ADOPTION, CONTENTS AND INTERPRETATION

Ann Arbor City Code tit. I, ch. 1

in effect

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:1 Publication and distribution of Code.

1:1. - Publication and distribution of Code. Publication of the within codification of the ordinances of the City of Ann Arbor in accordance with section 7.4(b) of the Charter is hereby directed. Copies of the Code shall be published in looseleaf form and shall be distributed as follows: Officer | Number of Copies Mayor | 1 Each Council Member | 1 City Administrator | 1 Community Services Area Administrator | 1 Financial and Administrative Services Area Administrator | 1 Public Services Area Administrator | 1 Safety Services Area Administrator | 1 Clerk | 2 Attorney | 1 Assistant Attorney | 1 Treasurer | 1 Assessor | 1 Planning and Development Services Manager | 1 Building Official | 1 Two hundred copies of the original printing of this Code shall be published and made available to the public at cost. Additional copies shall be made available if demand therefore shall exhaust the supply within 1 year from the effective date of this Code. In addition, the clerk shall keep 1 of the copies of the Code assigned to him/her, available for public inspection during office hours. (Ord. No. 43-04, § 1, 1-3-05)

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:2 Amendment procedure.

1:2. - Amendment procedure. This Code shall be amended by ordinance. The title of each amendatory ordinance, adapted to the particular circumstances and purposes of the amendment, shall be substantially as follows: (1) To amend any section: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION _____ (OR SECTIONS _____ AND _____) OF CHAPTER _____ OF TITLE _____ OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR. (2) To insert a new section, chapter or title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR BY ADDING A NEW SECTION (_____ NEW SECTIONS, A NEW CHAPTER, OR A NEW TITLE, AS THE CASE MAY BE) WHICH NEW SECTION (SECTIONS, CHAPTER, OR TITLE) SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS SECTION _____ (SECTIONS _____ AND _____ OF CHAPTER _____ OF TITLE _____ (or proper designation if a chapter or title is added) OF SAID CODE. (3) To repeal a section, chapter, or title: AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL SECTION _____ (SECTIONS _____ AND _____), CHAPTER _____, TITLE _____, (as the case may be) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:3 Publication and distribution of amendments.

1:3. - Publication and distribution of amendments. Amendments to the Code shall be published as required by the Charter of the City of Ann Arbor and not less than 28 copies of each amendment shall be published in looseleaf form suitable for insertion in the looseleaf copies of this Code. The City Clerk shall distribute such copies to the officers of the city having copies of the Code assigned to them. Each officer assigned in a copy of the Code shall be responsible for maintaining the same and for the proper insertion of amendatory pages as received. Each copy of said Code shall remain the property of the city and shall be turned over by each officer having custody thereof upon expiration of his term of office to his successor or to the City Clerk, in case he shall have no successor.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:4 Contents of Code.

1:4. - Contents of Code. This Code contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Ann Arbor and includes ordinances dealing with municipal administration, parks and public grounds, streets and sidewalks, zoning and planning, food and health, businesses and trades, building, electrical, heating and plumbing regulations, police regulations and traffic regulations, and excludes ordinances granting franchises and special privileges, establishing sewer and other public improvement districts, providing for the construction of particular sewers, streets or sidewalks, or for the improvement thereof, and for the construction and improvement of other public works, authorizing the borrowing of money or the issuance of bonds. The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Ann Arbor, adopted September 4, 1923, as amended up to the date of adoption of this Code, is incorporated into Chapter 55 of this Code, except as section numbers and references to other ordinances of the city are changed to conform to the Code numbering system. The adoption of this Code shall not be interpreted as authorizing or permitting any use or the continuance of any use of a structure or premises in violation of any ordinance of the city in effect on the date of adoption of this Code. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature in effect on the effective date of this Code are hereby repealed except as to such provisions of any such ordinance as are also contained herein; provided, however, that any sections or parts of any such ordinance which are not permanent and general in nature as herein defined, and which are severable from the remainder of such ordinance are saved from repeal. Ordinances hereafter adopted which are not of a general or permanent nature shall be numbered consecutively, authenticated, published and recorded in the book of ordinances, but shall not be prepared for insertion in this Code, nor be deemed a part thereof. (Ord. No. 18-09, § 1, 7-16-18)

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:5 Short title.

1:5. - Short title. This ordinance may be known and cited as the "Ann Arbor City Code."

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:6 Headings.

1:6. - Headings. No provision of this Code shall be held invalid by reason of deficiency in any chapter or section heading.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:7 Responsibility.

1:7. - Responsibility. Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment thereof, or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition shall extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding, or abetting of another person to do said act.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:8 Definitions.

1:8. - Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in this Code and any amendment thereto, shall, for the purposes of this Code, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. City. The City of Ann Arbor. Person. Any individual, copartnership, corporation, association, club, joint adventure, estate, trust, and any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the individuals constituting such group or unit. Public place. Any place to or upon which the public resorts, or travels, whether such place is owned or controlled by the city or any agency of the State of Michigan, or is a place to or upon which the public resorts or travels by custom, or by invitation, express or implied. Street, highway, alley. The entire width subject to an easement for public right-of-way, or owned in fee by the city, county, or state, of every way or place, of whatever nature, whenever any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right for purposes of public travel. The word, "alley," shall mean any such way or place providing a secondary means of ingress and egress from a property. Sidewalk. That portion of a street between the curb lines or lateral lines and the right-of-way lines which is intended for the use of pedestrians.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:9 Title of officer to include deputy or subordinate.

1:9. - Title of officer to include deputy or subordinate. Whenever, by the provisions of this Code, any officer of the City of Ann Arbor is assigned any duty or empowered to perform any act or duty, the title of said officer shall mean and include such officer or his deputy or authorized subordinate.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:10 Tense.

1:10. - Tense. Except as otherwise specifically provided or indicated by the context, all words used in this Code indicating the present tense shall not be limited to the time of adoption of this Code but shall extend to and include the time of the happening of any act, event, or requirement for which provision is made therein, either as a power, immunity, requirement, or prohibition.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:11 Notice.

1:11. - Notice. Unless otherwise permitted or provided by a provision of this Code or other law, notice regarding sidewalk repairs, sewer or water connections, dangerous structures, abating nuisances or any other act, the expense of which if performed by the city, may be assessed against the premises under the provisions of this Code, shall be served: (1) By delivering the notice to the owner personally or by leaving the same at his residence, office or place of business with some person of suitable age and discretion, or (2) By mailing said notice by certified or registered mail to such owner at his last known address, or (3) If the owner is unknown, by posting said notice in some conspicuous place on the premises for 5 days. No person shall interfere with, obstruct, mutilate, conceal, or tear down any official notice or placard posted by any city officer, unless permission is given by said officer to remove said notice. (Ord. No. 15-02, § 1, 4-15-02)

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:12 Publication of rules and regulations.

1:12. - Publication of rules and regulations. All rules and regulations made by the administrative officers which are subject to approval by the Council under the provisions of this Code, after such approval is given, and all rules and regulations adopted by the Council on its own initiative, shall be published in the manner provided in the City Charter for the publication of city ordinances. Copies of all such rules and regulations shall be kept in the office of the Clerk for public inspection and distribution.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:13 Penalty.

1:13. - Penalty. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by this Code for any particular provision or section, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Code or any rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act of violation and every day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any section of this Code whether or not such penalty is re-enacted in the amendatory ordinance. (Ord. No. 25-04, § 1, 8-2-04)

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:14 Severability.

1:14. - Severability. It is the legislative intent of the Council in adopting this Code, that all provisions and sections of this ordinance be liberally construed to protect and preserve the peace, health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Ann Arbor and should any provision or section of this ordinance be held unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of any of the remaining provisions or sections, it being the intent that this ordinance shall stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of any provision or section thereof. The provisions of this section shall apply to the amendment of any section of this Code whether or not the wording of this section is set forth in the amendatory ordinance.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:15 Effective date.

1:15. - Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect April 15, 1957.

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:16 Due process hearing.

1:16. - Due process hearing. Unless specific appeal procedures are otherwise provided in this Code, in any case where a permit, license or other form of permission is refused or revoked by the administration, the following appeal procedures shall be applicable: (1) If the aggrieved party files a written appeal with the City Administrator within 5 days of the event, the Administrator shall hold a due process hearing to redetermine the propriety of the decision of the administration. (2) Persons aggrieved of the decision of the Administrator following such a hearing may appeal that decision to the City Council by filing a written appeal within 5 days of the Administrator's decision. The appeal to the Council will be based on the record of the hearing before the Administrator. (Ord. No. 71-81, 10-5-81)

Ann Arbor City Code § 1:17 Code violation citations.

1:17. - Code violation citations. The administrators of the following service areas and units and the persons holding the positions or performing the functions listed within each service area or unit are authorized to issue citations for violations of the indicated chapters of this Code. This designation of authority is in addition to that otherwise provided by law. (1) Community services area. (a) Building and rental services unit (Chapters 2, 26, 27, 28, 33, 38, 47, 50, 55, 65, 79, 82, 94, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 116 and 119): Building Official. City Planner. Development Services Inspectors. Project and Programs Manager. Senior City Planner. Zoning Coordinator. (b) Planning services unit (Chapters 2, 26, 32, 33, 47, 55, 65, 94, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, and 119): City Planner. Associate Planner. Planner II. Senior Planner. Principal Planner. Land Development Coordinator. Zoning Coordinator. (c) Parks and recreation services unit (Chapters 26, 27, 28, 33, 38, 39, 40, 47, 49, 82, 106 and 119): Deputy Parks Manager. Parks and Public Space Maintenance Supervisor. Parks and Public Space Maintenance Technician. Natural Area Preservation Manager. Natural Area Preservation Technician. Conservation Worker. Outreach Coordinator. Conservation Crew Leader. Field Biologist. (2) Public services area. (a) Wastewater resource recovery services unit (Chapters 27, 28 and 33): Water Resource Recovery Manager. Administrative Assistant to Water Resource Recovery Manager. (b) Systems planning unit (Chapters 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 40, 47, 55, 69, 70, 71, 72, 100, 106, 116 and 119): Systems Planning Unit Manager. Environmental Services Manager. Fertilizer Program Administrator. Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Planning Coordinator. Stormwater and Floodplain Programs Coordinator. Land Development Coordinator. Water Quality Manager. Solid Waste Manager. Stormwater and Water Resources Regulatory Coordinator. (c) Engineering services unit (Chapters 27, 28, 32, 33, 38, 40, 47, 49, 50, 55, 59, 100, 106, 119, and 126): City Engineer. Senior Project Manager. Project Manager. Senior Project Engineer. Project Engineer. Civil Engineer Specialists' Supervisor. Civil Engineer Specialist. (3) Safety services area. (a) Fire services unit (Chapters 27, 93, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 111, 115, 116 and 126): Fire Chief. Assistant Fire Chief. Battalion Chief. Captain. Lieutenant. Driver Operator. Fire Fighter. Fire Marshal. Fire Inspectors. (b) Police services unit. Police Service Specialists (Chapters 38, 39, 47, 49, 70, 72, 73, 75, 82, 85, 106, 107, 111, 114, 115, 119, 120, 126 and 127). Community Standards Officers (Chapters 26, 30, 32, 40, 47, 49, 55, 59, 61, 70, 72, 73, 75, 79, 82, 102, 104, 105, 106, 111, 120 and 126). Telecommunicator (Chapter 93). (4) City administrator services area. (a) Human resources services unit (Chapters 23 and 112): Human Resources Manager. Human Rights Coordinator. Human Rights Investigator. (b) Sustainability and innovations unit (Chapters 75, 102, and 104): Sustainability and Innovations Director. Sustainability and Innovations Manager. Energy Manager. Energy Official. Energy Analyst. Energy Analyst and Enforcement Officer. (Ord. No. 46-85, 10-21-85; Ord. No. 1-89, § 1, 4-17-89; Ord. No. 59-89, § 1, 10-16-89; Ord. No. 73-90, § 1, 12-17-90; Ord. No. 88-92, § 1, 1-4-93; Ord. No. 50-94, § 1, 9-7-94; Ord. No. 58-95, § 1, 2-5-96; Ord. No. 40-96, § 3, 11-18-96; Ord. No. 48-96, § 1, 1-21-97; Ord. No. 4-97, § 2, 3-17-97; Ord. No. 15-01, § 1, 4-16-01; Ord. No. 20-01, § 1, 5-7-01; Ord. No. 31-02, § 3, 8-5-02; Ord. No. 32-03, § 1, 8-4-03; Ord. No. 14-04, § 1, 4-6-04; Ord. No. 43-04, § 1, 1-3-05; Ord. No. 1-06, § 2, 2-6-06; Ord. No. 09-15, § 1, 5-18-09; Ord. No. 09-25, § 1, 8-17-09; Ord. No. 10-29, § 1, 9-20-10; Ord. No. 16-18, § 2, 10-6-16; Ord. No. 16-24, § 2, 2-6-17; Ord. No. 18-02, § 1, 2-20-18; Ord. No. 18-09, § 2, 7-16-18; Ord. No. 23-35, § 2, 12-18-23; Ord. No. 24-27, § 1, 10-21-24)

Source: City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/ann_arbor/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIAD_CH1ADCOINFetched: 11/8/2026