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LITTERING
§ 130.065 BASIS AND INTENT; SHORT TITLE.
   (A)   Basis and intent. The Village Council has found that the unregulated littering of public and private property and waters has serious and significant effects on the lives and properties of the residents of the village creating blighting influences and health hazards. It is the intent of this subchapter to prohibit the littering of public and private property and waters.
   (B)   Short title. This subchapter shall be known as the “Village of Lake Orion Littering Ordinance.”
(Ord. 6.08, passed 10-11-88)
§ 130.066 LITTERING AND ACCUMULATION OF LITTER PROHIBITED.
   (A)   Littering. No person shall knowingly dump, deposit, place, throw or leave, or cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter onto any public or private property or waters other than property designated and set aside for such purposes. The phrase public or private property or waters includes, but is not limited to, the right-of-way and any road or highway, any body of water or water course, or the shores or beaches thereof, and including the ice above such waters, any park, playground, building or recreation area, and any residential property.
   (B)   Accumulation of litter. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow the accumulation of litter, or allow litter to remain outdoors on property owned or controlled by such person for a period of more than 15 days, when allowing such litter to remain on property would be reasonably likely to result in a safety and/or health hazard either in and of itself or if such condition were to prevail on several other properties in one area.
(Ord. 6.08, passed 10-11-88) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 130.067 DEFINITION.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   LITTER. All rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris or other foreign substances of every kind and description.
(Ord. 6.08, passed 10-11-88)
§ 130.068 PRESUMPTIONS.
   (A)   Except as provided in division (C) of this section, in a proceeding for a violation of this act involving litter from a motor vehicle or vessel, proof that the particular vehicle or vessel described in the citation, complaint or warrant was used in the violation, together with proof that the defendant named in the citation, complaint or warrant was the registered owner of a vehicle or vessel at the time of violation constitutes in evidence a presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle or vessel was the driver of the vehicle or vessel at the time of the violation.
   (B)   The driver is presumed to be responsible for litter that is thrown, dropped, dumped, deposited, placed or left from the vehicle or vessel on public or private property, or waters defined in this code. For purposes of this section, VEHICLE means every motor vehicle registered under Public Act 300 of 1949, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.1 through 257.923; and a vessel registered under Public Act 303 of 1967, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 281.1001 and 288.1199.
   (C)   In a proceeding for a violation of this section involving litter from a leased motor vehicle or leased vessel, proof that the particular vehicle or vessel described in the citation, complaint, or warrant was used in the violation together with proof that the defendant named in the citation, complaint or warrant was the lessee of the vehicle or vessel at the time of violation, constitutes in evidence a presumption that the lessee of the vehicle or vessel was the driver of the vehicle or vessel at the time of the violation.
(Ord. 6.08, passed 10-11-88) Penalty, see § 10.99
RETAIL FRAUD
§ 130.080 SHORT TITLE; INTENT AND PURPOSE.
   (A)   This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Village of Lake Orion Retail Fraud Ordinance.”
   (B)   The Council has determined that the protection and promotion of the public health, safety and welfare requires the adoption of this subchapter to define crime committed in stores open to the public and to provide a penalty for the commission of such crime in retail establishments throughout the village.
(Ord. 6.09, passed 7-10-89)
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