PREAMBLE

We, the People of the City of Laingsburg, Shiawassee County, Michigan, formerly known as the Village of Laingsburg, by virtue of the authority of the Constitution of the State of Michigan and Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1909 (MCL 117.1 et seq., MSA 5.2071 et seq.), as amended, do hereby ordain and establish this Charter for the City of Laingsburg.

State law reference

Permissible that Charter provide for regulation of public ways, MCL 117.4h(1), MSA 5.2081, (1); permissible that Charter provide for joint use of public property; permissible that Charter provide for plan of streets and alleys within three miles of city, MCL 117.4h(3), MSA 5.2081, (3); permissible that Charter provide for maintenance and disposition of city property, MCL 117.4e(1), MSA 5.2078, (1); permissible that Charter provide for regulation of watercourses, MCL 117.4h(4), MSA 5.2081, (4); permissible that Charter provide for zoning, MCL 117.4i(3), MSA 5.2082, (3); permissible that Charter provide for regulation of billboards, MCL 117.4i(5), MSA 5.2082, (5); permissible that Charter provide for regulating gas stations, MCL 117.4i(2), MSA 5.2082, (2); mandatory that Charter provide for the public peace, health and safety of persons and property, MCL 117.3(j), MSA 5.2073, (j); permissible that Charter provide for condemnation, MCL 117.4e(2), MSA 5.2078, (2).