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Flint, MI Code of Ordinances
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*
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
CHAPTER 6: ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR SALES
Section
Article I. In General
   6-1   Alcoholic liquor defined
   6-2   Purchase by or sale to persons under 21 prohibited
   6-2.1   Selling or furnishing to persons under 21 prohibited
   6-2.2   Same — sale defined
   6-3   Proof of age and identity
   6-5   Possession, transportation and the like by person under 21 prohibited
   6-5.1   Penalty for §§ 6-2 – 6-5
   6-5.2   Transportation or possession in motor vehicle by person less than 21
   6-6   Consumption in public prohibited; possession or consumption in public park or parkway prohibited; exception
Article II. Regulations of On-Premises Consumption
   6-7   Definitions
   6-8   Compliance
   6-9   Provisions not to limit existing authority or power
   6-10   Compliance with health and safety requirements
   6-11   Limitation on location of new business
   6-12   Qualifications for license
   6-13   License — application, investigation and approval
   6-14   Fees for transfer of ownership or location of license
   6-15   Time limit on transfer of licenses
   6-16   Revocation of license
   6-17   Living quarters connected with licensed premises
   6-18   Employment of persons under 18
   6-19   Sale to intoxicated persons prohibited
   6-20   Certain conduct on premises prohibited
   6-21   Dance permit
   6-22   Advertising that paychecks are cashed prohibited
   6-23   Sunday hours
   6-24   Issuance or transfer fee for specially designated merchant or distributor licenses
Cross-reference:
   Public intoxication, see § 31-46
   Under the influence:
      Driving, see § 28-28
      Operating watercraft, see § 48-2
Statutory reference:
   Liquor Control Act, see MSA §§ 18.971 et seq.
ARTICLE I: IN GENERAL
§ 6-1 ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR DEFINED.
   ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall have the same meaning as provided in MCLA 436.1 through 436.58 (Act 8, P.A. 1933, the Michigan Liquor Control Act).
(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945)
§ 6-2 PURCHASE BY OR SALE TO PERSONS UNDER 21 PROHIBITED.
   No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall offer to buy, obtain or drink any alcoholic liquor in any beer garden, tavern, restaurant, store or place where alcoholic liquor is sold or furnished for consumption either on or away from the premises, or in any public place, and any person who shall sell, give or offer any alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years in any beer garden, tavern, restaurant, store or place where alcoholic liquor is sold or furnished for consumption either on or away from the premises, or in any public place.
(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945; Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979)
§ 6-2.1 SELLING OR FURNISHING TO PERSONS UNDER 21 PROHIBITED.
   Alcoholic liquor shall not be sold or furnished to a person unless the person has attained twenty-one (21) years of age. A person who knowingly sells or furnishes alcoholic liquor to a person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age, or who fails to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person is less than twenty-one (21) years of age; or, who allows the sale, furnishing or use of alcoholic liquor on their premises by a person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 3150, passed 10-22-1990)
§ 6-2.2 SAME — SALE DEFINED.
   SALE. Shall include exchange, barter or traffic, furnishing or giving away any alcoholic liquor.
(Ord. 3150, passed 10-22-1990)
§ 6-3 PROOF OF AGE AND IDENTITY.
   The person in charge of any beer garden, restaurant, tavern, store or place where alcoholic liquor is sold or furnished for consumption either on or away from the premises, shall have the right at any time to demand of any person offering to buy, buying, obtaining or drinking any alcoholic liquor in such establishment who may appear to him to be under the age of twenty-one (21) years, proof of age and identity and on failure of the person to produce same, shall refuse to serve, sell or furnish such person with any alcoholic liquor and may exclude such person from such place of business. If any such person shall refuse to leave such place of business, he shall be termed a disorderly person.
(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945; Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979)
§ 6-5 POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION AND THE LIKE BY PERSON UNDER 21 PROHIBITED.
   A person less than twenty-one (21) years of age shall not possess alcoholic liquor, unless such person possesses the alcoholic liquor during regular working hours and in the course of his or her employment if employed by a licensee under the provisions of MCLA 436.1 through 436.58 et seq., by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, or by its agent, and does not possess the alcoholic liquor for his or her personal consumption.
(Ord. 570, passed 2-5-1945; Ord. 1630, passed 4-10-1961; Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979; Ord. 3173, passed 6-10-1991)
§ 6-5.1 PENALTY FOR §§ 6-2 – 6-5.
   A person less than twenty-one (21) years of age who violates §§ 6-2 through 6-5 of this chapter is liable for the following civil fines:
   (a)   For the first violation, a fine of not more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.
   (b)   For a second violation, a fine of not more than fifty ($50.00) dollars, or participation in a substance abuse prevention program, or both.
   (c)   For a third or subsequent violation, a fine of not more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, or participation in a substance abuse prevention program, or both.
(Ord. 2694, passed 2-12-1979)
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