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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*
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*
§ 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.
§ 30-41 DRAG RACING.
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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§ 30-25 POSTING NOTICES.
   No person shall post or affix any notice, poster, or other paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamp post, public utility pole or shade tree, or upon any public land, public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)
§ 30-26 UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF BUILDING MATERIALS.
   No person shall place or leave or cause to be placed or left, building materials on public premises within the City nor keep, store, or cause or permit to be placed, left, kept or stored, building materials on private premises or the parkway adjacent to the property, except within the walls of a previously erected building within the City unless there is in force a valid building permit issued by the City for construction upon the property and the materials are intended for use in the construction, unless this storage is explicitly permitted by Chapter 5.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978; Ord. 3206, passed 6-8-1992)
§ 30-27 REMOVAL OF JUNK, LITTER OR BUILDING MATERIALS FROM PUBLIC PREMISES.
   (a)   When an Enforcement Officer shall find an item of junk property or an accumulation of building materials on public premises within the City, he or she shall cause a notice to be placed upon the item or in the immediate vicinity of several such items in substantially the following form:
      NOTICE TO THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ATTACHED PROPERTY: This property, to wit: (setting forth a brief description) is unlawfully upon public property known as (setting forth brief description of location), and in violation of Section        of Chapter        of the Code of the City of Flint and must be removed within 48 hours from the date and time of this notice; otherwise, it shall be presumed to be abandoned property and will be stored and/otherwise disposed of by order of the City of Flint.
Dated this                                         
   (setting forth date of posting notice)
Signed                                              (setting forth title, business address and business telephone number of Enforcement Officer).
   (b)   Such notice shall be not less than five inches by eight inches and shall be sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to the elements. In addition to posting, the Enforcement Officer shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain the name and address of the owner of the item or items; and if such is reasonably available to the Enforcement Officer, he or she shall mail a copy of the notice to the owner on or before the date of posting.
   (c)   If, at the expiration of the time stated in the notice, the owner or any person interested in the abandoned item or items described in the notice has not removed them from the public premises, the Enforcement Officer may cause the item or items of abandoned property to be removed, stored and/or otherwise disposed of, and the salvage value, if any, of the item or items shall be retained by the City of Flint, to be applied against the cost of disposal thereof. In the event the salvage proceeds exceed the cost of disposal of the abandoned property, the excess shall be held for a period of 30 days for the benefit of the former owner of the property, upon proof of such ownership within 30 days of the disposal of the property. If after 30 days the excess has not been properly claimed, it shall be applied to the general fund of the City of Flint.
   (d)   Nothing in this section shall prevent the summary removal of any property from public premises in order to alleviate emergency conditions.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978; Ord. 2672, passed 10-23-1978; Ord. 3206, passed 6-8-1992; Ord. 3528, passed 5-5-2004)
§ 30-28 REMOVAL OF TRASH FROM PUBLIC PREMISES.
   Trash on public premises may be removed without notice or compensation.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)
§ 30-29 REMOVAL OF JUNK PROPERTY, LITTER, ABANDONED PROPERTY OR BUILDING MATERIALS FROM PRIVATE PREMISES.
   (a)   Whenever the Enforcement Officer shall find junk property, litter and/or abandoned property or building materials on private premises within the City in violation of this chapter, he or she shall cause a notice to be placed on the premises in substantially the following form:
      NOTICE TO THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THESE PREMISES: The junk property, litter/building material(s) to wit: (setting forth a brief description of the location) is improperly stored in violation of Section          of Chapter           of the Code of the City of Flint. Within two business days, unless the property owner makes a request to the Chief Administrative Officer based on good cause for an extension of time up to five additional days, if this junk property is not removed or a request for a hearing has not been filed with the Chief Administrative Officer, upon the applicability of the above ordinance to the condition of these premises, it shall be deemed a violation and the junk property, litter/building materials will be stored and/or otherwise disposed of by order of the City of Flint.
Except as otherwise provided by law, costs of such removal, storage and/or other disposition will be charged to these premises.
Dated this                                          
   (setting forth date of posting of notice)
Signed                                              (setting forth name, title, business address and telephone number of the Enforcement Officer).
   (b)   The notice shall be not less than five inches by eight inches and shall be sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to the elements. In addition to posting, the Enforcement Officer shall mail a copy of the notice to the owner of the real property upon which the junk property, litter/building material(s) is (are) located, as shown by the records of the City Assessor, on or before the date of posting of the notice and to the owner of the article or articles, if ownership can reasonably be ascertained.
   (c)   If at the expiration of the time stated in the notice the owner or any person interested in the premises described in the notice has not corrected or abated the condition of the premises or requested a hearing on the applicability of this Code provision to the condition, the Enforcement Officer may cause the abatement of the condition. If the junk property, litter and/or building materials has or have salvage value, the Enforcement Officer may sell the junk property, litter or building materials and the salvage value, if any, from the sale shall be retained by the City of Flint to be applied against the abatement. If the proceeds from the salvage of the junk property, litter and/or building materials be less than the costs, the deficiency shall be charged against the premises. In the event the salvage proceeds exceed the costs, any excess shall be held for a period of 30 days for the benefit of the former owner of the property sold and, upon proof of ownership within 30 days after the sale of the property, the excess shall be paid to the former owner. If after 30 days, the excess has not been properly claimed, it shall be applied to the general fund of the City of Flint.
   (d)   If a hearing is requested within the time limits stated in the notice by the owner of the private premises or a person claiming an interest in personal property thereon, the Chief Administrative Officer shall appoint a hearing officer to conduct a public hearing in order for the person requesting the hearing to show cause why he or she should not be required to remove the property in question or the City of Flint should not dispose of the property.
   (e)   The hearing procedures shall be those established by the Chief Administrative Officer.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978; Ord. 2672, passed 10-23-1978; Ord. 3206, passed 6-8-1992; Ord. 3389, passed 11-23-1998; Ord. 3529, passed 5-5-2004)
§ 30-30 REMOVAL OF TRASH FROM PRIVATE PREMISES.
   The cost of removal of junk property, litter and/or building materials as herein defined may be charged to the owner or owners of the premises from which they are removed. In the event of failure of the owner to remove the junk property, litter and/or building materials, the City may use its employees or contract for the removal at its expense and when the cost has been determined, the City Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to bill the owner or owners the cost of the removal. 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 the manner of ad valorem property taxes.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978; Ord. 2672, passed 10-23-1978; Ord. 3206, passed 6-8-1992)
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