Royal Oak Township, MI Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

The Charter Township of Royal Oak created the office of Ordinance Enforcement Officer in § 12-150 (Ord. No. 227, 1-19-2012). The Township Board appoints the officer by resolution at a regular meeting and can remove the officer the same way (§ 12-151). Under § 12-152 the officer is authorized to enforce all ordinances of the Township, including ones that name a different enforcing official, and is subordinate and responsible to the Clerk or another Township Board member the Clerk designates.

While housed under the Building Department, the officer's duties under § 12-153 cover commercial and residential property maintenance, merchant licensing, and public health and safety issues pertaining to nuisance, and not criminal violations. The same section lists the officer's paperwork: records and reports of inspections, complaints and investigations, plus serving notice of violations and appearance tickets. None of these sections prints a hotline, email address or web form. They name the office, its reporting line and its home in the Building Department.

What happens after a report is set out in § 12-138(6). An authorized township official can issue a citation if, after an investigation, the official has reasonable cause to believe the person is responsible. If the citation rests on an investigation of a complaint by someone who allegedly witnessed the violation, the township attorney must approve the citation in writing. For a violation involving the use or occupancy of land, a building or other structure, § 12-138(7)b allows the citation to be served by posting it on the property or attaching it to the building, with a copy mailed to the last known owner of record.

Section 12-141 lists who can issue municipal civil infraction citations: the township building inspector, the county sheriff and deputy sheriffs and other police personnel authorized to act, the township fire marshal and fire chief, and the township ordinance enforcement officer.