COMPILATION OF GENERAL AND ZONING ORDINANCES

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TOWNSHIP OF
PAVILION

COUNTY OF KALAMAZOO
STATE OF MICHIGAN

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Published by Order of the Township Board, 1993

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PREFACE

This is a compilation of ordinances of the Township of Pavilion, which includes currently operative ordinances, compiled with all amendments through and including an ordinance adopted October 21, 1991.

The chronological listing of all ordinances, including title and location within the compilation, reflects all ordinances adapted, amended or repealed, thus providing a valuable record of the municipality's ordinance history. Ordinances which are printed in their entirety are classified by subject matter and assigned to one of eleven basic categories. Each of these categories is indicated by a tab. Every ordinance is introduced with a part number, a title concerning the context, the ordinance number, and the adoption date.

Section headings in boldface type have been provided, if not supplied in the original copy, to facilitate usage. Sections that are subsequently amended are followed by a history note indicating the adoption date of the amendment. Cross reference notations are included to provide quick referral to other ordinances and/or sections dealing with similar subjects.

Running heads at the top of the page contain an abbreviated title, the ordinance number and/or date and section numbers to provide a guide for locating specific information quickly. The section number appearing in the running head on the left-hand page cites the section material beginning the page; the number on the right-hand page cites the section material concluding the page.

The exact wording of the ordinances has been preserved. Since ordinances are legal documents, editorial changes in a compilation are minor, limited primarily to correction of obvious typographical errors and resolving, upon specific instructions from the municipality, any duplications and inconsistencies brought to their attention during the preparation of the proof copy of the compilation. Any additions to text by the editor appear in brackets.

Numbering System

Each ordinance is assigned a part number. The part number is used to identify the ordinance primarily for indexing and cross reference purposes. Each succeeding article and/or section deriving from that ordinance will have the same number on the left-hand side of the decimal point. For example, section number 12.004 refers to section 4 of the ordinance assigned to part 12. Part numbers allow for expansion within each of the categories and within the compilation as a whole.

(Index or Indices)

The alphabetical index permits easy location of ordinances by subject. Main entries are in all uppercase letters. Under the entry for each ordinance, the catchlines of all sections appear in lowercase, indented and alphabetized. Cross references and additional entries are provided where necessary to direct the user to a particular topic. In preparing the index the proper balance has been achieved between creating an index comprehensive enough to be useful and yet not so detailed that it requires extensive revision each time an ordinance is enacted, repealed, or amended.

Looseleaf Supplements

Since an ordinance compilation, unlike a bound book, is constantly in a state of evolution, a special feature of this compilation is the looseleaf system of binding. With this system, the compilation can easily be kept up-to-date by submitting copies of new ordinances or amendments as they are enacted. These will then be incorporated by the editor into the compilation, and the appropriate pages will be revised or created for distribution to the holders of copies, with specific instructions for the manner of removing obsolete pages and inserting the current ones. Through regular supplementation, the compilation will continue to remain current and useful.