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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*
ARTICLE I. AUTOMATIC MUSIC MACHINES
ARTICLE II. BUILDING CONTRACTORS
ARTICLE III. BUMP SHOP
ARTICLE IV. CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINES AND MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES
ARTICLE V. COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING FACILITIES
ARTICLE VI. CUTTING, REMOVING OR TRIMMING TREES
ARTICLE VII. INITIAL MERCHANTS
ARTICLE VIII. JUNK DEALERS, SECONDHAND DEALERS, PAWNBROKERS AND THE LIKE
ARTICLE IX. LEASING MOTORCYCLES AND THE LIKE
ARTICLE X. NONFIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
ARTICLE XI. SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTMAS TREES
ARTICLE XII. SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COAL AND COKE
ARTICLE XIII. USE OF BUILDINGS, STANDS AND THE LIKE FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES
ARTICLE XIV. WRECKERS AND WRECKER AND TOWING SERVICE
ARTICLE XV. EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM/THEME PARK
ARTICLE XVI. CAR WASHES
ARTICLE XVII. CLUBS
ARTICLE XVIII. FILLING STATIONS
ARTICLE XIX. HOTELS AND ROOMING HOUSES
ARTICLE XX. OPEN PARKING STATIONS
ARTICLE XXI. SOLICITOR’S, CANVASSER’S AND PEDDLER’S LICENSE
ARTICLE XXII. CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS AND THE LIKE
ARTICLE XXIII. SALE OF ICE CREAM FROM VEHICLES AND THE LIKE
ARTICLE XXIV. SIDEWALK PHOTOGRAPHERS
ARTICLE XXV. FREIGHT CARRIERS
ARTICLE XXVI. TAXICABS, AND OTHER FOR-HIRE VEHICLES
ARTICLE XXVII. OUTDOOR PAY TELEPHONES
ARTICLE XXVIII. GARAGE/YARD SALES
ARTICLE XXIX. FIREWORKS
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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§ 12-166 REFUSING TO ACCEPT CARS PROHIBITED.
   It shall be unlawful for any licensee or his agent to refuse to accept for parking any motor vehicle driven into such station unless the capacity of the station for the storage of cars has been reached.
(Ord. 156, passed 7-12-1937; Ord. 1381, passed 4-29-1957)
§ 12-167 SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND DRIVEWAYS.
   (a)   Each licensee shall keep the sidewalks surrounding the open parking station free from dirt, ice, sleet and snow and shall keep the sidewalks in a safe condition for the travel of pedestrians.
   (b)   Along boundaries abutting public streets the licensee of an open parking station or lot shall construct or erect a masonry curb eight (8) inches in height and six (6) inches in thickness or a fence, barricade or other structure of a permanent nature, except for exits and driveways. Said exits and driveways shall not extend over thirty percent (30%) of the distance along the boundary abutting a street; except, that this regulation shall not be construed to require an exit or driveway of less than fifteen (15) feet in width; provided further, that no such exit or driveway shall be more than thirty (30) feet in width. No vehicle shall be parked between said curb or barricade and the sidewalk or street line.
(Ord. 156, passed 7-12-1937; Ord. 908, passed 4-17-1950)
§ 12-168 STATIONS TO BE DUST FREE.
   Persons operating open parking stations shall keep the same free from dust by frequent sprinkling or the use of calcium chloride or other means so that the same shall not become a nuisance to adjacent property owners or others.
(Ord. 156, passed 7-12-1937; Ord. 908, passed 4-17-1950)
§ 12-169 SUBLETTING TO VENDORS.
   No licensee shall sublet, sublease or otherwise permit any parking lot or portion thereof to be used by any vendor of goods, wares or merchandise or services for the conduct of such vendor’s business unless the same is conducted in a permanent building or structure.
(Ord. 156, passed 7-12-1937; Ord. 908, passed 4-17-1950)
§ 12-170 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PARKED VEHICLES.
   It shall be unlawful to make any use for any purpose whatsoever of any motor vehicles parked in any open parking station unless such use shall first be expressly authorized by the owner or person having control of such vehicle.
(Ord. 156, passed 7-12-1937)
ARTICLE XXI. SOLICITOR’S, CANVASSER’S AND PEDDLER’S LICENSE
§ 12-171 DEFINITIONS.
   PEDDLER. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older, engaged in the business or occupation of selling or offering for sale, goods, wares, merchandise, flowers, foods or beverages, or in the course of traveling from one location to another, on private or public property in the City of Flint.
   RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. Any organization, church, body of communicants, or group not for pecuniary profit, gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification in piety, worship, and religious observances; or any society, not for pecuniary profit, of individuals united for religious purposes at a definite place, or a church- related private school, not for pecuniary profit.
   SOLICITOR or CANVASSER. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older engaged in the business or occupation of taking orders or attempting to take orders, in the course of traveling from one location to another, on private or public property in the City of Flint, for the sale and purchase of service, goods, wares, merchandise or any tangible property, for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future.
(Ord. 1428, passed 3-17-1958; Ord. 1792, passed 8-17-1964; Ord. 2853, passed 9-27-1982; Ord. 3185, passed 11-11-1991)
§ 12-172 LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any solicitor, canvasser or peddler to engage in such business in the City without first having obtained a license therefor in the manner set forth in this article. Any license so issued shall not permit any person to engage in the business of peddling or vending any goods, wares or merchandise in areas in which such sales are prohibited.
   (b)   However, a property owner or lessee who is licensed to sell food on his premises may sell food on the sidewalk immediately in front of his premises, if done in such a manner as does not obstruct the free passage of persons along the sidewalk.
(Ord. 1428, passed 3-17-1958; Ord. 1792, passed 8-17-1964; Ord. 2837, passed 6-14-1982; Ord. 2992, passed 5-12-1986; Ord. 3476, passed 5-29-2001)
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