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Charter and Code of Ordinances of the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan
Charter and Code of Ordinances of the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
CHARTER
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3: ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CHAPTER 5: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6: RESERVED
CHAPTER 7: AMUSEMENT DEVICES
CHAPTER 8: ANIMALS
CHAPTER 9: BICYCLES
CHAPTER 10: RESERVED
CHAPTER 11: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 12: BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13: CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 13A: CARNIVALS
CHAPTER 14: ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 16: RESERVED
CHAPTER 17: EARTH CHANGES
CHAPTER 18: RESERVED
CHAPTER 19: FENCES
CHAPTER 20: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 23: GARBAGE AND REFUSE
CHAPTER 24: RESERVED
CHAPTER 25: HUMAN RELATIONS
CHAPTER 26: JUNK YARDS AND AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARDS
CHAPTER 27: LAND DIVISION AND COMBINATION
CHAPTER 28: LIBRARY
CHAPTER 29: LICENSING OF BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 30: MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 31: NOISE
CHAPTER 32: RESERVED
CHAPTER 33: NUISANCES
CHAPTER 34: OBSCENITY
CHAPTER 35: OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 36: FALSE ALARMS
CHAPTER 37: PARKING AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 38: PARKS
CHAPTER 39: PEDDLERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS AND THE LIKE
CHAPTER 40: POLITICAL AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
CHAPTER 41: PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 42: RESERVED
CHAPTER 43: RECREATIONAL WATERS
CHAPTER 44: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER 45: SOLID WASTE REDUCTION
CHAPTER 46: RESERVED
CHAPTER 47: SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
CHAPTER 48: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 48A: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 49: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE CODE
CHAPTER 51: VEGETATION
CHAPTER 52: VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 53: WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
ZONING ORDINANCE
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Zoning Comparative Table Subdivision Comparative Table
APPENDIX
CHAPTER 13A: CARNIVALS
13A-1. PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the inspection, licensing and regulation of carnivals; to insure that licensees are of good moral character; to insure that the location of such carnivals is in conformance with the ordinances of the city; to establish fees for the issuance of such licenses; and to provide penalties for violations.
(Ord. No. 318, § 1, 12-6-94)
13A-2. DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CARNIVAL. Circuses, fairs, festivals or other traveling enterprises consisting of such amusements as rides, games of skill, sideshows and devices or other temporary structures and exhibitions in any number or combination designed to serve a special purpose or perform special functions.
   GAME OF SKILL. Any amusement whereby a patron is given the opportunity to obtain a prize, reward or some object of value upon the performance of some physical act in a specified manner.
   OPERATOR or OWNER. A person who owns or controls or who has the duty to control the operation of a carnival. This includes individuals, licensees, managers, lessees, sponsors, partnerships, corporations, societies and organizations.
   RIDE. A device which carries or conveys passengers along, around or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement.
   SIDESHOW. A subsidiary exhibition accompanying a carnival in which patrons are entertained or amused by viewing anomalies of nature or physical objects from a perspective which tends to make the object viewed or the viewer appear other than what it is, acts or demonstrations requiring peculiar expertise or training, performances by persons and animals displaying acrobatic or gymnastic skills or any other form of entertainment which a reasonably informed individual of common experience would refer to as a SIDESHOW.
   SPONSOR. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, religious or fraternal organization or society or any other entity which undertakes to promote a carnival and provide the premises for the location, use and occupancy of any carnival within the municipal limits of the City of Sterling Heights.
(Ord. No. 318, § 1, 12-6-94)
13A-3. APPROVAL; NOTICE OF INTENT.
   Any sponsor of a carnival shall obtain temporary use approval by the City Manager and a license from the City Clerk to promote a carnival to be held within the city. An application for a license to promote a carnival shall be submitted in writing to the City Clerk not less than 60 days before the proposed opening date of the carnival.
(Ord. No. 318, § 1, 12-6-94)
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