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(a) Any vehicle used in furtherance of larceny of aluminum siding, copper pipe, copper wire, manhole covers, household fixtures, or other scrap metal from either a public or private owner shall be forfeited to the City of Flint.
(b) The Chief Legal Officer shall institute forfeiture proceedings in the name of the City of Flint in the Genesee County Circuit Court.
(Ord. 3799, passed 8-22-2011; Ord. 3803, passed 9-12-2011)
(a) Any person convicted of larceny of aluminum siding, copper pipe, copper wire, manhole covers or other scrap metal from either a public or private owner shall serve a mandatory ninety (90) day jail term in the Genesee County Jail. A jail term imposed under this section shall not be suspended nor any credit given for good time or trustee status. The person subject to the sentence mandated by this section is not eligible for probation during the mandatory term imposed.
(Ord. 3800, passed 9-12-2011; Ord. 3804, passed 9-26-2011)
It shall be unlawful to go about from person to person or from place to place, soliciting contributions for oneself or others; provided, however, that soliciting of charitable contributions pursuant to a permit issued by the City Clerk is not prohibited.
(Ord. 2849, passed 8-30-1982)
All persons who shall make, aid or assist in making any riot, disturbance or improper diversion, or who shall aid or assist in collecting a crowd for any unlawful purpose, or who shall commit any breach of the peace, shall be deemed to be disorderly persons.
(Ord. 186, passed 10-14-1924)
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly go upon the property owned or leased by another and peep through the window of a building on the property of any person, without the express or implied consent of that person.
(Ord. 186, passed 10-14-1924; Ord. 1362, passed 1-21-1957; Ord. 2641, passed 5-22-1978)
The Chief of Police or any police officer in the City of Flint may, and it shall be the duty of each of them, to arrest without process any person found by them, or by either of them, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance hereof and forthwith bring such person before a Judge or Magistrate in said City to be dealt with according to law, within twenty-four (24) hours after said arrest, except in case said arrest shall be made in the night or on Sunday, or on a legal holiday, or in case no Justice or Magistrate can be found in his office, the officer making the arrest shall convey the person or persons so arrested to the jail of Genesee County or other place of confinement provided by the City, and the keeper thereof shall safely keep such persons therein until taken away by the officer making the arrest, or by some other officer having legal authority to remove the person, or until such person shall have remained in said jail or such place of confinement twenty-four (24) hours; or in case of arrest was made in the nighttime or on Sunday, or on a legal holiday; then until the hour of 9:00 a.m. of the day next thereafter upon which a Court may be legally held.
The officer so taking a person so arrested by him to said jail or place of confinement shall bring the person, or cause said person to be brought by some officer having like powers, before the Municipal Court of said City within the time fixed for his detention.
(Ord. 186, passed 10-14-1924; Ord. 1210, passed - -)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation to report or cause to be reported any felony or misdemeanor, or give any information relating to any such felony or misdemeanor, to the Department of Police of the City of Flint, or to any member of such Police Department by telephone, in writing or by other means of communication, knowing that no such felony or misdemeanor had in fact been committed.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation to give information or report to the Department of Police of the City of Flint, or to any member of such Police Department relating to any felony or misdemeanor, which information or report is false and which information or report such persons know to be false.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to give any information, knowing it to be false, to any member of the Department of Police of the City of Flint, when said member of the Police Department of the City of Flint is in the performance of his official duties.
(Ord. 200, passed 1-10-1938; Ord. 1406, passed 11-4-1957)
Statutory reference:
False reports to police radio, see MCLA 750.509
Reporting fictitious crimes to peace officers, see MCLA 750.411a
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated unless their context requires a different meaning.
ALARM CONTRACTOR. Any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity appropriately licensed as an alarm contractor by the State of Michigan, State Electrical Administrative Board.
ALARM SYSTEM. A device or an assembly of equipment or devices arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which police officers and/or firefighters are expected to respond.
ALARM USER. Any person, whether owner, occupant, or tenant, on whose premises an alarm system maintained within the City except for alarm systems on motor vehicles. If, however, an alarm system on a motor vehicle is connected with an alarm system at a premises, the person using such alarm system is an ALARM USER. Also excluded from this definition and from the coverage of the ordinance are persons who use alarm systems to alert or signal persons within the premises in which the alarm system is located, of an attempted unauthorized intrusion or hold-up attempt. If such a system, however, employs an audible signal emitting sounds or flashing lights or beacon designed to signal persons outside the premises, such system shall be within the definition of an alarm system and shall be subjected to §§ 31-19.1 through 31-19.6.
FALSE ALARM. Any alarm condition which is reported to the City of Flint 911 Center for the response of the Flint Police Department and Fire Department that is not the result from the activity for which the alarm was intended. A FALSE ALARM may include, but is not limited to, activation of an alarm system through any of the following:
(1) Negligent or intentional use or misuse of the system;
(2) Mechanical failure;
(3) Malfunction;
(4) Improper installation; or
(5) Low battery conditions.
FIRE OR BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM. Any device or equipment designed to signal visibly, audibly, electronically, mechanically or by any combination of these methods, and to which the Department(s) are trained to respond.
LETTER FOR EXCESSIVE FALSE ALARMS. A notification provided to an alarm contractor by the Department for two (2) or more false alarms within a 12-month calendar year.
PREMISES. Any building or structure in which an alarm system is installed.
QUALIFIED ALARM TECHNICIAN. Any person who inspects, installs, repairs or performs maintenance on alarm systems and is factory trained and/or licensed by the State of Michigan.
RECORD OF COMPLETION. The form required to be filed with the City pursuant to the National Fire Protection Association’s National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72).
REPORT OF CORRECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST IMPROPER USE. Documentation in a format acceptable to the City of Flint 911 Enforcement Official that verifies the alarm contractor has taken appropriate corrective measures to prevent future improper use of an alarm system.
REPORT OF SERVICE/REPAIR. Documentation in a format acceptable to the Enforcement Official that verifies proper repairs or maintenance have been performed by both the alarm contractor and the alarm user.
SERVICE FEE. The monetary charge for responding to false alarms.
(Ord. 3376, passed 7-27-1998; Ord. 3753, passed 5-20-2009)
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