Section 5.100 Driving or Congregating in City Parking
Lot.
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Section added to read:
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(1)
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No persons shall operate any motorized vehicle, or knowingly
permit the same to be operated in any parking lot or parking area
owned, operated or controlled by the City of Lapeer, unless the operator
is undertaking to park and leave said vehicle or unless the operator
is immediately undertaking to leave said parking lot or area after
having been lawfully parked.
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(2)
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No operator of a motorized vehicle shall use a City parking
lot or parking area as a shortcut or as an area in which to learn
to drive.
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(3)
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No person shall use any City parking lot or parking area as
an area in which to meet or in which to congregate between the hours
of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
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(4)
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A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil
infraction.
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Section 5.97 School Buses; Overtaking, Meeting or Passing;
Discharge of Passengers; Evidence of Violation; Penalties.
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Section is amended to read:
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(1)
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The driver of a vehicle that overtakes or meets a school bus
which has stopped and which is displaying two alternately flashing
red lights located at the same level shall bring the vehicle to a
full stop not less than 10 feet from the school bus and shall not
proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the visual signals
are no longer actuated. The driver of the school bus, before resuming
motion, shall deactivate flashing lights, shall permit stopped traffic
to proceed, and shall, when resuming motion, proceed in a manner that
will allow congested traffic to disperse by keeping the bus as near
to the right side of the road as can be done with safety.
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(2)
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Passengers who cross a road upon being discharged from a school
bus shall cross in front of the stopped school bus.
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(3)
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At an intersection where traffic is controlled by an officer
or a stop-and-go signal, a vehicle need not be brought to a full stop
before passing a stopped school bus, but may proceed past the school
bus at a speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, but not
more than 10 miles an hour, and shall proceed with due caution for
the safety of passengers being received or discharged from the school
bus.
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(4)
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(5)
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The driver of a vehicle on a highway that has been divided into
two roadways by leaving an intervening space, by a physical barrier,
or by clearly indicated dividing sections constructed so as to impede
vehicular traffic need not stop upon meeting a school bus which has
stopped across the dividing space, barrier or section.
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(6)
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In a proceeding for a violation of Subsection (1) of this section, proof that the particular vehicle described in the citation, complaint, or warrant was in violation of Subsection (1) of this section, together with proof that the defendant named in the citation, complaint, or warrant was, at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the violation.
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(7)
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Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4) of this section,
a person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
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Section 6.28 Bicycles.
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(A)
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License tag required. No person shall ride or propel a bicycle
on any street or public way in the City of Lapeer or upon any part
thereof, without first having secured and attached to such bicycle
a proper license tag as provided hereinafter. All bicycle licenses
shall be affixed to the frame of the bicycle for which issued. License
number and serial number shall correspond with the registration of
said bicycle.
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(B)
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License application. Application for a license to own and operate
a bicycle shall be made to the Traffic Division of the Police Department
upon a form to be provided by the Department. The application shall
be accompanied by a fee as listed on the City of Lapeer Fee Schedule
to be paid in advance at the time of issuance of the license. The
Chief of Police shall have authority to issue bicycle licenses subject
to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 9-22-2011] | |
(C)
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Term of license. The license shall be valid for the life of
the bicycle.
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(D)
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Mechanical condition. The Chief of Police shall have authority
to inspect all bicycles for mechanical fitness, and shall have the
authority to refuse to grant or to revoke the license of any bicycle
found to be in unsafe mechanical condition.
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(E)
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Riding bicycles, skateboards, roller blades or motorized vehicles.
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(1)
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No person shall ride a bicycle, skateboard or roller blades
upon any sidewalk located within the street right-of-way on Nepessing
Street between Monroe Street and Saginaw Street.
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(2)
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No person shall ride a bicycle, skateboard, or roller blades
upon any pedestrian mall area in the Central Business District.
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(3)
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No motorized vehicles shall be ridden on the sidewalk in any
area of the City at any time. No motorized vehicles shall be ridden
on any pedestrian mall areas of the City at any time.
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(4)
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No person shall ride a skateboard or roller blades upon any
street or upon any parking lot located in the Central Business District.
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(5)
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Except as provided in this subsection, no person shall ride
a bicycle, skateboard, or roller blades upon the following streets,
street rights-of- way, sidewalks, or public parking lots, from 8:00
a.m. Thursday to 8:00 p.m. Sunday during the annual Lapeer Days celebration:
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The area bounded by, and including Park Street on the North,
Clay Street on the south, Mason Street on the west, and Saginaw Street
on the east.
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A person may ride a bicycle, skateboard, or roller blades in
the area described above when going directly to, coming directly from,
or participating in a parade or other Lapeer Days event intended to
include bicycles, skateboard, or roller blades.
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(F)
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Serial number. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any
bicycle frame. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy,
mutilate or alter any bicycle license; provided, however, that nothing
in this subsection shall prohibit the Police Department from stamping
numbers on the frame of bicycles, on which no serial number can be
found or on which said number is illegible or insufficient for identification
purposes.
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(G)
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Penalty.
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(1)
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A person violating any of the provisions of this section shall
be responsible for a civil infraction.
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(2)
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In addition to the penalty described in Subsecton G(1) above,
a person violating any of the provisions of Subsection (E) above shall
also be subject to having the skateboard, roller blades, or motorized
vehicle immediately confiscated and impounded by the City Police for
up to 10 days.
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Section 8.26 Parking Dismantled or Partly Dismantled Motor
Vehicles in Streets or Alleys Prohibited.
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(A)
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It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation
to park upon the streets or alleys of the City of Lapeer any motor
vehicle that has been dismantled or partly dismantled or that is in
the process of being dismantled or torn down.
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(B)
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It is the intent of this section that the terms "dismantled"
or "dismantling" shall be construed to mean the taking apart, or tearing
down of any motor vehicle by the removal of any part or parts therefrom.
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(C)
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Any such motor vehicle so described in Subsection (A) of this
section being parked on the streets or alleys of Lapeer is hereby
declared to be a nuisance and it shall be the duty of any police officer
of said City to abate such nuisance by removing the same from said
street or alley, and said motor vehicle so removed shall be returned
to the owner thereof only upon payment to the City Clerk by such owner
of the expenses incurred by said City in removing same from street
or alley.
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Section 8.27 No Parking on Nepessing Street Between the
Hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
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(A)
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It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park a motor
vehicle upon Nepessing Street in the City of Lapeer between the hours
of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless said motor vehicle is occupied
by a person in charge of the power and control of said motor vehicle
and capable of moving the same upon notice from any police officer
of the City of Lapeer.
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(B)
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Any police officer of the City of Lapeer may impound any vehicle
parked on Nepessing Street in violation of the terms of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)] | |
Section 9.3 Penalties.
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Any provision of this chapter which describes an act or omission
which remains a misdemeanor under the terms of the Michigan Motor
Vehicle Code, being 1949 Public Act 300, as amended, shall be a misdemeanor
under this chapter, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or
imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
A violation of any other provision of this chapter not constituting
a misdemeanor, as herein provided, shall be processed as a civil infraction,
and any person determined to be responsible for a civil infraction
may be ordered by judge, referee, or district court magistrate of
competent jurisdiction to pay a civil fine of not more than $100 and
costs in accordance with Section 907 of said Michigan Motor Vehicle
Code (MCLA § 257.907; MSA § 9.2607).
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Downtown City Parking Lots
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Designation
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Location
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No. 1
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Northeast corner of Clay Street and Court Street intersection
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No. 2
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End of Park Street on the East Side of Saginaw Street
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No. 3
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Between Nepessing and Park Streets and adjacent to Pine Street
on the west
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No. 4
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Between Nepessing and Park Streets and adjacent to Pine Street
on the east
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No. 5
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Between Nepessing Street on the North and Farmers Creek on the
south, and between Saginaw and Court Streets
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No. 6
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Southwest corner of Clay and Cedar Streets with Clay Street
on the north and the alley south of Clay Street on the south
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No. 7
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Between Fox Street and Cedar Street on the south side of Clay
Street (City/county parking lot)
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No. 8
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Between Nepessing Street and Clay Streets and between Mason
and Cedar Streets
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No. 9
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Between Nepessing and Park Streets and Between Mason and Court
Streets
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No. 10
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Located immediately West of 407 Clay Street
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Commuter Parking Lots
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Designation
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Location
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No. 1
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Lot located on Saginaw Street north of Genesee Street
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No. 2
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Lot located on South Main Street between the G.T.W.R.R. and
Farmers Creek
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