Chapter II. POWERS IN GENERAL  

(1) To acquire by purchase, gift or lease, personal property of a value not to exceed $20,000, for any public use or purpose within the scope of its powers, and to hold, manage, control, sell or otherwise dispose of the same without approval of the electorate and to acquire and dispose of personal property of a value exceeding $20,000 with the prior approval of a majority vote of the electors voting thereon; (Section 2(1) as amended November 6, 2018)

(2) To provide by ordinance for Village planning and zoning as provided for by the statutes of the State of Michigan;

(3) To enact a building and housing code; to regulate the erection and repair of buildings and to require building permits therefor; to prevent the erection of unsafe buildings; to provide for the removal of unsafe buildings and to regulate the maintenance and occupancy of buildings insofar as the same affects health and safety;

(4) To establish and maintain definite fire limits and to prohibit within such limits the construction of buildings and other structures of wood and other materials easily inflammable; to enact ordinances in relation to the prevention and suppression of fires; and to provide for the inspection of private property for the purpose of determining whether a fire hazard exists;

(5) To regulate the location, construction, size and height of billboards and the maintenance thereof;

(6) To prohibit hunting within the Village limits;

(7) To regulate and license trades, occupations and public places of amusement, not inconsistent with state and federal laws, whether the same be specifically herein mentioned or not;

(8) To prescribe the terms and conditions upon which licenses shall be granted and may require the payment of such license fees and the furnishing of such bond as the Commission shall deem reasonable and proper. Licenses shall be subject to revocation by the Commission as provided in each particular ordinance;

(9) To regulate the speed of motor vehicles and to prohibit the reckless driving thereof upon the streets, highways and alleys of the Village and also upon any private road dedicated as such upon any recorded plat;

(10) To regulate traffic and parking of automobiles and other vehicles; to prohibit such parking on designated highways, streets, and alleys or parts thereof; to provide for the impounding of vehicles parked in violation of such regulations or prohibitions and of vehicles abandoned and left on the streets, highways and alleys of the Village; and to provide for the sale of any impounded vehicle which shall not be claimed and the impounding and other charges paid within sixty days after being impounded. The word “highways” as used in this paragraph shall include any private road dedicated as such upon any recorded plat;

(11) To prohibit by ordinance the pollution of any stream or water course within the Village limits;

(12) To make contracts or arrangements with the Franklin Village Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., and/or any governmental unit, individual or corporation for fire protection and for the services of a fire department and with any governmental unit for police protection and the services of a police department. (Section 2 as amended September 13, 2005)

(1) To acquire by purchase or gift or any real property if the value exceeds $10,000 or by lease if the annual rental exceeds $10,000, any real property, unless the acquisition shall have first been approved by two-thirds of the electors voting thereon at any general election. The Village may lease office space which shall be exempt from the annual rental limitation. (Section 3 as amended September 13, 2005)