CITY OF NEW BUFFALO
BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
ORDINANCE NO. 281
At a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of New Buffalo held at City Hall on March 16, 2026 commencing at 6:31 p.m., the following Ordinance was offered for adoption by Council Member Knoll and was seconded by Council Member Gear:
AN ORDINANCES TO ENACT A NEW SECTION 1-9 OF CHAPTER 1 OF THE NEW BUFFALO CITY CODE, ENTITLED “PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE CITY”
THE CITY OF NEW BUFFALO (the “City”) ORDAINS:
Section 1. Enactment of Section 1-9. Section 1-9 entitled “Persons indebted to the City” is hereby enacted to the New Buffalo City Code and reads in its entirety as follows:
Section 1-9 Persons indebted to the City.
The City shall not review or act on a request for the approval of plans, plats, permits, contracts or similar matters if the applicant is in default of real or personal property taxes due to the City or if the applicant is otherwise financially indebted to the City. Pending appeals filed in good faith in a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction shall not prohibit the City from acting as requested.
Section 2. Severability. Should any word, phrase, sentence, or clause of this Ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision or part.
Section 3. Publication and Effective Date. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and the ordinance shall be effective 20 days after its enactment or upon publication, whichever is later.
YEAS: Lijewski, Robertson, Gear, Knoll, Price
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ORDINANCE DECLARED ADOPTED.
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Vance Price, Mayor
CERTIFICATION
I, Amy Fidler, the Clerk of the City of New Buffalo, hereby attest that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of an ordinance adopted by the City Council for the City of New Buffalo, Berrien County, at a meeting of the City Council called and held on March 16, 2026, in accordance with the required statutory procedures.
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Amy Fidler, Clerk