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(a) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution if he knowingly advances or profits from prostitution.
(b) For the purpose of this section, a person
ADVANCES PROSTITUTION if, acting other than as a prostitute or a patron of the prostitute, he knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, offers to serve as an agent or manager for prostitution purposes, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid, or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.
(Ord. 2505, passed 7-28-1975; Ord. 2848, passed 8-16-1982)
For the purposes of this ordinance, a person profits from prostitution if, acting other than as a prostitute receiving compensation for personally rendered prostitution services, he accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby he participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.
(Ord. 2505, passed 7-28-1975)
A person commits the crime of soliciting if he:
(a) Accosts, solicits, or invites another person in any public place, or in or from any place, structure, house, building, or vehicle, by word, gesture, or any other means, to commit prostitution or do any other lewd or immoral or illegal act; or
(b) Receives or admits or offers to receive or admit any person or knowingly permits any person to remain in any such place for such purpose.
(Ord. 2505, passed 7-28-1975; Ord. 3107, passed 8-14-1989)
Subject to the maximum penalty set forth in § 1-7 of this Code and subject to other provisions of the law, persons found guilty of violation of §§ 31-32 through 31-33.7 of this Code on a second or subsequent occasion shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment which shall exceed any previous fine or imprisonment levied against such person for the last previous offense.
(Ord. 2626, passed 4-10-1978)
If any person shall make complaint on oath, in writing, before any Court in the City of Flint, that he suspects or has probable cause to suspect that any house or building, or other place in the City of Flint, is kept or used as a bawdy house or house of ill-fame, or place for the resort of prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution, or to associate with prostitutes, or that persons do resort to such house, building or other place for the purpose of prostitution, or to associate with prostitutes, whether the names of the persons concerned are known to the complainant or not, the Court shall issue a warrant directed to the Chief of Police or any police officer of the City, commanding such Chief of Police or police officer to enter into such house, building or other place, and arrest all prostitutes there found and all persons appearing to be there for the purpose of prostitution, or for the purpose of associating with prostitutes, and also the keeper or keepers of said house, building or place and the dwellers therein, and bring them before said Court to be dealt with according to law.
(Ord. 43, passed 10-17-1902)
The officer to whom such warrant shall be delivered shall execute the same according to the command thereof, and shall return it to the Court, and his return shall specify what persons were arrested by him as prostitutes, and what persons were arrested by him as keepers of the house, building or place and dwellers therein, and what persons were arrested by him as being there for the purpose of prostitution, or associating with prostitutes, and shall retain the custody of said person or persons until complaint shall be made and a proper warrant issued and such person or persons arrested thereon; provided, that this section and § 31-34 shall not be construed to prohibit the issuing of a warrant in the first instance to arrest any person or persons charged upon oath with violating any of this ordinance.
(Ord. 43, passed 10-17-1902)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, leave, or suffer or permit to remain in any place accessible to children, any icebox, refrigerator or any other container of any kind which has an airtight door, or lock or device, which may not be released for opening from the inside of said icebox, refrigerator or container, except an icebox, refrigerator or container in actual use for the storage of food or drugs and except an icebox, refrigerator or container used for display purposes inside of any store building and attended by some employee of such store, unless the door or doors shall have first been removed from such icebox, refrigerator or container, or unless the lock or device thereon shall have first been removed so that such door may be released for opening from the inside of such icebox, refrigerator or container, or unless a metal strap, band or wire of at least 400 pounds tensile strength shall have first been tightly and securely placed about said icebox, refrigerator or other container in such a manner as to effectively prevent the opening of the door without removing such strap, band or wire, and which strap, band or wire shall have been mechanically fastened or sealed in such a manner that the strap, band or wire cannot be removed from said icebox, refrigerator or container, except by mechanical means, or unless said door shall have been securely padlocked.
(Ord. 1138, passed 10-19-1953)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see MCLA 750.493d
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