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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
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)
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)
(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)
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)
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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