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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*
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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§ 12-77 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON LEASING.
   The licensee shall comply with the following requirements.
   (a)   That all rentals of motorcycles and motor- driven cycles shall have an insignia, of a design to be specified by the Chief of Police, setting forth the horsepower of the vehicle and the name of the rental agency.
   (b)   That the licensee shall furnish, to drivers and passengers, helmets as required by ordinance or State law.
   (c)   That a licensee shall not allow a motor- driven cycle to be on rental after one-half hour before sunset.
   (d)   That the licensee shall inform every person or persons renting motorcycles or motor-driven cycles, of applicable laws and regulations governing the use thereof and shall post such requirements in a conspicuous location upon his place of business.
   (e)   That the licensee shall furnish the Police Department, from time to time, with a current list of the license numbers of all rental vehicles.
   (f)   The licensee shall not rent a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle to any person who is, or appears to be, under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs, or whose ability to operate the vehicle appears to be impaired for any other reason.
   (g)   That the licensee shall be equipped to give instructions in the use of said rental vehicles to ensure the persons renting same have the necessary skill to drive such vehicles.
(Ord. 1987, passed 7-24-1967)
ARTICLE X. NONFIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
§ 12-78 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them.
   ALARM SYSTEM. A nonfire detection device or an assembly of equipment and/or devices arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention to which the police are expected to respond.
   ALARM SYSTEM AGENT. A person employed by an alarm system contractor whose duties include the altering, installing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing, responding to or causing others to respond to an alarm system.
   POLICE DEPARTMENT. The City of Flint Police Department.
(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)
§ 12-79 PERMIT REQUIRED; PERMISSION REQUIRED TO CONNECT SYSTEMS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   (a)   A person, firm, company, partnership or corporation shall not engage in the business of alarm system contraction, or alarm system agent, notwithstanding the name or title used in describing the agency and notwithstanding that other functions and services may be performed for fee, hire or reward, nor shall a person, firm, company, partnership or corporation advertise the business to be that of alarm system contractor or alarm system agent, without having obtained from the Department of State Police, a license to do so provided for in Public Act 330 of 1968, as amended, for each bureau, agency, subagency, office and branch office to be owned, conducted, managed or maintained for the conduct of that business.
   (b)   A person shall not sell, install, operate, adjust, arrange for or contract to provide a device which upon activation either mechanically, electronically or by any other means initiates the automatic calling or dialing of or makes a connection directly to a telephone assigned to the Police Department for the purpose of delivering a recorded message without first receiving written permission from the Chief of Police Department.
(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)
Statutory reference:
   Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act, see MCLA 338.1051 et seq.
§ 12-80 INSTALLATION OF SYSTEMS GENERALLY.
   (a)   An alarm system may not be installed or operated in the City of Flint unless the system is:
      (1)   Installed by an alarm system contractor licensed under Public Act 330 of 1968, as amended.
      (2)   Installed by the owner or occupant of a residence in his own residence.
   (b)   An alarm system installed in a commercial or public building shall utilize equipment and methods of installation equivalent to or exceeding minimum Underwriters Laboratory requirements for appropriate installation.
   (c)   An alarm system installed in a residence shall utilize equipment equivalent to or exceeding minimum applicable Underwriters Laboratory or American National Standards Institute requirements for household burglar alarm system.
(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)
§ 12-81 FALSE ALARMS; DEFECTIVE SYSTEM.
   (a)   As used in this section FALSE ALARM means the activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation, negligence, or the intentional activation of the alarm system without reasonable and legitimate need by the owner or lessee of an alarm system or his employee or agent.
   (b)   An alarm system experiencing more than two (2) false alarms for a commercial establishment or four (4) false alarms for a residence within a calendar year is deemed defective and upon written notice to the owner or lessee of the alarm system by the Police Department the owner or lessee shall have the system inspected by an alarm system contractor who shall within fifteen (15) days file a written report to the Department of State Police and the City Police Department of the results of the inspection of the system, the probable cause of the false alarms, and its recommendations for eliminating false alarms.
   (c)   Upon receipt of the report the Department of State Police may, after notice and hearing, order the owner or lessee to correct the system based upon the recommendations contained in the report.
   (d)   Failures to comply with this section shall result in any written permission previously granted by the Chief of Police Department pursuant to § 12-79(b) of this ordinance being revoked upon written notice to the owner or lessee of the alarm system by the Police Department containing the reasons for the revocation.
   (e)   An owner or lessee receiving such notice of a defective alarm system and who fails to comply with this section and where additional false alarms are experienced after such failure to comply shall be fined a minimum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per false alarm.
(Ord. 2667, passed 10-9-1978)
ARTICLE XI. SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTMAS TREES
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