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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
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
ARTICLE II. OPERATION OF VEHICLES
ARTICLE III. TRUCK ROUTES AND BRIDGE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS
ARTICLE IV. SPEED REGULATIONS
ARTICLE V. TURNING MOVEMENTS
ARTICLE VI. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
§ 28-78 ESTABLISHMENT OF LOADING ZONES.
§ 28-79 USE OF LOADING ZONES.
§ 28-80 ESTABLISHMENT OF TAXICAB ZONES.
§ 28-81 ESTABLISHMENT OF BUS ZONES.
§ 28-82 USE OF BUS AND TAXICAB ZONES.
§ 28-83 OBSTRUCTING CROSSWALKS.
§ 28-84 STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING - REQUIRED WHEN STOP SIGN IN PLACE.
§ 28-85 SAME - REQUIRED WHEN SIGNALS INDICATE APPROACH OF TRAIN.
§ 28-85.1 OVERTAKING OR MEETING STOPPED SCHOOL BUS DISPLAYING FLASHING LIGHTS.
§ 28-86 PARKING OVER 24 HOURS ON ANY STREET PROHIBITED.
§ 28-87 PARKING SO AS TO LEAVE LESS THAN 16 FEET OF ROADWAY AVAILABLE FOR TRAFFIC PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
§ 28-88 PARALLEL PARKING.
§ 28-89 STANDING IN FRONT OF ENTRANCE OR EXIT TO THEATERS, CHURCHES AND THE LIKE.
§ 28-90 STOPPING OR PARKING AT OR NEAR HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES.
§ 28-91 MOVING VEHICLES FROM CURB UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS ON POLICE ORDERS.
§ 28-92 APPLICABILITY OF NO-PARKING REGULATIONS TO STREETS HAVING RECESSED SIDES.
§ 28-93 PARKING ON PARKWAY.
§ 28-93.1 POLICE VEHICLE ZONES - ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.
§ 28-93.2 SAME - USE BY OTHER THAN MARKED POLICE VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
§ 28-93.3 PARKING ON CERTAIN PROPERTY RESTRICTED TO CITY EMPLOYEES.
§ 28-94 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN PLACES; PARKING ZONES ON FILE.
§ 28-94.1 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF § 28-94(a)(4).
§ 28-95 RESERVED.
§ 28-96 EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
§ 28-97 PARKING OR STANDING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED.
§ 28-98 PARKING AND OPERATION ON BOARD OF EDUCATION PROPERTY.
§ 28-98.1 OPERATION AND PARKING AT MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
§ 28-98.2 OPERATION, STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING IN PARKING AREAS OF SHOPPING CENTER.
§ 28-99 SIGNALS ON STARTING, STOPPING OR TURNING; EQUIPMENT OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
§ 28-100 EMERGING FROM ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS AND THE LIKE.
§ 28-101 ENTERING THROUGH HIGHWAYS; DESIGNATED THROUGH STREETS ON FILE.
§ 28-102 UNATTENDED VEHICLES; PARKING ON GRADE.
§ 28-103 PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
§ 28-104 PARKING IN DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT.
§ 28-105 PRIMA FACIE RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS.
ARTICLE VII. PARKING METERS
ARTICLE VIII. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
ARTICLE IX. EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLES
ARTICLE X. SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES
ARTICLE XI. IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
ARTICLE XII. PEDESTRIANS
ARTICLE XIII. ACCIDENTS
ARTICLE XIV. MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND THE LIKE
ARTICLE XV. LICENSES
ARTICLE XVI. SNOWMOBILES
ARTICLE XVII. WRECKED, NONOPERATING VEHICLES
ARTICLE XVIII. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
ARTICLE XIX. NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROCEDURES
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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§ 28-100 EMERGING FROM ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS AND THE LIKE. 
   The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across an alleyway and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
§ 28-101 ENTERING THROUGH HIGHWAYS; DESIGNATED THROUGH STREETS ON FILE.
   The driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by this ordinance at the entrance of a through highway or at an intersection where a stop sign has been erected and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from said through highway, or which are approaching so closely from the through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver, having so yielded, may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on said through highway shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle so proceeding into or across the through highway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
§ 28-102 UNATTENDED VEHICLES; PARKING ON GRADE.
   (a)   No person shall leave a motor vehicle, except a commercial motor vehicle, unattended on any street, alley, used car lot, or unattended parking lot, without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key and taking it with him or her; provided, however, that any violation of these provisions shall not mitigate the offense of stealing such motor vehicle, nor shall such violation be used to effect a recovery in any civil action for theft of the motor vehicle, or the insurance thereon, or have any other bearing in any civil action.
      Whenever any police officer of the City of Flint shall find any vehicle standing in violation of the foregoing provision, such police officer is authorized and directed to issue a traffic summons for the violation and then remove therefrom the keys left therein and deliver the same to the Officer in Charge of the Patrol Division at the Police Station, or to impound said vehicle, at the direction of the Commanding Officer, in the event that the ignition is left in the unlocked position with no keys.
   (b)   No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle shall allow such vehicle to stand on any highway unattended without first effectively setting the brakes thereon and when standing upon any grade without turning the front wheels of such vehicle to the curb or side of the highway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1640, passed 6-19-1961)
§ 28-103 PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle within the setback area of any property used for residential purposes, except upon a driveway designed for such purpose or otherwise permitted by law. For the purpose of this chapter, SETBACK AREA shall be as defined in zoning regulations of the City of Flint.
   No vehicle shall be parked or permitted to remain upon private property without the express or implied consent, authorization, or ratification of the owner, occupant, lessee, agent or trustee of such property. Complaints for violation of this paragraph shall be made by the owner, occupant, lessee, agent or trustee of the property.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 2038, passed 3-13-1968; Ord. 2587, passed 1-24-1977)
§ 28-104 PARKING IN DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a private motor vehicle upon the premises of a drive-in restaurant and fail to stop and park the vehicle in an area designated for parking if there is an accessible parking space of adequate size available.
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