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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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§ 12-191 OPERATION OF VEHICLE BY PERSON UNDER 14 PROHIBITED.
   No minor under the age of 14 years shall operate or be permitted to operate any vehicle licensed hereunder.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949)
§ 12-192 VEHICLES NOT TO BE OPERATED MORE THAN ONE HOUR AFTER SUNDOWN; EXCEPTION.
   No vehicle licensed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance shall be operated or permitted on the streets, sidewalks and other public places of the City of Flint after one hour after sundown of any day, except where the person operating such vehicle is over 18 years of age. The operation of any vehicle licensed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance on any public street within the City of Flint shall be deemed a public nuisance and traffic hazard, and any licensee found to be operating or permitting the operation of his vehicle on the City streets shall be deemed contributing to a public nuisance and traffic hazard and such action may be cause for revocation of any license issued hereunder.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966; Ord. 2336, passed 5-18-1972)
§ 12-193 OPERATION IN PUBLIC PARK DEEMED PUBLIC NUISANCE.
   The operating of any vehicle licensed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance in any public park shall be deemed a public nuisance and any person or persons found operating such vehicle shall be deemed a disorderly person.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949)
§ 12-194 INSURANCE.
   Every licensee granted a license under the terms of this ordinance shall be required to maintain insurance underwritten by a company authorized to do business in the State of Michigan against liability to the public in the amount of not less than $10,000.00 for one person or $20,000.00 for one accident, and $5,000.00 against liability arising out of property damage. Such policies shall name the City of Flint as an additional insured and shall contain therein or have attached thereto by rider a provision that the insurer will give notice to the City of Flint at least ten days prior to the cancellation of said policy, in the event that the insurer should elect to cancel the same. The policy required, or a certificate executed by the insurer certifying to the existence of the insurance shall be filed with the City Clerk prior to the issuance of any license or renewal thereof. Said insurance shall be continuous until canceled, or shall expire April 30 of any year. Failure to maintain insurance as above provided shall be grounds for revocation of the license issued hereunder.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966)
ARTICLE XXIV. SIDEWALK PHOTOGRAPHERS
§ 12-195 PURPOSE.
   That the City Council of the City of Flint deems it necessary to protect its public streets and sidewalks and to protect the public users of said streets and sidewalks against uses and interference by private commercial businesses operating upon the streets and sidewalks, and it appears to the best interests of the City that such use and interference should be prohibited.
(Ord. 428, passed 6-2-1941)
§ 12-196 PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation, on any public street or sidewalk in that portion of the City of Flint bounded on the south by Court Street and on the north by Second Avenue, and within a radius of two blocks east and west of Saginaw Street, to take any pictures, photographs or snapshots by any process whatsoever of any person and offer to furnish to such person or to any person selected by him a copy of the picture so taken for a consideration in any form. The passing out of written, printed, typewritten or mimeographed matter, or the giving of oral information concerning the means by which a copy of the picture taken may be obtained is hereby defined to be an offer to furnish a copy of the picture taken for a consideration.
(Ord. 428, passed 6-2-1941)
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