LIEN SALE
THE FOLLOWING UNITS – have been taken under possession by Sparkle U-Stor-It for lack of payment. These units will be auctioned on January 1, 2017 if the Tenant fails to claim unit.
THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD ON-LINE AT WWW.STORAGEBATTLES.COM
Trenton Bowens, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 79
Michelle Harvell, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 614
Rosetta Pratt, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 92
Paula Pritchard, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 137
Ponenail Wright, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 67
Shealena Simpson, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 355
Shirlyn Smith, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 19
(12-29-16 TCR)
HELP WANTED
NOW HIRING… for a part-time 3 pm – 11 pm Med Tech. Must have good attendance, longevity from past employments, a positive attitude, and compassion for our senior population.
No experience necessary, will train. Apply in person at Woodland Terrace of Paw Paw Lake – 6786 Red Arrow Hwy – Coloma, MI 49038. No phone calls please.
(12-22, 12-29-16 TCR)
WATERVLIET CHARTER TOWNSHIP
An equal opportunity provider and employer
MEETING SYNOPSIS
December 19, 2016
Reports: Minutes, Treasurer, Payables, Police, Fire Board, Treatment Plant, Sewer/Ordinance, County Commission.
Old Business: Ordinance 84, Ordinance 75, Skate Park, School Resource Officer, Projerty Value Adjustments.
New Business: Shared Services Agreement, Permit Fees, Board Appointments, Budget Workshop, Lane Automotive Tour.
Approved: Board Reports, Ordinance 84, Skate Park repairs, School Resource Officer program, Shared Services Agreement, Permit Fees, Board Appointments.
Announcements.
Guest Comments: Puffer, Jones.
Adjournment.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia Bambrick, Clerk
SYNOPSIS
COLOMA CHARTER TOWNSHIP
REGULAR MEETING
December 14, 2016at7:00pm
Present:Parrigin, Kraemer,Duffield, Willmeng, Fulton, Moser, Harper.
Approved Consent agenda andNovemberBoard minutes.
Approved November Expenses $226,476.04
Approved2nd reading of Zoning District Amendment
Approved Bob Howell as member of the Planning Commission & Board of Review
Adjourned at7:44pm
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Kraemer
Coloma Charter Township Clerk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent’s Estate
STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF BERRIEN
FILE NO 2016-0765-DE-B
Estate of Mary Ann Vent, Deceased
TO ALL CREDITORS:*
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Mary Ann Vent, died July 4, 2016.
Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Michael O. Vent personal representative, or to both the probate court at 811 Port St., St. Joseph, MI 49085 and personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.
Michael O. Vent
8 Cinnamon Creek Drive
Palos Hills, Il 60465
Ronald Postelli (P19029)
170 N. Paw Paw Street,
PO BOX 295
Coloma, MI 49038
(269) 468-3070
(12-29-16 TCR)
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET
BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET, BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that after a second reading at a regular meeting of the Township Board conducted on Monday December 19, 2016, and after a first reading conducted on November 21, 2016, the Board duly adopted Fair Housing Ordinance No. 84. Below is a true and complete copy of the adopted Ordinance.
FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET, MICHIGAN
ORDINANCE NO. 84
ord. no. 84 eff. ________________
An Ordinance prohibiting and making unlawful discrimination in housing and/or real property because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex or disability in the Charter Township of Watervliet.
THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET, BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ORDAINS:
Sec. I. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
In furthering the policy of the State of Michigan as expressed in its Constitution and other laws, in order that the safety and general welfare, peace and health of all the inhabitants of the Township may be ensured, it is hereby declared the policy of the Charter Township of Watervliet to assure equal opportunity to all residents, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or physical disability to live in decent, sanitary, healthful, standard living quarters.
It is the policy of the Charter Township of Watervliet that no owner, lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person, firm or corporation having the right to sell, rent, lease or otherwise control any housing accommodation and/or real property within the Township, or any agent of these shall refuse to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations and/or real property because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability of such person or persons or discriminate against any person or persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability in the conditions, terms, privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any housing accommodation and/or real property or in the furnishing of facilities and/or services in connection therewith.
Relocation shall be carried out in a manner that will promote maximum choice within the community’s total housing supply, lessen racial, ethnic and economic concentrations and facilitate desegregation and racially inclusive patterns of occupancy and use of public and private facilities.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
Sec.II. DEFINITIONS.
Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the meaning as described in this section and as used in this Ordinance.
Discriminate – The terms “discriminate” or “discrimination” mean any difference expressed in any way toward a person or persons in the terms of the sale, exchange, lease, rental or financing for housing accommodation and/or real property in regard to such sale, exchange, rental, lease or finance because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability of such person.
Housing Accommodation – This term includes any building, structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied, maintained, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as a home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, or any real estate so used, designed or intended for such use.
Real Property – Means any real estate, vacant land, building, structure or housing accommodations within the corporate limits of the Charter Township of Watervliet.
Real Estate Broker – This term shall mean any person, partnership, association, corporation and/or agent thereof, who for a fee or other valuable consideration offers, sells, purchases, exchanges or rents, or negotiates for the sale, purchase, exchange or rental of a housing accommodation and/or real property of another, or collects rent for the use of housing accommodation and/or real property of another.
Financial Institution – Means any person, institution or business entity of any kind which loans money to persons and receives as security of said loans a secured interest of any kind in the real property of the borrower.
Owner – Shall be any person or persons who hold legal or equitable title to, or own any beneficial interest in any real property or who hold legal or equitable title to shares of, or hold any beneficial interest in any real estate cooperative which owns any real property and/or housing accommodations.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
Sec III. PROHIBITED ACTS.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of real estate, lessee, sub-lessee, real estate broker or salesman, financial institution or employee of the financial institution, advertiser, or agent of any or all of the foregoing, to discriminate against any person or persons because of their race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability with regard to the sale, exchange or rental or any dealing concerning any housing accommodation and/or real property. In addition to the foregoing, it shall also be unlawful for any real estate broker or employee thereof, owner or other person or financial institution dealing with housing or real property in Watervliet Charter Township to:
Discriminate against any person in the availability of or the price, terms, conditions, or privileges of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, or occupancy of any housing accommodation or real property in the Township or in furnishing of any facilities or services in connection therewith.
Publish or circulate, or cause to be published or circulated, any notice statement or advertisement, or to announce a policy or to use any form of applications for the purchase, lease, rental or financing of real property or to make any record of inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of such real estate which expresses directly or indirectly any discrimination as to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability of any person.
Discriminate in connection with lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise obtaining or making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation and/or real property.
Solicit for sale, lease, or listing for the sale or lease of any housing accommodation and/or real property on the grounds of loss of value because of the present or prospective entry into any neighborhood of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability.
Distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner of any housing accommodation and/or real property to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective change in the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability of persons in the neighborhood.
Make any misrepresentations concerning the listing for sale or the anticipated listing for sale or the sale of any housing accommodation and/or real property for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce the sale or listing for sale of any housing accommodation and/or real property by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability in the area will or may result in the lowering of property values in the block, neighborhood or area in which the property is located.
Solicit any real estate broker to sell, rent or otherwise deal with such owner’s housing accommodations and/or real property with any limitation on its sale based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability.
Refuse to sell, rent, or otherwise deal with any housing accommodation and/or real property because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or disability of the proposed buyer or tenant.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
Sec. IV. PENALTY.
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. This section shall in no way abrogate or impair the right of the Charter Township of Watervliet to specifically enforce, by any legal means, any of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
Sec. V. REPEAL.
All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are expressly repealed and are of no other force and effect.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
Sec. VI. SEVERABILITY.
The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable and, should any provision, section or part thereof, be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall only affect the particular provision, section or part thereof involved in such decision and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of such ordinance which shall continue in full force and effect.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
Sec. VII. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon publication.
(ord. no. 84 eff. _______________)
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Ordinance will become effective upon publication. Copies of the Ordinance are available at the Township Hall, 4959 M-140 Highway, Watervliet, MI. 49098, for purchase or inspection. Copies of the Ordinance may be mailed to interested persons upon the reception of a $5.00 fee. Inquiries may be directed to the Township Clerk at (269) 463-5113.
Patricia J. Bambrick, Clerk
Watervliet Charter Township
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET
BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF WATERVLIET CHARTER TOWNSHIP AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that after a first reading conducted on December 19, 2016, the Watervliet Charter Township Board will consider the amendment of Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance No. 75 by amending Section IV: Manner of Registering; and Section IX: Fees. The Board will conduct a second reading on January 16, 2017, after which, motion for adoption of the said amendments will be considered.
Below are true and complete copies of the text of the affected sections:
Sec IV: MANNER OF REGISTERING.
The registration must be made annually by the property owner or designated local property manager in the office of the building department of the township. The applicant/owner or his/her designated representative, by filing an application, shall be deemed to have given the consent of the code enforcement officials of the township to enter each rental unit, as well as any other portions of the structure, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, to inspect the premises at any time after the application is made or a certificate of compliance is issued.
Sec. IX: FEES
An annual fee shall be charged and be payable at the time of making the annual registration required under this ordinance to offset the township’s cost for the annual compliance inspection, follow-up inspections, and administrative costs. In addition, there shall be an additional fee assessed for late registration.
There shall be a fee assessed against the property, property owner or designated local property manager for each additional inspection required because violations have not been corrected. Additional inspections shall mean inspections required after the initial and follow-up compliance inspections.
Fees shall be adopted by the Watervliet Charter Township Board in a schedule of fees relating to this Ordinance and amended from time to time.
Any unpaid registration fees or other assessed fees or penalties left unpaid shall be charged against the real estate upon which the structure or structures are located and shall be a lien upon such real estate.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that printed copies of the proposed ordinance are available at the Township Hall for purchase or inspection. Copies of the proposed ordinance may be mailed to interested persons upon the reception of a $5.00 fee. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Zoning Administration at (269) 463-5113. Watervliet Charter Township will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the meeting upon six (6) business days notice by contacting the Watervliet Charter Township Zoning Administrator at the above phone number or writing to 4959 M-140 Highway, Watervliet, MI. 49098
Robert Lohr
Zoning Administrator
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