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CITY OF FLINT, MICHIGAN CODE OF ORDINANCES
PART I. CHARTER
PART II. THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS*
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION*
CHAPTER 3: ADVERTISING AND SIGNS
CHAPTER 4: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CHAPTER 5: AIRPORT
CHAPTER 6: ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR SALES
CHAPTER 7: AMBULANCES
CHAPTER 8: AMUSEMENTS
CHAPTER 9: ANIMALS AND FOWL*
CHAPTER 10: AUCTIONS
CHAPTER 11: BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 12: BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS GENERALLY*
CHAPTER 13: CEMETERIES
CHAPTER 14: CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER
CHAPTER 15: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 16: ELECTRICAL CODE
CHAPTER 17: FENCES
CHAPTER 18: TAXATION; FUNDS; PURCHASING*
CHAPTER 19: FIRE PROTECTION*
CHAPTER 20: RESERVED
CHAPTER 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: HEATING
CHAPTER 23: RESERVED
CHAPTER 24: HOUSING
CHAPTER 25: RESERVED
CHAPTER 26: LICENSING FEES AND OTHER CHARGES
CHAPTER 27: RESERVED
CHAPTER 28: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 29: MUNICIPAL RETAIL AND WHOLESALE GROWERS’ MARKET
CHAPTER 30: NUISANCES*
CHAPTER 31: GENERAL OFFENSES*
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
§ 31-1 ARREST - INTERFERING WITH POLICE OFFICER.
§ 31-2 SAME - RESISTING.
§ 31-3 ASSAULT; POLICE OFFICER.
§ 31-3.1 LABOR MEMBERSHIP; STRIKE ACTIONS; HIRING REPLACEMENT WORKERS.
§ 31-4 ATWOOD STADIUM AND THE LIKE; ACTS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS.
§ 31-5 CONTRACEPTIVES; SALE; INSTRUCTION IN USE; CONDOM VENDING MACHINES.
§ 31-5.1 PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY - DEFINITIONS.
§ 31-5.2 SAME - PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
§ 31-5.3 SAME - NOTIFICATION OF PARENT; RECORD OF NOTIFICATION.
§ 31-5.4 TRUANCY REDUCTION.
§ 31-5.4.1 DEFINITIONS.
§ 31-5.5 VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
§ 31-6 CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF MINORS.
§ 31-7 CURFEW - MINORS 12 AND UNDER.
§ 31-7.1 SCHOOL YEAR CURFEW - MINORS 12 AND UNDER.
§ 31-8 CURFEW - MINORS 14 AND UNDER.
§ 31-8.1 SCHOOL YEAR CURFEW - MINORS 14 AND UNDER.
§ 31-9 CURFEW - MINORS UNDER 17.
§ 31-9.1 SCHOOL YEAR CURFEW - MINORS UNDER 17.
§ 31-9.2 DAYTIME CURFEW - MINORS UNDER 17.
§ 31-9.3 CURFEW - FAILURE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO COLLECT MINOR.
§ 31-10 SAME - PERSONS 17 OR OVER ABIDING OR ABETTING VIOLATIONS.
§ 31-11 DISORDERLY HOUSE - FREQUENTING; WHAT CONSTITUTES; PROOF OF CHARACTER OF HOUSE.
§ 31-12 DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND DISORDERLY PERSONS.
§ 31-12.1 HINDERING OR ASSAULTING CITY EMPLOYEES; INJURY TO CITY VEHICLES.
§ 31-13 LARCENY.
§ 31-13.1 FORFEITURE.
§ 31-13.2 PENALTIES.
§ 31-14 BEGGING OR PANHANDLING.
§ 31-15 RIOTERS; COLLECTORS OF CROWDS AND THE LIKE.
§ 31-16 PROWLING.
§ 31-17 WINDOW PEEPERS.
§ 31-18 ARREST PROCEDURES.
§ 31-19 FALSE REPORTS TO POLICE.
§ 31-19.1 ALARM SYSTEM USER.
§ 31-19.2 FALSE ALARM FEE.
§ 31-19.3 INTERFERENCE WITH TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
§ 31-19.4 AUDIBLE OR VISUAL SIGNALS.
§ 31-19.5 PENALTY.
§ 31-19.6 SEVERABILITY.
§ 31-19.7 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
§ 31-20 FIREARMS - HANDLING, FIRING AND THE LIKE.
§ 31-20.1 SAME - MINORS POSSESSING.
§ 31-20.2 ACCESS TO FIREARMS BY MINORS.
§ 31-20.3 FIREWORKS.
§ 31-21 FIXTURES AND THE LIKE FOR LIGHTING PUBLIC PLACES - DAMAGING OR DESTROYING.
§ 31-22 GAMBLING HOUSE - KEEPING.
§ 31-23 SAME - PERMITTING HOUSE TO BE USED FOR GAMBLING.
§ 31-24 SAME - FREQUENTING.
§ 31-25 SAME - RIGHT OF ENTRY OF POLICE; SEIZURE AND DISPOSITION OF GAMBLING DEVICES.
§ 31-26 GLUE, MARIHUANA, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES - DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS.
§ 31-27 SAME - PURCHASE, SALE AND THE LIKE.
§ 31-27.1 SAME - UNLAWFUL DELIVERY OF AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER.
§ 31-27.1.1 MEDICAL EXEMPTION FOR POSSESSION AND USE OF MARIHUANA AND MARIHUANA PARAPHERNALIA.
§ 31-27.2 DEFINITIONS RELATIVE TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
§ 31-27.3 USE OF PARAPHERNALIA FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; EXCEPTIONS.
§ 31-27.3.1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF § 31-27.3.
§ 31-27.4 PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF §§ 31-27.2 AND 31-27.3.
§ 31-28 PROOF THAT PURCHASER OF MODEL AIRPLANE GLUE IS 17 OR OLDER.
§ 31-29 RECORDS OF SELLER OF MODEL AIRPLANE GLUE.
§ 31-30 INHALING OF MODEL AIRPLANE GLUE; USE OF SEEDS.
§ 31-31 DISPLAY OR STORAGE OF SUBSTANCES BY SELLER.
§ 31-32 PROSTITUTION - GENERALLY.
§ 31-33 CRIME OF PROSTITUTION.
§ 31-33.1 PATRONIZING PROSTITUTE.
§ 31-33.2 SEX OF PARTIES IMMATERIAL IN PROSECUTION FOR PROSTITUTION OR PATRONIZING PROSTITUTE.
§ 31-33.3 “SEXUAL CONDUCT” DEFINED.
§ 31-33.3.1 SEXUAL CONDUCT PERFORMED IN A VEHICLE.
§ 31-33.4 PROMOTING PROSTITUTION.
§ 31-33.5 PROFITING FROM PROSTITUTION.
§ 31-33.6 PERMITTING PROSTITUTION.
§ 31-33.7 SOLICITING.
§ 31-33.8 PENALTY FOR SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION OF §§ 31-32 - 31-33.7.
§ 31-34 FILING COMPLAINT AGAINST SUSPECTED HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION - ISSUANCE OF WARRANT; ARRESTS.
§ 31-35 SAME - EXECUTION OF WARRANT.
§ 31-36 ICEBOXES, REFRIGERATORS OR OTHER AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS; ABANDONMENT.
§ 31-37 DANGEROUS WEAPONS - POSSESSION RESTRICTED.
§ 31-38 SAME - SAME - MINORS.
§ 31-39 POSSESSION OR SALE OF SWITCH BLADE.
§ 31-40 SAME - SALE, GIFT OR LOAN TO MINOR.
§ 31-40.1 SAME - EXCEPTIONS TO RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITION.
§ 31-41 SAME - VIOLATIONS.
§ 31-41.1 BRANDISHING TOY, REPLICA OR FACSIMILE FIREARMS.
§ 31-41.2 PENALTY FOR § 31-41.1.
§ 31-42 LOITERING IN DISTRICT COURT.
§ 31-42.1 LOITERING AT THE MTA TRANSPORTATION CENTER.
§ 31-43 MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE APPEALING TO PRURIENT OR VIOLENT INTERESTS.
§ 31-43.1 SAME - SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND THE LIKE.
§ 31-43.2 POSSESSION OF PRINTED MATERIAL, VISUAL REPRESENTATION OR SOUND RECORDING DEPICTING OR DESCRIBING BODY OR CONDUCT OF CHILD FOR PURPOSE OF SEXUAL STIMULATION.
§ 31-43.3 DISPLAY OF OBSCENE MATERIALS.
§ 31-44 RESERVED.
§ 31-45 MUNICIPAL CENTER; PRESENCE IN BUILDINGS AFTER 11:00 P.M.
§§ 31-45.1, 31-45.2 RESERVED.
§ 31-45.3 PICKETING; CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED.
§ 31-45.4 POSSESSION OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION.
§ 31-46 USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS, DRUGS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - RESTRICTED IN PUBLIC PLACES.
§ 31-47 SAME - ARREST AND DETENTION.
§ 31-48 PUBLIC STRUCTURES; DEFACING, MARRING AND THE LIKE.
§ 31-48.1 REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI.
§ 31-49 SMOKING ON BUSES.
§ 31-50 SMOKING OR CARRYING LIGHTED TOBACCO IN CERTAIN PLACES.
§ 31-51 DESIGNATION OF AREAS WHERE SMOKING PROHIBITED - DUTY OF OWNER.
§ 31-52 SAME - POSTING OF SIGNS.
§ 31-53 EFFECTIVE DATE OF SMOKING REGULATIONS.
§ 31-54 ENTRANCE UPON LANDS OR PREMISES OF ANOTHER; FAILURE TO LEAVE UPON REQUEST.
§ 31-55 ACTIONS BLOCKING OR OBSTRUCTING VEHICULAR OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
§ 31-56 RESERVED.
§ 31-57 FLINT RIVER.
§ 31-58 HARASSING TELEPHONE CALLS OR VISITS.
§ 31-58.1 SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE - DEFINED.
§ 31-58.2 SAME - VIOLATIONS THEREIN.
§ 31-58.3 HARASSING COMMUNICATIONS.
§ 31-59 CREATING DISTURBANCE, UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY, FIREARMS, DANGEROUS WEAPONS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND THE LIKE.
§ 31-60 FILING UNTRUE COMPLAINT WITH KNOWLEDGE OF UNTRUTH.
§ 31-61 GIVING FALSE STATEMENTS UNDER OATH.
§ 31-62 LARCENY.
§ 31-63 DESTRUCTION OF OR INJURY TO PROPERTY TO EXTENT OF $100.00 OR LESS.
§ 31-64 DEFRAUDING A BUSINESS.
§§ 31-65 - 31-69 RESERVED.
ARTICLE II. NOISE CONTROL
ARTICLE III. BLIGHT VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER 32: RESERVED
CHAPTER 33: PARKS
CHAPTER 34: RESERVED
CHAPTER 35: PERSONNEL*
CHAPTER 36: PLUMBING
CHAPTER 37: POLES AND WIRES
CHAPTER 38: RAILROADS
CHAPTER 39: REFUSE, GARBAGE AND WEEDS
CHAPTER 40: RESERVED
CHAPTER 41: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER 42: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 43: RESERVED
CHAPTER 44: RESERVED
CHAPTER 45: TREES AND SHRUBS
CHAPTER 46: UTILITIES*
CHAPTER 47: WARDS AND PRECINCTS
CHAPTER 48: WATERCRAFT
CHAPTER 49: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CHAPTER 50: ZONING*
APPENDIX: COMPILED ILLUSTRATIONS
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES*
APPENDIX A
PART III: PARALLEL REFERENCES AND INDEX
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§ 31-40.1 SAME — EXCEPTIONS TO RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITION.
   The prohibitions contained in §§ 31-37 and 31-38 shall not apply to any person in possession of any such weapons or instruments which could be used as a tool of honest work, trade, business, sport or recreation, in a store or other public or private property generally frequented by the public provided such person or the employer of such person is duly licensed for such location by the City of Flint as an initial merchant, or such other licensing as may be appropriate.
(Ord. 2864, passed 12-20-1982)
§ 31-41 SAME — VIOLATIONS.
   Any police officer may, and it shall be his duty to arrest without process any person found violating any provision of this ordinance.
(Ord. 1840, passed 5-10-1965)
§ 31-41.1 BRANDISHING TOY, REPLICA OR FACSIMILE FIREARMS.
   (a)   (1)   FIREARM. The same as in § 31-20 hereof.
      (2)   TOY, REPLICA or FACSIMILE OF A FIREARM. Any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which is a replica, facsimile or toy version of, or is otherwise recognizable as, a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher or any other firearm. As used in this section, TOY, REPLICA or FACSIMILE OF A FIREARM. includes all inoperative firearms or any other device which might reasonably be perceived to be a real firearm.
   (b)   No person shall market for sale or sell any toy, replica or facsimile of a firearm in the city to anyone other than an adult, and if given to other than an adult, the piece shall be painted in illuminating colors or orange, yellow or lime; tipped, striped or solid. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any toy, replica or facsimile of a firearm which, because of its distinct color, exaggerated size, or other design feature, cannot reasonably be perceived to be a real firearm.
   (c)   No person shall, except in self-defense, draw, exhibit or brandish a replica firearm in a threatening manner so as to cause the victim to reasonably believe that the person is actually in possession of an operable firearm.
   (d)   No person shall draw, exhibit or brandish a toy, replica or facsimile of a firearm, or simulate a firearm in the presence of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician or paramedic engaged in the performance of his or her duties, when the person committing such brandishing knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician or paramedic is engaged in the performance of his duties.
   (e)   Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of the unlawful sale of a toy, replica or facsimile firearm.
   (f)   Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of brandishing a toy, replica or facsimile firearm.
   (g)   Whoever violates subsection (d) hereof is guilty of brandishing a toy, replica or facsimile firearm in the presence of a public safety officer.
(Ord. 3291, passed 2-26-1995)
§ 31-41.2 PENALTY FOR § 31-41.1.
   Any individual found guilty of a violation of § 31-41.1 hereof shall be subject to a penalty of up to ninety (90) days imprisonment and/or a five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine, at the discretion of the Court.
(Ord. 3291, passed 2-26-1995)
§ 31-42 LOITERING IN DISTRICT COURT.
   It shall be unlawful for any person not being in attendance for transaction of business with the District Court to loiter or remain standing in the doorways, hallways, or approaches to the room or rooms in the building provided by the City of Flint for the use of District Court.
(Ord. 154, passed 11-22-1921)
§ 31-42.1 LOITERING AT THE MTA TRANSPORTATION CENTER.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person, not being in attendance for the transaction of business at the MTA Transportation Center, after having been ordered by a law enforcement officer to remove himself or herself from the premises, to loiter or remain standing, sitting or lying down in the doorways, corridors, approaches, sitting areas, or bus boarding areas when said conduct has the effect of impeding or obstructing legitimate transportation center customers or employees from moving about in or around the Transportation Center.
   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any person, not being in attendance for the transaction of business at the MTA Transportation Center, after having been ordered by a law enforcement officer to remove himself or herself from the premises, to loiter or remain standing, sitting or lying down in the doorways, corridors, approaches, sitting areas, or bus boarding areas when said conduct has the effect of intimidating others from using the Transportation Center.
   (c)   It shall be unlawful for any person, not being in attendance for the transaction of business at the MTA Transportation Center, after having been ordered by a law enforcement officer to remove himself or herself from the premises, to loiter or remain standing, sitting or lying down in the doorways, corridors, approaches, or bus boarding areas when said conduct is for the purpose of socializing or resting at the Transportation Center.
   (d)   Prior to issuing a warning, a law enforcement officer must have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that a suspected perpetrator is not in attendance at the Transportation Center for the transaction of business.
   (e)   Any violation of subsections (a), (b) or (c) is a misdemeanor punishable by 90 days in jail and/or a $500.00 fine.
(Ord. 3449, passed 1-10-2000)
§ 31-43 MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE APPEALING TO PRURIENT OR VIOLENT INTERESTS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to display for sale, or otherwise, in a place frequented by persons under the age of eighteen (18), and in such a position as to be readily accessible to such persons, any magazine, book, newspaper, tabloid, picture or any other article which depicts sadistic or masochistic acts, contains lewd and lascivious pictures or descriptions or contains materials otherwise designed to appeal primarily to prurient, violent, sadistic or masochistic interests or which contains classified advertising designed to create acquaintanceships between persons of the opposite sex. It is the intent of this ordinance to specifically prohibit the display of “sun bathing” magazines, tabloid-type newspapers containing, primarily, accounts of crime and violence and magazines containing numerous photographs or drawings of nude persons. The foregoing enumeration is not intended to exclude from the ambit of this ordinance other materials designed to appeal to prurient, violent, sadistic or masochistic interests.
(Ord. 2024, passed 1-22-1968)
§ 31-43.1 SAME — SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND THE LIKE.
   No person, firm or corporation within the City of Flint shall knowingly either sell, lend, lease, show or distribute, or offer to sell, lend, lease, show or distribute any obscene book, newspaper, pamphlet, writing, magazine, photograph, picture, film recording, figure or image.
(Ord. 153, passed 5-31-1921; Ord. 2176, passed 12-8-1969)
§ 31-43.2 POSSESSION OF PRINTED MATERIAL, VISUAL REPRESENTATION OR SOUND RECORDING DEPICTING OR DESCRIBING BODY OR CONDUCT OF CHILD FOR PURPOSE OF SEXUAL STIMULATION.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to make, exhibit, sell, deliver, provide, purchase or knowingly receive, or offer or agree to make, exhibit, sell, deliver, provide, purchase or knowingly receive, or have in his possession with intent to exhibit, sell, deliver, provide, purchase or knowingly receive, any printed matter, visual representation or sound recording, including but not limited to books, magazines, motion picture films, pamphlets, newspapers, pictures, photographs, drawings, sculptures, tape or wire recordings, which depict or describe the body or conduct of a minor child under eighteen (18) years of age engaged either actively or passively in sexual conduct, or the creation of which entailed the use of a minor child under eighteen (18) years of age engaged either actively or passively in sexual conduct.
   SEXUAL CONDUCT. Acts of masturbation, homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, sexual intercourse or physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or the breast or breasts of a female for the purpose of sexual stimulation, gratification or perversion. Also the condition of the human male or female genitals in the state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
(Ord. 2593, passed 3-14-1977)
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