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Village council sends chapters 11–15 code rewrite back to planning commission for public hearing
Summary
The Village of Saint Charles council reviewed and revised chapters 11–15 of the municipal code — covering parks, peddlers, solid waste and special assessments — and agreed to return the draft to the planning commission for a public hearing and later legal adoption.
The Village of Saint Charles council on June 12 reviewed proposed rewrites to chapters 11 through 15 of the municipal code and agreed to send the revised draft back to the planning commission for a public hearing and subsequent legal adoption.
Mark, the village clerk who led the review, said the changes clarify committee names and definitions in Chapter 11, add a recreational-vehicle-equipment definition, and remove an age-based restroom clause. "We deleted that out," he said of a provision that had allowed children six and under to use opposite-sex restrooms. The clerk also noted changes that assign pavilion reservation duties to the village office and make the village manager explicitly able to close park areas.
The amendments to Chapter 12 narrow obsolete procedural text and align the peddler and solicitor language with state law; the council discussed that local peddler restrictions often raise First Amendment questions. Chapter 14 (solid waste) was updated to align with Mid Michigan Waste Authority standards, including receptacle specifications and commercial-rubbish rules; the document adds the authority website recyclemotion.org and sets compost-pile hours at 8 a.m.–4 p.m. from April through November, with two labeled sites for leaves and brush.
Chapter 15 (special assessments) was edited to reflect statutory process and clearer timelines: notice-of-hearing language was changed from 10 to 15 days, the timing of tax-bill assessment posting was clarified, and interest on deferred installments was lowered from a stated 8% to 1% over the bond rate, according to the clerk.
Council members asked for typographical fixes and capitalization corrections, and the clerk said chapters 16–19 will be reviewed by the planning commission next month. The council voted to return the draft to the planning commission for review and a public hearing before final legal adoption.
The planning commission will schedule the public hearing; the council expects to consider legal adoption after that step.
