Section
30-1 Acts declared a nuisance; abatement
30-2 Throwing glass, rubbish and the like
30-2.1 Same — reward for information resulting in conviction of perpetrator
30-3 Keeping animals or vegetable matter which cause offensive conditions
30-4 Maintenance or construction of privy or privy vault
30-5 Vehicles hauling garbage and the like
30-6 Abatement
30-7 Discharging foul or nauseous liquids, steam, gas and the like
30-8 Placing or discharging waste matter into rivers or streams
30-9 Cement — unloading; causing dust
30-10 Definitions for §§ 30-11 – 30-36
30-11 Litter or junk in public places
30-12 Same — on private property
30-13 Same — on vacant lots
30-14 Placement of litter to prevent scattering
30-15 Streets and sidewalks to be free of litter
30-16 Litter thrown by persons in vehicles
30-17 Truck loads causing litter
30-18 Litter or junk in parks
30-19 Litter in lakes, rivers and fountains
30-20 Throwing or distributing handbills in public places
30-21 Placing handbills on vehicles
30-22 Depositing handbills on uninhabited or vacant premises
30-23 Distributing handbills at inhabited premises; exemption for certain items
30-24 Dropping litter from aircraft
30-25 Posting notices
30-26 Unlawful storage of building materials
30-27 Removal of junk, litter or building materials from public premises
30-28 Removal of trash from public premises
30-29 Removal of junk property, litter, abandoned property or building materials from private premises
30-30 Removal of trash from private premises
30-30.1 Violations deemed nuisance; authority of City to abate
30-30.2 Reserved
30-30.3 Dangerous or hazardous substances or materials
30-30.4 Leakage or spillage of dangerous or hazardous substances and materials to be cleaned up
30-30.5 Failure to comply with responsibility for costs
30-30.6 Failure to pay costs of cleanup; remedies of City
30-31 Limitation
30-32 Prosecution for violation of §§ 30-1 – 30-30; issuance of appearance ticket
30-33 Penalty and designation of certain sections as municipal civil infractions
30-34 Increase in fine or imprisonment for second or subsequent violation
30-35 Notice of violation
30-36 Provisions of §§ 30-10 – 30-35 not to constitute permission to do acts prohibited by other law
30-37 Findings with respect to drug use
30-38 Use of controlled substances or drug paraphernalia; public nuisance; notice of hearing
30-39 Abatement of nuisance; costs
30-40 Persuasive presumption of public nuisance
31-41 Drag racing
Cross-reference:
Burial in unauthorized area, see § 13-2
Dangerous fences, see § 17-5
Dumping ground, see § 39-41
Filling station, operating without permit, see § 12-142
Trees and shrubs, obstructions at intersections, see § 45-3
Wells, contaminated, see § 46-28
No person shall himself or by another throw, place, deposit or leave in any street, highway, lane, alley, public place or square or any private place or premises any glass, unbroken or broken, or any matter, stone, earthenware, tacks or other substances of any nature likely to cause injury to travelers or pedestrians, to carriages, automobiles, bicycles or other vehicles, or injure any horse or other animals or which might injure, cut or puncture any pneumatic tire, nor shall any person shall himself or for another throw, place, deposit or leave in any street, highway, lane or alley, public place or square, or in any private place or premises, any animal or vegetable substance, dead animal, fish, shavings, paper, dirt, rubbish, filth, slops, unclean or nauseous water, liquid or gaseous fluids, hay, straw, soot, offal, garbage, swill or any other article or substance whatever.
(Ord. 297, passed 5-8-1939)
Cross-reference:
Duty to keep sidewalks and the like free of litter, see § 30-15
Where information furnished by an individual to the Police and/or Public Works Department has resulted in a fine for unlawful dumping, the City Council may authorize and direct the Finance Director to pay the individual a reward in the amount of 50% of any fine collected from the offender. The Chief of Police, the Director of Public Works and the Chief Legal Officer or their respective designee shall constitute a committee to investigate all claims for such rewards and shall make recommendations for payment or nonpayment of the rewards to the City Council. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to give false information to the police or Department of Public Works relative to illegal dumping. No employee of the City Council, the Police, Public Works or Law Departments shall be entitled to any rewards under this section.
(Ord. 2884, passed 8-8-1983; Ord. 2997, passed 6-23-1986; Ord. 3236, passed 6-28-1993)
(a) No person shall keep, place or have on or in any private house, place of business, lot or premises within the City, any dead carcass, putrid or offensive or unsound beef, pork, fish, hides, skins, bones, horns, stinking or rotten soap grease, tallow, offal, garbage or other animal or vegetable matter or substance which may cause any unwholesome, obnoxious or offensive smell.
(b) No person shall collect or confine any horse, cattle, sheep, hog, fowl or other domestic or undomesticated animal, bird or fowl in pens, cages, stables, coops or otherwise so as to create an unwholesome, unsightly, malodorous, obnoxious or offensive condition except as otherwise allowed by Chapter 9, Article III.
(c) An unwholesome, offensive or obnoxious smell or condition is one that is of such intensity and duration as to be injurious to human, plant or animal life, to health, or to property or to unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life and property.
(d) Any person who keeps animals or vegetable matter in such a manner as to violate the terms of this article, shall be deemed to commit the offense of creating a public nuisance by the action and the designated City officials are hereby authorized to enter into and upon the real estate to abate the nuisance, where the owner has been given notice and time to abate and has failed to do so. The cost of abating the nuisance shall be billed to the property owner(s). In the event of failure of the owner or owners to pay the costs, the same may be added to the next ad valorem tax roll delivered to the City Treasurer for collection and collected in manner of ad valorem property taxes.
(e) Violation of subsection (a) or (b) above shall be a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not less than $300.00.
(f) The first time any person keeps vegetable matter in such a manner as to violate subsection (d) above, the violation shall be a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not less than $300.00; provided however, that the fine will be waived if the person presents proof that since being cited for the offense they have completed a course instructing them on the proper keeping of compost material.
(Ord. 297, passed 5-8-1939; Ord. 3346, passed 6-9-1997; Ord. 3770, passed 6-14-2010)
No person shall hereafter maintain or construct a privy or privy vault unless such privy or privy vault be constructed and maintained according to the regulations of the Department of Public Health of the City of Flint, which regulations shall be furnished by the Department of Public Health on application, and no person shall hereafter construct a privy or privy vault without first obtaining from the Department of Public Health of the City of Flint a permit for that purpose; provided further, that temporary privies or toilets for workmen employed on construction work and for use at carnivals, circuses and other traveling tent shows may be used if approved in advance by the Department of Public Health.
(Ord. 297, passed 5-8-1939)
Any cart, wagon or truck or other vehicle used for the purpose of conveying away swill, offal, garbage or excrement shall be perfectly tight and covered so as to prevent the contents from leaking, spilling or becoming offensive because of odor, and no such cart, wagon or vehicle when not actually in use, shall be allowed in any street, lane, alley or public place within the City of Flint.
(Ord. 297, passed 5-8-1939)
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