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After adopting a new ordinance or an amendment to an existing ordinance, a municipality must publish notice of the new legal obligations in a local newspaper. The Notice of Adoption (“NOA”) informs citizens of the Township’s action by giving a summary and each section of the ordinance with a catchline. See MCL 41.184(3). The NOA also determines when the new ordinance or amendment will be in force. The effective date is usually 30 days after publication, MCL 41.184(2)(a), but charter township ordinances follow a different procedure and can be effective at publication, MCL 42.22.

For zoning ordinances, “a notice of ordinance adoption” similarly must be published. Among other things, it must provide “a summary of the regulatory effect of the amendment” and the “effective date” of the ordinance or amendment. MCL 125.3401(9).