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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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§ 31-46 USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS, DRUGS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES — RESTRICTED IN PUBLIC PLACES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to:
   (a)   Be present in any public place with his ability to walk, talk, or see significantly impaired by the use of intoxicating liquor or drugs so that he is either endangering directly the safety of another person or of the property or is acting in a manner that causes public disturbances.
   (b)   Be present in any public place with his ability to walk, talk, or significantly impaired by the use of any controlled substance as defined by Public Act 196 of 1971, as amended, provided however, that this subsection shall not be construed to apply to a person whose faculties have been impaired by medication prescribed by a physician and taken as directed.
(Ord. 143, passed 5-31-1921; Ord. 2641, passed 5-22-1978)
Statutory reference:
   “Controlled substance” defined, see MCLA 257.8b
§ 31-47 SAME — ARREST AND DETENTION.
   Police officers and peace officers of said City may, and it shall be the duty of each of them, to arrest with or without process, any person found by them or either of them within the City, violating § 31-46 and may convey him or her to the common jail of the County, or some other place of confinement provided by the City till such person become sober, when the officer making such arrest shall take such person before the District Court of said City and if not already made, make a complaint against him or her for violation of that section. The keeper of said jail or place of confinement shall safely keep such person therein until taken away by the officer making the arrest, or by some other person having legal authority to remove him or her, until such person shall have remained in such jail or place of confinement 24 hours. Or should the arrest be made on Saturday or should Sunday or a legal holiday intervene, then until the hours of 12:00 of the day next thereafter upon which a Court may be legally held.
(Ord. 143, passed 5-31-1921)
§ 31-48 PUBLIC STRUCTURES; DEFACING, MARRING AND THE LIKE.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, mar or disfigure any hall, stairway, interior or exterior finish, restroom, toilet, washroom, furniture or equipment of any kind in any public building, church or other public structure within the limits of the City of Flint.
(Ord. 195, passed 10-19-1925; Ord. 1932, passed 9-12-1966)
§ 31-48.1 REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI.
   (a)   All graffiti, including but not limited to writing, symbols, spray painting, drawings, or defacing of the exterior of any building or structure, shall be removed, covered or repainted by the building or property owner or occupant in such a manner as to render the graffiti unseeable within seven days after the building or structure was defaced.
   (b)   The removal or repair of the graffiti, or defacing shall restore the exterior of the building or structure as near as possible to its original condition or color.
   (c)   Upon the property or building owner’s or occupant’s failure to remove or correct the graffiti or defacing, in addition to the penalties contained in Chapter 1, §§ 1-10 through 1-21 herein, the City may remove or correct the defacing and the cost thereof shall be charged against the owner or occupant of the property and payment thereof shall be enforced as a special assessment as provided in the City Charter and Code of Ordinances.
   (d)   Each day that violation of this section continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
(Ord. 3338, passed 9-23-1996; Ord. 3559, passed 6-9-2004)
§ 31-49 SMOKING ON BUSES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, while riding or being in or upon any electric trolley car, common carrier bus, used or operated on any public street in the City of Flint for the carriage of passengers for hire, to produce or cause to be produced by means of a pipe, cigar or cigarette, or other means, any tobacco smoke except in a compartment therein, if any, designated as a smoking compartment by the operator of such trolley car or bus.
(Ord. 214, passed 7-25-1926)
§ 31-50 SMOKING OR CARRYING LIGHTED TOBACCO IN CERTAIN PLACES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in any of the following areas:
   (a)   Any portions of a retail establishment where dry goods, fabrics or clothing are sold.
   (b)   Any public place, at a meeting of a public body and a state or local governmental agency, food service establishment or any nonsmoking area of a casino.
   (c)   Any passenger elevator used by the public. The owner or person in control of any building in which such an elevator is situated shall post signs clearly visible to all persons entering such elevator.
   (d)   Any hospital or nursing home.
   (e)   Any seating areas of theatres, motion picture theatres, music and concert halls and libraries.
   (f)   Any display areas of museums.
   (g)   Any area of a business establishment frequented by the public which has been designated by the owner or person in charge of such establishment and marked with a sign or signs.
   (h)   A publicly owned hospital campus and publicly owned property immediately adjacent to a publicly owned hospital campus, any health care facility or any children’s center.
   (i)   Smoking shall not be permitted on the following streets and sidewalks internal to the Hurley Medical Center Campus: Sixth Avenue from Grand Traverse Street to the Hurley Medical Center, Begole Street from Fifth Avenue to the Hurley Medical Center, Seventh Avenue from Grand Traverse to the Hurley Medical Center, and Patrick Street from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue.
   (j)   Any hotels, motels and other lodging facilities.
   (k)   Failure to comply shall result in a fine of $25.00 for the first offense. The fine may be increased by an additional penalty of $25.00 for each subsequent offense.
(Ord. 2506, passed 7-28-1975; Ord. 3787, passed 1-10-2011)
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