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No truck hauling trash, debris, junk or refuse or any material which might blow about, sift or fall in transit, shall be driven or moved on any street within the City of Flint unless such vehicle is equipped with a securely fastened covering of canvas or other material suitable to prevent such materials from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
(Ord. 2049, passed 4-22-1968)
ARTICLE X. SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES
(a) The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 96 inches except as otherwise provided in this section.
(1) The total outside width of a farm tractor or any farm implement or machinery shall not exceed 186 inches. Any agricultural implement wider than 108 inches shall not be moved on the highway between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
(2) The total outside width of the load of any vehicle hauling concrete pipe or unprocessed logs, pulpwood or wood bolts shall not exceed 104 inches.
(3) Whenever pneumatic tires, in substitution for the same type or other type of tires, have been heretofore or are hereafter placed upon a vehicle in operation upon the effective date of this ordinance, the maximum width from the outside of one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite wheel and tire shall not exceed 102 inches, but in such event the outside width of the body of the vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 96 inches.
(4) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the operation of any trackless trolley, coach, gas or diesel, with a maximum outside width of not to exceed 102 inches, on the streets of the City of Flint; and the Michigan Public Service Commission may permit the operation of motor buses in suburban services, within a radius of 30 miles from the corporate limits of the City of Flint, with a maximum outside width of not to exceed 102 inches on highways and streets the width of which is 20 feet or more.
(b) No vehicle unloaded or with load shall exceed a height of 13 feet, six inches. The owner of any vehicle which collides with any lawfully established bridge or viaduct shall be liable for all damage and injury resulting from any collision caused by the height of the vehicle, whether clearance of the bridge or viaduct is posted or not.
(1) No vehicle, except a trailer or semitrailer, including load shall exceed a total length of 35 feet, except vehicles operated by municipally- owned or municipally-franchised transportation companies operating within their respective jurisdictions, and except motor buses regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission and vehicles designed and used exclusively to transport boards and vans used in moving household goods, which shall not exceed a total length of 40 feet. No combination of truck-tractor and trailer or semitrailer including load shall exceed a total length of 55 feet; except that a combination of truck-tractor, semitrailer and trailer including load may exceed a total length of 65 feet. Any combination exceeding 55 feet in length, unless designed and used exclusively to transport assembled motor vehicles or bodies, may be operated only on such highways and routes as shall be approved and designated for such operation by the City of Flint. No motor truck or tractor or other motor-propelled vehicle shall haul more than one trailer and one semitrailer at any one time except that a farm tractor may haul two wagons or trailers or garbage and refuse haulers may, during daylight hours, haul up to four trailers for garbage and refuse collection purposes, not exceeding in any combination a total length of 55 feet at a speed of not to exceed 15 miles per hour.
(2) No train of vehicles or vehicle operated alone shall carry any load extending more than three feet beyond the front thereof.
(3) No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer whose frame or body extends more than 60 inches beyond the rear of the rear axle thereof and is more than 42 inches above the roadway shall be operated on the streets of this City unless equipped with a fender or bumper on the extreme rear of such frame or body. Such bumper shall extend downward from the rear of such frame or body to within 30 inches of the roadway and be of substantial construction.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, it shall be lawful to operate a combination of truck-trailer or semitrailer, or both, designed and used exclusively to transport assembled motor vehicles or bodies which does not exceed a total length of 60 feet. The load on any such combination of vehicles may extend an additional three feet beyond the front or rear thereof.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1795, passed 8-17-1964; Ord. 2118, passed 3-10-1969)
Statutory reference:
Size, weight and load of vehicles, see MCLA 257.716 et seq.
(a) No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of such vehicle nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof.
(b) Whenever any vehicle is loaded with material projecting four (4) feet or more from the end of such vehicle, a red cloth shall be fastened at the end of such projecting material and at nighttime a red light. The red light or lantern shall be visible for at least 500 feet, and the cloth shall be not less than 12 inches square.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
ARTICLE XI. IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
(a) Whenever the operator of a motor vehicle appears unfit to operate such vehicle without endangering persons or property, and whenever a person is arrested pursuant to MSA § 9.2427, and when any vehicle shall hereafter be parked or left standing on any street, or in any municipally-operated parking lot or enclosure in the City, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, such vehicle may be removed by or under the direction of any member of the Police Department to a place or places in the City to be designated by the Chief of Police, and it shall be the duty of any police officer so removing or causing to be removed any such vehicle to make a report thereof in writing and in duplicate stating the make of such vehicle, the manufacturer’s number of the motor therein if any, and the State license number thereon, and file the same with the Chief of Police or any person designated by him. Any person owning or entitled to the possession of such vehicle so removed, may thereafter obtain possession thereof by paying to the appropriate person the appropriate fee which shall be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council, kept on file by the City Clerk, and contained in Appendix A of the City Code.
(b) Provided, that any motor vehicle impounded subsequent to an arrest, as specified in this section, shall be returned to the owner without imposition of the fees specified in this section, if the person arrested shall have been acquitted of the charge which occasioned the impound of the vehicle. If the vehicle shall have been returned to the owner prior to final disposition of the charge, the owner shall be entitled to the refund of all sums charged and paid, pursuant to this section, upon producing satisfactory proof of acquittal to the Chief of Police. It is further provided that the registered owner must make application for the return of the sums above specified. The City shall incur no obligation to the owner or party arrested for any amount in excess of the sums specified in this section.
(c) Any vehicle impounded pursuant to the terms of this section, remaining unclaimed, shall be deemed an abandoned vehicle and shall be disposed of in accordance with the laws of the State providing for the disposition of abandoned vehicles.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1724, passed 6-24-1963; Ord. 1813, passed 12-21-1964; Ord. 1940, passed 10-10-1966; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2275, passed 6-21-1971; Ord. 2423, passed 1-21-1974; Ord. 2938, passed 1-28-1985; Ord. 3199, passed 3-23-1992; Ord. 3411, passed 2-8-1999)
Statutory reference:
Arrest without warrant; arraignment by magistrate or family division of circuit court, see MCLA 257.727
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