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MINUTES OF THE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THIRD REGULAR MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On March]6, 1959, the above meeting was held at 33001 Five Mile Road,
Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by the President at approximately 9:55 P. M.
Councilman Kleinert delivered the invocation. Roll was called with the fallowing
result: Present-- Austin T. Grant, Frank O'Neill, Sydney B. Bagnall, Rudolf R.
Kleinert, Robert Sasser, Jack Salvadore and James R. McCann. Absent-- None.
By Councilman Sasser, seconded by CounaLlman Bagnall and unanimously
adopted, it was
#162-59 RESOLVED that, the minutes of the 272nd regular meeting of the
Council of the City of Livonia held March 9, 1959, are hereby approved.
President Grant appointed a Committee of Councilmen Kleinert, Salvadore
and Sasser to meet with a representative of the UAW-AFL-CIO, pursuant to a com-
munication dated March 6, 1959, addressed to the Mayor.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman McCann, it was resolved that
#163-59 AREAS, the City of Livonia, Michigan, desiring to enter into
a contract for the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish of the
City of Livonia, did advertise according to law on March 5, 1959,amd did
receive various proposals for the collection sad disposal of garbage and
rubbish of the City of Livonia in accordance with the terms of the proposed
contract made available to all bidders; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Livonia has determined the pro-
posal submitted by Commercial Removal, a Michigan co-partnership, consisting
of Sebastian Caramagno and Joseph Caramagno, to be the lowest and b est bid
for such services, and the Department of Public Works having recommended that
the proposed contract be awarded to Commercial Removal, 20007 Dequindre,
Detroit 34, Michigan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, the Council does hereby
accept the proposal of Commercial Removal dated March 13, 1959 to collect
and dispose of garbage and rubbish of the City of Livonia for the six month
period commencing April 1, 1959 through September 30, 1959, in accordance
with the terms, conditions and specifications of the proposed contract re-
ferred to in the said legal advertisement, at the submitted bid price of
$11,250.00 per month for each operating month under the proposed contract;
and that the successful bidder named above shall execute with the City
the proposed contract within five (5) days from the date of this resolution
and shall deposit with the City upon, or prior to the execution of the
proposed contract, duplicate policies or certificates of insurance and
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the performance bond as required by the contract documents; and the
Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized to affix their signatures
to the contract for and on behalf of the City of Livonia and to do all
things necessary to the full performance of this resolution; subject to
the Department of Public Works obtaining satisfactory recommendations from
other cities that have been serviced by Commercial Removal, said recommenda-
tions to be submitted to Council by March 23, 1959.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, *Cann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman McCann, it was
#164-59 RESOLVED that, the Finance Committee of the Council having
interviewed the various architects in connection with the design and
construction of two new fire stations in the City of Livonia and pursuant
to the report and recommendation of that committee, the Council does hereby
determine to engage the architectural services of Clair W. Ditchy Associates,
1232 S. Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak, Michigan, in connection with the design
and construction of the aforementioned fire stations and does hereby
authorize the Department of Law to negotiate a contract with said firm
in regard to such services, such contract to be approved by the Council
prior to the execution of same.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resoluti on with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: Sasser and Salvadore.
The President declared the resolution adopted.
The Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Vacating Portions of Street, Alley
and Public Ground," introduced on March 9, 1959 by Councilman Sasser, was taken
from the table and a roll call vote conducted thereon with the fo ll owi rfg results
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinat, Sasser, Salvadore, *Cann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
The President declared the foregoing Ordinance duly adopted ad would become effective
on date of publication.
The Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Amending Section 4.45 of Article 400
of Ordinance No. 60, as amended, entitled 'Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia',"
introduced on March 9, 1959 by Councilman Kleinert, was taken from the table and a
roll call vote conducted thereon with the following result:
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AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
The President declared the foregoing Ordinance duly adopted and w uld become effective
on date of publication.
The Ordinance entitled ',An Ordinance Amending Section 30.0 of Ordinance
No. 12 of the City of Livonia entit led 'An Ordinance Regulating and Licensing
Certain Businesses in the City of Livonia and Providing Penalties for Violation
Thereof'," introduced on March 9, 1959 by Councilman Kleinert, was taken from the
table and a roll call vote conducted thereon with the f ollawing result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
The President declared the foregoing Ordinance duly adopted and would become effective
on date of publication.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Sasser, it was
#165-59 RESOLVED that, having considered the report and recommendation
dated March 9, 1959 from the Engineering Division of the Department of
Public Works, the Council does hereby give final release of the sum of
$1027.94 to the Boam Company, 311111 W. Eight Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan,
on their contract with the City of Livonia dated October 29, 1957, for
the installation of a water line on Milburn Avenue, pursuant to the pro-
visions of resolution #810-57, and the City Clerk and City Treasurer are
herein authorized to do all things necessary to the full performance of
this resolution.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman O'Neill and unanimously
adopted, it was
#166-59 RESOLVED that, the disposition of the balance of funds in the
Metropolitan Sewerage and Sewage $6,700,000.00 Bond Issue, City of Livonia,
be referred to the Sewer and Water Board for report and recommendation.
Councilman Kleinert introduced the following emergency Ordinances
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NO. 242
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION, MAIN-
TENANCE AND EXTENSION OF A MUNICIPAL REFUSE COLLECTION AND DIS-
POSAL SYSTEM AND/OR PLANT; TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL TAX LEVY FOR
SUCH PURPOSES; REGULATING THE STORAGE, COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTA-
TION OF MUNICIPAL REFUSE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
SUPERVISION OF SUCH SYSTEM AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City of Livonia has determined that it is to the interest of
the City and its citizens that there be established, operated and maintained a muni-
cipal refuse collection and disposal system and/or plant; and
WHEREAS, Act 298 of the Public Acts of 1917, as amended, gives to the City
of Livonia the authority to establish such system and also to levy a tax not to exceed
two (2) mills on the dollar on all taxable property in the City according to the value
of same as made for the purpose of State and County taxation in order to provide the
funds necessary to establish, operate and maintain such system;
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS:
ARTICLE I
TITLE, PURPOSE AND INTENT
Section 1.1. Title. This ordinance shall be known and cited as the Muni-
cipal Refuse Disposal System Ordinance.
Section 1.2. Purpose and Intent. It is the intent of the City Council
that this ordinance be liberally construed for the purpose of providing a sanitary
and satisfactory method for the preparation, collection and disposal of municipal
refuse, as that term is defined herein, and the maintenance of public and private
p roperty in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition for the health and safety of the
community. It is also hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the City Council
to provide funds for the establishment, operation, maintenance and extension of the
refuse collection and disposal system by an annual tax levy on all taxable property
within the City according to the valuation of same made for the purpose of State and
County taxation by the last assessment in the City.
Section 1.3. Enabling Authority. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to
Act 298 of £he Public Acts of 1917, as amended, and Sections 12, 13 and 15 of Chapter
IV and Sections 10 arra 12 of Chapter V of the Charter of the City of Livonia. Said
acts and Charter provisions are hereby made a part of this ordinance just as if they
were word for word repeated herein.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.1. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in
this ordinance shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, hays the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section.
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(a) "City" shall mean the City of Livonia.
(b) "Council" shall mean the duly elected Council of the City of Livonia.
(c) "City Clerk" shall mean the duly elected City Clerk of the City of
Livonia.
(d) "Director of Public Works" shall mean the Director of Public Works
for the City of Livonia, or his duly authorized representative.
(e) "City Contractor" shall mean a private individual, firm, partnership
or corporation collecting and disposing of municipal refuse pursuant to a
duly authorized and executed agreement or contract with the City of Livonia
to provide such services at a certain price or rate.
(f) "Private Collector" shall mean any person, persons, firm, partnership
or corporation to whom there has been issued a private collector's license.
This term shall not refer to the City Contractor.
(g) "Municipal Refuse" is the solid wastes of residential, professional
and business establishments in the City of Livonia as distinguished from
liquid wastes (sewage) and gas wastes (smoke and industrial fumes). This
term shall include garbage, rubbish and dead animals, but shall not be con-
strued to include abandoned automobiles, building refuse and industrial
refuse. Municipal refuse shall not include tree stumps in excess of fifty
(50) pounds in weight.
(h) "Garbage" is the animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation and cooking of food. It is composed largely of
organic matter and its natural moisture content and does not include
more than a minimum amount of free liquids. This term does not include
food-processing wastes from canneries, slaughter houses, packing plants,
or similar industries; large quantities of condemned food products; or
oyster or clam shells. Garbage originates primarily in kitchens, cafeterias,
stores, markets, restaurants, hotels and other places where food is served,
prepared or stored.
(i) "Rubbish" is all other solid wastes not included within the definition
of garbage. It consists of a great variety of both combustible and noncom-
bustible waste materials from households, stores and institutions, including
paper, boxes, baskets, leaves, wood, rags, household furniture, old shoes,
leather, carpets, grass, tin cans, rubber, ashes and similar discarded,
offensive materials and trash. It does not include industrial refuse or
building refuse nor does it include tree stumps in excess of 50 pounds in
weight and abandoned automobiles.
(j) "Building Refuse" is waste materials from the demolition, construction,
remodeling and repair operations on residences, stores and other buildings,
a small amount of which shall be accepted by the City Contractor as the
normal amount of refuse from households and stores but in quantity it shall
not be regarded as municipal refuse but as industrial refuse and should be
removed by the building or demolition contractor.
(k) "Industrial Refuse" is waste materials resulting from industrial
and/or manufacturing operations or processes of every nature whatsoever,
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including refuse material resulting from cleaning up in connection with
such operations and processes and industrial refuse as herein defined shall
not and is not classified as municipal refuse.
(1) "Properly Shredded Garbage" is garbage that has been cut or shredded to
such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions
normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half
(1/2) inch in any dimension.
(m) "Municipal Refuse Disposal System" shall mean the Municipal Refuse
Disposal System of the City of Livonia, including all facilities, instrumen-
talities, equipment, property, real or personal of the City, used or useful,
in conne c tion with the collection aid disposal of municipal refuse through-
out the City.
(n) "Residential Unit" means a place of abode of a person or persons living
separately or together as an independent family.
(o) "Multiple Family Residence" means the grouping together of two (2) or
more residential units under a common roof.
(p) "Other Terms". The definition of other terms shall be identical with
the terms in the Building Code and Zoning Ordinance.
ARTICLE III
ESTABLISHMENT AND FINANCING OF SYSTEM
Section 3.1. Establishment. There is hereby created and established within
the Department of Public Works a division to be known and designated as the Municipal
Refuse Disposal Division, or System. It shall be the function of such Division or
System to operate, maintain, administer, manage and regulate the collection and dis-
posal of municipal refuse in the City of Livonia.
Section 3.2. Financing. The Council may annually levy and collect a tax,
not to exceed the mount authorized to be levied by the provisions of Act 298 of the
Public Acts of 1917 on the assessed value of all real and personal property subject
to taxation within the City, which annual tax shall be designated as the "Garbage
Disposal Tax" and shall be in addition to the annual tax levy for general municipal
purposes authorized by the Chatter of the City. The Council may annually determine,
within the limits prescribed in this section, the amount of tax to be levied for such
purposes and by resolution fix the annual levy of a garbage tax for the next succeed-
ing fiscal year. Such garbage disposal tax shall be used to establish, operate, main-
tain and provide a municipal refuse collection and disposal system and for such pur-
poses to enter into contracts, to acquire, purchase, construct, own, maintain, ad-
minister, regulate and/or operate disposal grounds including incinerator facilities
and/or all instrumentalities, equipment, facilities and properties, real or personal,
used or useful, in connection with the collection and disposal of municipal refuse.
Section 3.3. Speciaj Budget Account. The gross revenues of the municipal
refuse disposal system derived from the collection of the annual garbage disposal tax
and other special collection charges, as provided for herein, shall be deposited in
a special budget account to be designated "Municipal Refuse Disposal System Account"
and said revenues are pledged to be used solely for the purposes stated in the above
section and for no other purpose and purposes whatsoever. The cost of collection and
the disposal of municipal refuse and all other expenses relating to the operation of
such system shall be paid from the monies deposited in said special account.
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ARTICLE IV
SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION
Section 4.1. Supervision. The municipal refuse disposal system as herein
defined shall be and remain under the management, supervision and control of the
Director of Public Works of the City of Livonia subject to such control reserved by
law and the City Charter to the Mayor and City Council.
Section 4.2. Administration; Rules and Regulations. The administration and
operation of this ordinance shall be the duty of the Department of Public Works. The
Director of Public Works shall make reasonable rules and regulations covering the
storage, preparation, collection, transportation and disposal of municipal refuse.
Said rules and regulations shall not be effective until approved by the Mayor. The
Director of Public Works shall cause copies to be made of the rules and regulations
and shall furnish the same to all interested persons upon request. The Director of
Public Works may, from time to time, notify the public through advertising and other
methods of the provisions of this ordinance and the rules and regulations enacted
thereunder and may also notify the public of any matter germane to the preparation,
collection, transportation and disposal of municipal refuse in the interest of promoting
the most satisfactory collection and disposal of municipal refuse.
ARTICLE V
METHOD OF COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
Section 5.1. Methods of Collection and Disposal. Municipal refuse, building
refuse and/or industrial refuse shall be collected and/or disposed of only by the
following methods:
(a) Collection and/or disposal of municipal refuse materials
by City employees, and/or
(b) Collection and/or disposal of municipal refuse materials
by a private individual, firm, partnership or corporation acting pursuant
to a properly authorized and executed contract by and between such private
individual, firm, partnership or corporation and the City of Livonia,
wherein such private party agrees to perform collecting, hauling and dis-
posing of municipal refuse in the City of Livonia for a stated price and
for a stated period of years.
(c) Collection and/or disposal of commercial municipal refuse,
building refuse and/or industrial garbage and refuse by private collectors
licensed by the City of Livonia to engage in the business of collecting,
removing and transporting such r efuse materials in accordance with the
City of Livonia ordinance requirements.
(d) Disposal by incineration in a closed type garbage incinerator
vented into the chimney of the building and capable of reducing garbage to
ashes without causing an objectionable odor in the neighborhood.
(e) Disposal by a garbage disposal unit connected with an integral
part of the sewage disposal system of the building and capable of reducing
all garbage to "properly shredded garbage" as that phrase is defined in this
ordinance, provided, however, that this method of disposal involving any
use of the sewage disposal system of the City shall not be used by any
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person other than the producer of such municipal refuse and shall not in
any event be used by any City Contractor.
(f) Disposal by the producer thereof in a lawful manner and in
accordance with this ordinance aid the approved rules and regulations of
the Director of Public Works.
ARTICLE VI
MUNICIPAL CONTRACT FOR REFUSE COLLECTION
Section 6.1. Authotity. Whenever any contingency shall in the judgment
of the City make such action necessary or advisable the Council may determine to have
the City enter into a contract or contracts and to grant a license or licenses to
such person, persons, firm or corporation as the Council may deem best able to collect
municipal refuse in the City of Livonia in accordance with the best interests of the
City and its citizens. The contract shall be for such term as the Council may determine.
Any such contract authorized by the Council may be, but need not be, exclusive and the
Council may authorize the making on the part of the City of one or more contracts and
if the Council shall deem it necessary it may limit such contract to a certain part
or parts of the City or to certain types of premises such as residential, commercial
and industrial and the like.
Section 6.2. Award of Contract. The contract or contracts shall be awarded
on a competitive basis and the Council shall be responsible for the control of letting
and making such contract or contracts. The procedures established by the City Charter
and all ordinances in connection with the awarding of contracts shall be observed.
Section 6.3. Bond and Insurance Requirements.
(a) Bond. Each person,persons, firm, partnership or corporation
entering into a contract with the City for the collection aid disposal of
garbage and refuse shall furnish the City with a performance bond in an
amount established by the Council and in such form as may be approved by
the Department of Law, which bond shall be signed by al approved corporate
surety authorized to do business in the State of Michigan and which bond
shall be conditioned on the satisfactory performance of all obligations
assumed under the particular contract and further conditioned on the due
observance during the term of the contract of all laws of the State of
Michigan, or ordinances of the City of Livonia and all legal rights of
all persons who are served by or injured by the Contractor.
(b) Insurance. Each City Contractor shall carry for each truck
public liability insurance sufficient to pay $100,000.00 for one person
injured in an accident, $300,000.00 for all persons injured in one accident
and $20,000.00 for property damage and shall deposit with the City Clerk
certificates of insurance indicating this coverage prior to the execution
of the contract.
(c) Other Insurance. The City may require of the City Contractors
other bonds and insurance including workman's Compensation Insurance to
insure the City that the obligations of the Contractor will be sufficiently
performed and/or discharged and protecting the City in the event that they
are not.
Section 6.i.. Issuance of License to Contractor. The City Clerk shall issue
to the Contractor immediately aftet he execution of the contract a license, without
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charge, to collect municipal refuse as required by the terms aid conditions of the
contract for the period of the contract.
Section 6.5. Non-assignability of License or Contract. No contract issued,
granted, or entered into, to any City Contractor under the provisions of this ordinance
shall be transferable, assignable or sublet without the express permission of the
Council in the form of a resolution, unless otherwise expressly provided in the
contract.
ARTICLE VII
PRE-COLLECTION PRACTICES
Section 7.1. Storage. All municipal refuse shall be stored and located
pending collection by the City or City Contractor in the manner prescribed by and
in accordance with the ordinances of the City of Livonia and the approved rules and
regulations of the Department of Public Works.
ARTICLE VIII
COLLECTION PRACTICES
Section 8.1. Frequency and Extent of Service. Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this and other ordinances and except in the case of an emergengr arising
from an act of God or under circumstances over which the Department of Public Works
of the City of Livonia or the City Contractor has or had no control, municipal refuse
shall be collected, removed and disposed of no less frequently than once each week
from each residential unit and commercial establishment and garbage only shall be
collected, removed and disposed of no less frequently than once each week from each
industrial plant or factory. The extent to which municipal refuse will be collected
at any single collection shall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the De-
partment of Public Works.
Section 8.2. Removal of Dead Animals. The City or City Contractor will
collect and dispose of all dead dogs cats and other household animals within the
limits of the City within twelve (12) hours after notification to the Department of
Public Works or the City Contractor by any citizen or resident of the City.
ARTICLE IX
DUTIES OF CITIZENS
Section 9.1. Owners Duties as to Municipal Refuse. It shall be the duty
of every person producing or causing to be produced, municipal refuse (garbage and
rubbish) to provide aid keep on his premises or property, occupied or used by him,
sufficient containers to handle all of the accumulation of such refuse on such premises
or property in the interval between collections by the City Contractor.
It shall be the duty of every person producing or causing to be produced,
municipal refuse (garbage and rubbish) to protide containers that are water-tight,
made of metal with tight-fitting covers and handles and of a capacity not exceeding
twenty (20) gallons each.
It shall be the duty of every person to keep all garbage and rubbish con-
tainers on his premises in a sanitary condition and maintained so as not to become
a nuisance.
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It shall be the duty of any person producing or causing to be produced
municipal refuse (garbage and rubbish) not to allow such refuse to remain exposed
in any building or on any premises owned, occupied or used by such person a longer
time than shall be reasonably necessary to remove and deposit same in proper containers.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of each householder or occupant of
eachresidential unit or multiple family dwelling to drain all garbage until it is free
of liquid aid wrap same in paper before depositing such garbage in containers for
collection.
It shall be the duty of the head of every family occupying or in possession
of any house, buildli ng, flat, apartment or dwelling place within the City, which is a
private residence, to place or cause to be placed such container or containers
(together with bundles and bushel baskets) pending collection at the front curb line
or in the event there is no front curb line at the edge of the nearest public street
fronting the dwelling unit.
Section 9.2. Owner's Duty as to Building Refuse. It shall be the duty of
the owner ,contractor, or other person responsible for construction work to remove
from the premises within a reasonable time after completion of such construction work
all surplus construction material and building refuse materials.
Section 9.3. Owner's Duty as to Excessive Refuse; Industrial Refuse.
(a) Commercial Establishments. It shall be the duty of the owner, proprietor,
or person in charge of every commercial establishment to collect or cause to have
collected and disposed of at his own expense all commercial refuse in excess of the
established volume limitations prescribed in the approved rules aid regulations of
the Department of Public Works.
(b) Industrial Establishments. It shall be the duty of the owners operator,
manager or person in charge of any manufacturing or industrial factory, plant or
enterprise to collect or cause to have collected and disposed of at its own expense
all industrial garbage in excess of the volume limitations established by the approved
rules and regulations of the Department of Public Works and all industrial rubbish and
industrial refuse.
ARTICLE X
DISPOSAL
Section 10.1. Dumping within City Prohibited; Exception.
No municipal refuse, garbage, sewage, filth, refuse, waste, trash, debris,
rubbish or industrial refuse including cans, bottles, waste paper, cartonsboxes and
crates, or other offensive or obnoxious matter shall be kept in open containers or
piled, placed, dumped or disposed of on any land within the City of Livonia providing
that nothing contained in this ordinance shall prevent the City of Livonia from
establishing a dump or sanitary land fill site for the exclusive use of the residents
of this City.
Section 10.2. Mandatory Disposal.
All municipal refuse, waste, trash, garbage and rubbish must be disposed
of at least once each week, and provided further, that nothing contained herein shall
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prevent the reasonable use of fertilizer, manure and similar material for the im-
provement of any land situated within an RUF or AG district or the reasonable use of
a commercial fertilizer in any district where such is not carried on in an unhealthy
or unsanitary manner or does not constitute a menace to the health and welfare of the
public or a nuisance to the surrouding area.
Section 10.3. Household Disposal Equipment.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prohibit the use of home
incinerators or home garbage disposal units.
Section 10.4. Garbage Grinders Required; Exception. All new buildings and
all buildings remodeled or altered which are designed and equipped for storing or
sheltering food or food stuffs for human consumption, including fruits, vegetables
or meats which are to be sold either at retail in stores, clubs, hotels, restaurants,
schools, or other food establishments, or at wholesale, or which are prepared at manu-
facturing or processing plants including slaughter houses whether such places of
business are licensed by the City or not, and all new buildings and all buildings
remodeled or altered, excluding existing residences, where food for human consumption
is prepared, sold, handled, stored, or served in any manner whatsoever shall be
equipped with an appropriate garbage grinder properly connected to the kitchen sink
or sewer drain, which grinder and connections shall be of sufficient size to grind
all garbage and food processing waste produced in such building, and shall be suitably
located ao as to discharge such g round material by flushing it with water through the
drain pipes into the sewer, provided, however, that this section shall not apply to
any buildings not connected to the Livonia Sewage Disposal System.
Section 10.5. Garbage Grinder; Specifications and Installation.
Every garbage disposal device installed in the City shall be connected to
a public sewer in accordance with the plumbing and electrical regulations of the City
of Livonia in a manner satisfactory to the Bureau of Inspection of the Department of
Public Works. The device must be capable of grinding the garbage simultaneously
with the flow of water not less than two (2) gallons per minute, or in such additional
quantity as is necessary to cause the ground garbage to flow readily through the
sewer system. The garbage grinding device shall be capable of grinding garbage to
properly shredded garbage.
ARTICLE XI
NO CHARGE FOR PRESCRIBED COLLECTION
Section 11.1. Service. The City will without direct service charge collect
or cause the collection of municipal refuse within the total volume limitation and on
the conditions provided in this ordinance; provided that such materials are placed in
proper containers or bundles as required by Article VIII of this Ordinance.
Section 11.2. Charge for Excessive Residential Municipal Refuse. In the
event the amount of residential municipal refuse to be collected at any single
collection by the City or City Contractor exceeds the total aggregate volumd allowed
at any single collection the City or City Contractor shall collect the excessive
amounts and charge for same; such fee shall be negotiated by the owner or occupant
of the residential unit prior to the collection of such excessive materials and in
the event of a dispute the Director of Public Works shall determine the most reasonable
fee to be charged and the City or City Contractor shall dispose of such excessive
refuse for such fee.
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ARTICLE XII
PRIVATE COLLECTION AND
DISPOSAL AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT
Section 12.1. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed to
prohibit the party or parties responsible for creating commercial, industrial or
building refuse and any athe r waste materials from entering into a contract or con-
tracts with a private collector licensed by the City of Livonia to collect and dispose
of such waste materials or from otherwise disposing of such refuse and waste materials;
provided that such materials are stored, collected, transported and disposed of in such a
manner as to create no nuisance and in a manner generally that is not inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance, other ordinances of the City of Livonia and the ap-
proved rules and regulations of the Department of Public Works.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.1. Premises to be Kept in Sanitary Condition. Every owner,
tenant, occupant or person owning or having the care of any premises shall keep his
premises in a clean and sanitary condition, and no person shall permit any refuse,
garbage, rubbish, building refuse, dead anima's, filth of any kind or any other sub-
stance that may become offensive to be deposited ar remain in or upon any premises
owned or occupied by him or under his control, except as otherwise provided by- the
ordinances of the City aid the laws of the State of Michigan.
Section 13.2. Containers not to be Disturbed. It shall be unlawful for
any person, other than the owner or occupant, his employees or agents, City employees
the City Contractor or a licensed private contractor to tamper or meddle with any
garbage container or bundle, or remove the contents thereof from the location where
the same shall have been placed by the owner or his agent.
Section 13.3. Responsibility. The City of Livonia shall not and does not
assume responsibility for municipal refuse until it is collected. Until that time
the producer is responsible for the prcper storage of the material and for the proper
preparation of the refuse for collection.
Section 13.1 . Dangerous materials not to be collected. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to place in his container for collection any material that might
endanger the health or safety of the collection personnel.
Section 13.5. Removal of Waste before Vacating Premises. It shall be the
duty of every person, firm, or corporation occupying or controlling any lot, building
or construction of any kind or description whatsoever or any portion thereof including
apartments to remove or cause to be removed therefrom before vacating the same, muni-
cipal refuse, building refuse and industrial refuse.
Section 13.6. Penalty. Every person convicted of a violation of this or-
dinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days or both such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the Court. Each act or violation and every day upon which
any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 13.7. Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in oonflict
or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
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Section 13.8. Severability. In the event any portion of this ordinance
is held invalid for any reason, such holding shall not affect the remaining portion
of this ordinance.
Section 13.9. Emergency Clause. This ordinance is hereby declared to be
an emergency ordinance necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and
welfare and shall become effective immediately on publication.
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing Ordinance with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
The President declared the foregoing Ordinance duly adopted and would become effective
on date of publication.
Councilman Salvadore introduced the following emergency Ordinances
NO. 243
AN ORDINANCE LICENSING PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND
REGULATING THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND
DISPOSAL OF COMMERCIAL MUNICIPAL REFUSE, BUILD-
ING REFUSE AND INDUSTRIAL REFUSE, AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDIINS:
Section 1. License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons,
firm or corporation other than the City or City Contractor to engage in the business
of collecting residential municipal refuse. It shall be unlawful for any person,
persons, firm or corporation to engage in the business of collection of commercial
municipal refuse, industrial refuse or building refuse in the City of Livonia without
first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this
ordinance shall, for the purpose of this ordinance have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section.
(a) "City" shall mean the City of Livonia.
(b) "Council" shall mean the duly elected Council of the City of Livonia.
(c) "City Clerk" shall mean the duly elected City Clerk of the City of
Livonia.
(d) "Director of Public Works" shall mean the Director of Public Works for
the City of Livonia, or his duly authorized representative.
(e) "City Contractor" shall mean a private individual, firm, partnership
or corporation collecting and disposing of municipal refuse pursuant to a duly authorize.
and executed agreement or contract with the City of Livonia to provide such services at
a certain price or rate.
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(f) "Private Collector" shall mean any person, persons, firm, partnership
or corporation to whom there has been issued a private collector's license. This term
shall not refer to the City Contractor.
(g) "Municipal Refuse" is the solid wastes of residential, professional and
business establishments in the City of Livonia as distinguished from liquid wastes
(sewage) and gas wastes (smoke and industrial fumes). This term shall include garbage,
rubbish and dead animals, but shall not be construed to include abandoned automobiles,
building refuse and industrial refuse. Municipal refuse shall not include tree stumps
in excess of fifty (50) pounds in weight.
(h) "Garbage" is the animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation and cooking of food. It is composed largely of organic matter aid its
natural moisture content and does not include more than a minimum amount of free
liquids. This term does not include food-processing wastes from canneries, slaughter
houses, packing plants, or similar industries; large quantities of condemned food
products; or oyster or clam shells. Garbage originates primarily in kitchens, cafeterias,
stores, markets, restaurants, hotels and other places where food is served, prepared
or stored.
(i) "Rubbish" is all other solid wastes not included within the definition
of garbage. It consists of a great variety of both combustible and non-combustible
waste materials from households, stores and institutions, incluaing paper, boxes,
baskets, leaves, wood, rags, household furniture, old shoes, leather, carpets, grass,
tin cans, rubber, ashes and similar discarded, offensive materials and trash. It
does not, however, include industrial refuse or building refuse nor does it include
tree stumps in excess of fifty (50) pounds in weight and abandoned automobiles.
(j) "Building Refuse" is waste materials from the demolition, construction,
remodeling and repair operations on residences, stores and other buildings, a small
amount of which shall be accepted by the City Contractor as the normal anoint of refuse
from households and stores but in quantity it shall not be regarded as municipal refuse
but as industrial refuse and should be removed by the building or demolition contractor.
(k) "Industrial Refuse" is waste materials resulting from industrial and/or
manufacturing operations or processes of every nature whatsoever, including refuse
material resulting from cleaning up in connection with such operations and processes
and industrial refuse as herein defined shall not and is not classified as municipal
refuse.
Section 3. Administration. The administration and operation of this or-
dinance shall be under the Department of Public Works. The Director of Public Works
shall make reasonable rules and regulations covering the storage, collection aid
transportation of municipal refuse, building refuse aid industrial refuse. It shall
be the duty of the Department of Public Works and the City of Livonia through their
proper officials and agents to enforce the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 4. Application for License. Every person, firm or corporation re-
quired to obtain a license for the collection, removal and transportation of commercial
municipal refuse, building refuse or industrial refuse shall make applications to the
City Clerk and state under oath such facts as may be required for the granting of such
license including the followings
(a) The full names, business address aid residence address of all owners,
officers and managers of the applicant's business.
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(b) The name and address of applicant's business.
(c) The route, districts or territories within which applicant proposes
to mAke such collection or removal of garbage and/or rubbish, building refuse or
industrial refuse.
(d) A description of the vehicles and equipment the applicant proposes to
use in such collection, removal and transportation.
(e) The location of the place or places to which such material is to be
transported and the route to be followed in reaching such place or places.
(f) Such other information as may be required by the Department of Public
Works. No license shall be granted to any applicant therefor until the applicant has
complied with all of the laws of the State of Michigan, ordinances of the City of
Livonia and approved rules and regulations of the Department of Public Works, per-
taining to the collection, removal and transportation of municipal refuse, building
refuse or industrial refuse, nor shall such a license be issued until the application
therefor has been referred to and approved by the Director of Public Works or his
authorized representative and until such applicant has paid to the City Clerk a license
fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the first truck and Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each
additional truck and has deposited with the City Clerk a bond as required by the pro-
visions of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall issue the license when all provisions
of this ordinance have been complied with satisfactorily.
Section 5. Bond and Insurance. Each application for a license shall be
accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of $10,000.00 in such form as may be approved
by the Department of Law, which bond shall be signed by an approved surety duly
authorized to do business in Michigan and which bond shall be conditioned on the
due observance during the time of the license of all laws of the State of Michigan,
all ordinances of the City of Livonia and the approved rules and regulations of the
Department of Public Works pertaining to the collection, removal and transportation
of garbage ander refuse, building refuse and industrial refuse and all legal rights
of all persons who are served by or injured by the license. Any persons aggrieved by
the action of any private collector licensee shall have a right of action on the bond
for the recovery of any damages: Such bond shall remain in full force and effect for
a period of ninety (90) days after the expiration or cancellation of any such private
collector license. Each licensee shall carry for each truck public liability insurance
sufficient to pay $50,000.00 for one person injured in an accident; $100,000.00 for
all persons injured and $10,000.00 for property damage and shall deposit prior to the
issuance of the license certificates of insurance with the City Clerk indicating such
coverage.
Section 6. Duration of License. Each private collector licensee shall
continue for a period of one (1) year from the date of i0"suance except that the same
may be revoked as herein provided.
Section 7. Refusal and Revocation of License. Argy application for license
may be refused and any license issued under this ordinance maybe revoked by the
Director of Public Works when the applicant or licensee has made a false or fraudulent
statement in such application or in the operation of his business or whenever such
business is conducted in an unlawful manner or in such manner as to constitute a breech
of the peace or a menace to the health and welfare of the public or whenever such ap-
plicant or licensee is unable to satisfactorily meet or perform the requirements and
provisions of this ordinance, and the approved rules and regulations of the Department
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of Public Works. In the event of such r efusal or revocation the applicant or licensee
shall be entitled to have a hearing before the Council and the Clerk shall in such
case give the applicant or licensee a notice of such hearing at least three (3) days
prior thereto.
Section 8. Duties of Licensee.
(a) Andy private collector licensee under the provisions of this ordi nance
shall provide someone to regularly answer all complaints made and to properly dispose
of same.
(b) The licensee shall make all collections of commercial municipal refuse
in enclosed, water tight, packer type trucks. Collection of building refuse and in-
dustrial refuse, however, may be made in metal enclosed wate r tight trucks.
(c) Any private collector licensee under this ordinance shall pay any
judgment which may be obtained against the City of Livonia, either alone or jointly
with said licensee on account of any injury or damage to any person or property by
reason of any license granted hereunder and said licensee shall intervene and defend
any such suit or action thereof upon notice thereof given by the City Clerk of the
City of Livonia tosaid licensee.
(d) All vehicles used by the licensee in the collection and disposal of
commercial municipal refuse, building refuse and industrial refuse under the provisions
of this ordinance shall have, on both sides thereof, the name of the licensee and the
business telephone number of the licensee all of which shall be marked with plain un-
obscured letters of not less than four (4) inches in height.
(e) The licensee shall collect commercial municipal refuse, building
refuse and industrial refuse by emptying the contents of the receptaole into the
licensee's vehicle and returning the receptacle to place on the customer's premises
from which it was removed and replacing the cover. All receptacles shall be so
handled and emptied that no garbage is spilled on the premises of the customer or
in any street area.
(f) The licensee shall so load the vehicle so that as soon as any com-
partment of the licensee vehicle is filled, the same shall be immediately covered
with a metal cover.
Section 9. Duties of Customer.
(a) Receptacles required. It shall be the duty of the occupant or
occupants of each and every place of business denting with a licensed private collector,
to cause to be provided for said building or place of business, kept clean and in
place, sufficient and proper receptacles as herein described.
(b) Receptacles; Specifications. Receptacles must be portable, so main-
tained as to be water tight and vermin proof and shall be adequate in size and number
to hold and contain one (1) week's accumulation of garbage and/or refuse materials.
Receptacles shall be of substantial metal construction provided with handles and a
tight fitting cover and no single portable receptacle shall weigh more than one hundred
(100) pounds when full. Rubbish that is larger than can be contained in receptacles
may be securely tied in compact bundles, not to exceed one hundred (100) pounds in weighi
(c) Receptacles, location. All receptacles and bundles shall be located
within property lines, except that in the case of existing structures which extend to
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the alley or street line, receptacles for refuse maybe placed in a public alley or
street with prior permission of the Department of Public Works. Where the property
does not abut upon an alley or street, portable receptacles shall be placed on the
day scheduled for collection as is directed by the Department of Public Works.
(d) Receptacle, maintained in sanitary condition. It shall be the duty
of the occupant or occupants of each and every place of business dealing with a
licensed private collector to maintain receptacle in a sanitary condition. Receptacles
that are badly broken or constitute a fire hazard or otherwise fail to meet the re-
quirements of this ordinance may be classed as rubbish and may be collected as such.
(e) Separation and shortage. Garbage, rubbish, building refuse and in-
dustrial refuse need not be separated one from the other pending collection. The
private collector is free to require such separation as a condition of agreement or
contract with the owner or occupant of each place of business that he proposes to
service in his discretion. The owner or occupant is free to refuse the service of
any private collector if unwilling to meet such conditions.
Section 10. Rates for Collection. Each private contractor may fix and
determine reasonable rates to be charged for this service. In the event any person
dealing with a private collector is aggrieved by the rates fixed for such service
the Council reserves the right upon appeal by such person, to fix and determine the
reasonable rates to be charged by such private collector licensee. Notwithstanding
the above, the Council hereby reserves the right to fix and determine, at any time,
a schedule of reasonable rates to be charged by all private collector licensees for
the collection, transportation and disposal of commercial, building and industrial
refuse.
Section 11. Transportation. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons,
firm or corporation to transport or carry through the streets or alleys of the City
of Livonia, any municipal, building or industrial refuse in any vehicle unless said
vehicle is thoroughly covered with a metal cover, or to carry the same in vehicles
that are not free from leaks or to allow any garbage to drip or fall on any street
or public place.
Section 12. Disposal of Refuse Material. Any private contract licensee
under the provisions of this ordinance must dispose of all commercial municipal refuse,
building refuse and industrial refuse outside of the limits of the City of Livonia and
in such manner as not to create a public or private nuisance; provided, however, that
commercial and industrial garbage may, with the prior approval of the Department of
Public Works, be disposed of at the Livonia sanitary land fill site.
Section 13. Inspection. Authority to inspect, investigate and report on
the service rendered by any private collector licensee under this ordinance in the
collection, delivery and disposal of municipal refuse is hereby given to the health
officers of the City of Livonia and to the Director of Public Works or his duly
authorized representative.
Section 14. No Tampering. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to disturb the contents of any receptacle or bundle except as provided in this
ordinance.
Section 15. Penalty. Every person convicted of a violation of this or-
dinance shall be punished by a fine of not mare than Five Hundred Dollars (#500.00)
or by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days or both, such fine and impris on-
ment in the discretion of the Court. Each act or violation and every day upon which
any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense.
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Section 16. Repeal. Ordinance No. 34 and all other ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 17. Severability. In the event any portions of this ordinance are
held invalid for any reason, such holding shall not affect the remaining portion of
this ordinance.
Section 18. Emergency Clause. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an
emergency ordinance necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and
welfare and shall become effective immediately an publication.
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing Ordinance with the following results
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
The President declared the foregoing Ordinance duly adopted and would become effective
on date of publication.
By Councilman Sasser, seconded by Councilman Salvadore and unanimously
adopted, it was
#167-59 RESOLVED that, having considered the communication from the
Builders Association of Metropolitan Detroit dated December 12, 1958,
wherein the City of Livonia was requested to waive all fees and charges
usually connected with the construction of a new home for Nick Kobane,
a paraplegic, the Council must regretfully decline to comply with the
wishes of the Builders Association, because the waiving of fees and
charges is in conflict with ordinances and the Charter of the City of
Livonia; and the City Clerk is hereby requested to transmit copies of
this resolution to all service organizations in the City of Livonia and
that such service clubs and organizations are hereby urged to participate
in this worth-while project.
By Councilman Sasser, seconded by Councilman Salvadore, it was
#168-59 RESOLVED that, having considered the report and recommendation
of the Operations Division of the Department of Public Works dated March
4, 1959 on bids for radios, the Council does hereby accept the low bid of
the General Electric Company, 16247 Wyoming, Detroit 21, Michigan, in the
amount of $1,480.00, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized to do all
things necessary to the full performance of this resolution.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Bagnall, it was
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#169-59 RESOLVED that, having considered the recommendationialoof the
Civil Service Commission dated March 9, 1959,
of classification, the Council does hereby approve of the position of
Librarian IV at the rate of $6,500.00 per annum.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Sasser and unanimously
adopted, it was
#170-59 RESOLVED that, having considered the recommendation of the
Livonia Police Department dated March 9, 1959, and the letter from the
Michigan Liquor Control Commission dated December 29, 1958, the Council
does hereby approve the request from Maurice Garrick and Carl Leibowitz,
for a new SDM license to be located at 35315 Plymouth Road, Livonia,
Michigan.
Councilman Bagnall introduced the following Ordinance:
NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 16, 17, 23, 26 AND 35 OF THE
ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND AMENDING ARTICLE 3.00 OF
THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. 60, AS AMENDED, OF TIE CITY
OF LIVONIA BY ADDING THERETO SECTIONS 3.193, 3.1911, 3.195, 3.196,
3.197, 3.198 AND 3.199.
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS:
Section .1. The reports and recommendations of the City Planning Commission
dated December 9, 1958 on Petition No. Z-320; dated January 14, 1959 on Petitions No.
Z-333 and No. Z-3311; dated January 29, 1959 on Petitions No. Z-316, as amended, No.
Z-337, as amended, No. Z-352 and No. Z-353, having been considered by the Council,
the Council hereby adopts said petitions to amend the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning
Map of the City of Livonia, and all proceedings heretofore conducted on said petiti.ons
are hereby approved.
Section 2. Article 3.00 of the Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 60, as amended,
of the City of Livonia, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:
Section 3.193. Petition No. Z-320 of Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Connolly, et al, is hereby granted and the zoning classification of
the premises described in said petition is hereby changed from R-1-B
to PS as requested in said petition and the Southeast 1/11 of Section
16 of the Zoning Map is hereby amended to conform to the change made
in this section.
Section 3.191.. Petition No. Z-333 of Chester A. Simpson, Heinrich
Claus and Eli Broad is hereby granted and the zoning classification of the
premises described in said petition is hereby changed from RUFB to R-1-A
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as requested in said petition and the Southwest 1/4 of Section 2 of the
Zoning Map is hereby amended to conform to the change made in this section.
Section 3.195. Petition No. Z-334 of Jan Chmielewski is hereby
granted and the zoning classification of the premises described in said
petition is hereby changed from RUFB to C-1 as requested in said petition
and the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35 of the Zoning Map is le reby amended
to conform to the change made in this section.
Section 3.196. Petition No. Z-316, as amended, of Frank J. and
Viola Volk is hereby granted and the zoning classification of the premises
described in said amended petition is hereby changed from AGB to R-1-A as
requested in said amended petition and the Northeast 1/4 of Section 17 and
the Northwest 1/4 of Section 16 of the Zoning Map are hereby amended to
conform to the change made in this section.
Section 3.197. Petition No. Z-337, as amended, of Leonard J.
Grabor submitted on behalf of Oakview Homes, Inc., is hereby granted and
the zoning classification of the premises described in said amended petition
is hereby changed from RUFB to PS as requested in said amended petition and
the Southeast 1/L4 of Section 23 of the Zoning 'tip is hereby amended to
conform to the change made in this section.
Section 3.198. Petition No. Z-352 of Irwin I. Cohn submitted on
behAlf of Laup, Inc., is hereby granted and the zoning classification of
the premises described in s aid petition is hereby changed from RUFB to M-1
as requested in said petition and the North 1/2 of Section 26 of the
Zoning Map is hereby amended to conform to the change made in this section.
Section 3.199. Petition No. Z-353 of Clarence R. Charest, sub-
mitted on behalf of Edward J. and Norma J. Martin and Bruce Polozker, is
hereby granted and the zoning classification of the premises described in
said petition is hereby changed from AGB to R-1-A as requested in said
petition and the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17 of the Zoning Map is hereby
amended to conform to the change made in this section.
Section 3. The attached map designated ',Amendment No. 46 of the Zoning Map
of the City of Livonia,n showing all of the amendments and changes made in the fore-
going Section 2 of this ordinance, is hereby approved, established and made a part
thereof.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give this ordinance full force and
effect.
Section 5. Should any portion of this ordinance be held invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of any of the
remaining portions of this ordinance.
The foregoing Ordinance was placed on the table for consideration at the
next regular meeting of the Council.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Salvadore, it was
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#171-59 RESOLVED that, Mr. John F. Uznis, John F. Uznia Builders, Inc.,
21610 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan, as proprietors, having requested
the City Council to approve the proposed plat of the following Subdilision:
Idyl Wyld Estates Subdivision located in the Northeast 1/14 of Section 20,
City of Livonia; and it appearing that tentative approval of said proposed
plat was given by the City Planning Commission under date of January 6, 1959;
and it further appearing that said proposed plat, together with the plans
and specifications for improvements therein, have been approved by the
Department of Public Works under date of March 16, 1959; the City Council
does hereby approve said proposed plat on the following conditions:
(1) All of such improvements shall be installed in conformance
with the Plat Ordinance (No. 135) as amended, of the City of
Livonia, and the rules and regulations of the Department of Public
Works, within a period of two (2) years from the date of this
resolution;
(2) That the installation of such improvements shall be super-
vised and inspected by the Department of Pubic Works and such
improvements shall not be considered as having been satisfactorily
installed until there is filed with the Council a Certificate as
provided in Section 1)4 of said Ordinance No. 135, as amended;
(3) That the City Clerk is not authorized to affix her signature
to said Plat until either said improvements have been satisfactorily
installed or, in lieu thereof, there is filed with her by said
proprietors a bond to the City of Livonia, in such form as may
be approved by the City Attorney, and in the following amount:
- - One Hundred Sixty-four Thousand Dollars - - ($164,000.00) - -
and until all inspection fees and other charges due to the City
of Livonia have been Hilly paid;
(4) That the proprietor submit to the City Engineer as-built
plans of all improvements installed in the subdivision, on cloth
reproducible material;
(5) On full compliance with the above conditions and with the
provisions of said Plat Ordinance, as amended, the City Cler# is
hereby authorized to affix her signature to said Flat as evidence
of this approval.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann, O'Neill and Grant.
NAYS: None.
On motion of Councilman McCann, seconded by Councilman Bagnall and unanimously
adopted, this 273rd regular meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia was duly
adjourned at 10:28 P. M., March 16, 1959.
Me W. Clark, City Clerk
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MINUTES OF THE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOURTH REGULAR MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On March 23, 1959, the above meeting was held at 33001 Five Mile Road,
Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by the Vice President at approximately
8:2!i. P. M. Councilman Bagnall delivered the invocation. Roll was called with the
following result: Present-- James R. McCann, Sydney B. Bagnall, Rudolf R. Kleinert,
Robert Sasser and Frank O'Neill. Absent-- Austin T. Grant and Jack 5alvadore.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman O'Neill and unanimously
adopted, it was
#172-59 RESOLVED that, the minutes of the 273rd regular meeting of the
Council of the City of Livonia held March 16, 1959, are hereby approved.
The Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Amending Sections 2, 16, 17, 23, 26 and
35 of the Zoning Map of the City of Livonia and Amending Article 3.00 of the Zoning
Ordinance, Ordinance No. 60, as amended, of the City of Livonia by Adding Thereto
Sections 3.193, 3.191, 3.195, 3.196, 3.197, 3.198 and 3.199," introduced on March
16, 1959 by Councilman Bagnall, was taken from the table and a roll call vote con-
ducted thereon with the following result:
AYES: Kleinert, Sasser, O'Neill, Bagnall and McCann.
NAYS: None.
The Vice President declared the ordinance duly adopted aid would become effective on
date of publication.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Sasser, it was
#173-59 RESOLVED that, this 274th regular meeting of the Council of the
City of Livonia be adjourned.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Kleinert, Sasser and McCann.
NAYS: O'Neill and Bagnall.
The Vice President declared the resolution adopted and the meeting adjourned at
approximately 8:30 P. M., March 23, 1959.
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ge W. Clark, City Clerk