued for such occupancy or use, which occupancy or use shall be in compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance. No structure or use shall be changed until a certificate has been issued for the changed structure or use. 

The cost for processing a certificate of occupancy application shall be: zero dollars ($O.OO) for any residential occupancy or use and thirty dollars ($30.00) for any commercial and/or industrial occupancy or use and vacant land occupancy or use. 

Section 2. 

Nothing in this Ordinance or in the Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy or any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Ordinance. 

Section 3. 

Severability. Should any word, sentence, phrase or any portion of this Ordinance be held in a m8IU1er invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any state agency having authority to do so for any reason whatsoever, such holdings shall be construed and limited to such word, sentence, phrase or any portion of the Ordinance held to be so invalid and shall not be construed as affecting the validity of any of the remaining words, sentences, phrases or portions of this Ordinance. 

Section 4. 

Conflicting Ordinances. All prior existing ordinances adopted by the City of Wyandotte inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, hereby expressly repealed.

Section 5.

This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its passage by the Wyandotte City Council and shall be published along with the notice of adoption in a newspaper generally circulated in the City of Wyandotte within ten (10) days after adoption. The notice of adoption shall include the text of the amendment, the effective date of the Ordinance and the place and time where a copy of the Ordinance may be purchased and inspected.

On the question. "SHALL THIS ORDINANCE NOW PASS?" the following vote was recorded.

YEAS: Browning, DeSana, Kolakowski, Sutka, Talluto

NAYS: None

ABSENT: Councilman Paryaski

I hereby approve the adoption of the foregoing Ordinance this 16th day of August, 2004

CERTIFICATION

We, the undersigned, Leonard T. Sabuda and William R. Griggs, respectively, the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Wyandotte, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly passed by the City Council of the City of Wyandotte, at a regular session on Monday, 16th day of August ,2004

William R. Griggs, City Clerk         Leonard T. Sabuda, Mayor

I The effective date of this Ordinance is August 31, 2004. A copy of this Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the City of Wyandotte Clerk's Office, 3131 Biddle Avenue, Wyandotte, Michigan, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.