[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of
the Township of Grosse Ile 8-11-1980 by Ord. No. 137 as Ch. 6 of the Grosse
Ile Township Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall:
A.
Refuse or fail to support his or her spouse and children,
provided such person shall have sufficient ability to do so;
B.
Engage in prostituting;
C.
Peep into the window of an inhabited residence;
D.
Engage in an illegal occupation or business;
E.
Interfere with the free and uninterrupted passage
of others upon the public roadways or in public places or places open
to the public without lawful authority to do so;
F.
In a naked state bathe, swim or wade in any public
waters or waters open to the view of the public;
G.
Make an immoral exhibition or indecent exposure of
his or her person in any public place or in any place open to the
view of the public;
H.
Obstruct, resist, hinder or interfere with any public
employee or peace officer in the discharge of his or her duties without
lawful authority to do so;
I.
Utilize as his or her residence any motor vehicle,
recreational vehicle, tent, boat, shed or barn; or inhabit or occupy
any unoccupied building or shelter without the permission of the owner
thereof;
[Amended 1-10-1983 by Ord. No. 142]
J.
Summon as a joke or prank or otherwise without good
reason, by telephone or otherwise, the Police Department or Fire Department
or other public departments or officials;
K.
Throw or propel or cause to be thrown or propelled
any missile or object likely to cause bodily or property injury or
damage;
L.
Engage in any indecent or obscene conduct in any public
place or in any place open to public view;
M.
Be a vagrant;
N.
Beg in a public place;
O.
Jostle or roughly crowd people unnecessarily in a
public place or place open to the public.
[Amended 1-10-1983 by Ord. No. 142]
It shall be unlawful for any person to linger
or loiter in any public place or place open to the public or in any
business establishment without the permission of the owner, lessee,
managing agent or person in control or charge thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit
an assault or an assault and battery upon the person of another.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit
any noisy conduct in any house owned, occupied or controlled by him
to the annoyance or disturbance of the surrounding neighborhood or
neighbors; or to attend, frequent, operate or be an occupant of any
place where prostitution, gambling, the illegal sale of intoxicating
liquor, or where any other illegal business or occupation is conducted.
It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb
or disquiet any school, meeting, congregation, assembly, athletic
event, or any group lawfully assembled for religious, political, educational
or entertainment purposes or for other lawful purposes by making any
disturbing noise or engaging in any profane discourse or engaging
in any behavior in or near the place of assembly so as to disturb
the meeting or assembly.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in a fight or act in a violent, boisterous, turbulent, quarrelsome,
indecent or disorderly manner, or to use profane, obscene or vulgar
language, or to commit any act, or to do anything to disturb the good
order, peace and dignity of the Township, its inhabitants or other
persons in the Township.
[Amended 5-10-1999 by Ord. No. 264]
A.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to destroy,
injure, remove, damage or deface any public property or the private
property of another; or in any manner to interfere with or hinder
the use of any public or any private property of another, including
any property or equipment of any public utility serving the people
of the Township, or to paste any handbills on any public property,
or to disturb, tamper with, disconnect or damage any water meter without
authority to do so.
B.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who willfully
and maliciously destroys, injures, removes, defaces or damages any
public property or the personal property of another where the damage
done is less than $200, punishable by a fine of not more than $500
or three times the amount of the destruction or injury, whichever
is greater, or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both imprisonment
and fine.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sections 6-8,
Desecration of the flag, and 6-9, Checks without sufficient funds,
which immediately followed this subsection, were deleted 7-22-2002.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave
outside of any building or dwelling, or in a place accessible to children,
any abandoned, unattended, or discarded icebox, refrigerator, deep
freeze, trunk, chest, cooler, cabinet or any other container of any
kind which has an airtight door or lock which may not be released
for opening from the inside of said icebox, refrigerator, deep freeze,
trunk, chest, cabinet or other container without first removing the
locks or doors therefrom.
[Amended 5-10-1999 by Ord. No. 265]
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit
the offense of larceny, by stealing, of the property of another, any
money, goods or chattels, or any bank note, bank bill, bond, promissory
note, due bill, bill of exchange or other bill, draft, order or certificate,
or any book of accounts for or concerning money or goods due or to
become due, or to be delivered, or any deed or writing containing
a conveyance of land, or any other valuable contract in force, or
any receipt, release or defeasance, or any writ, process or public
record, if the property stolen shall be of the value of less than
$200. A person who commits the offense of larceny shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days
or a fine of not more than $500 or three times the value of the property
stolen, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.
Any person who shall have possession of stolen
property in the amount of $100 or less, or who shall aid and abet
another to do so, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 1-10-1983 by Ord. No. 143]
Any person who shall tamper with a motor vehicle
and/or boat without the permission of the owner of the vehicle, or
who shall aid and abet another to do so, shall be guilty of a violation
of this chapter.
No person shall possess, sell, dispense, or
discharge any smoke-bombs nor possess, sell, dispense, or discharge
any fireworks except of the type and under the conditions permitted
by Michigan statute.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
damage or to tamper in any way or manner with publicly owned fire
hydrants within the Township.
No person shall knowingly communicate, publish,
or participate in the communication or publication of any false fire
alarm.
It shall be unlawful for any person to vandalize,
disfigure, climb upon, hurl objects at, shoot at, paint, or in any
manner to trespass upon any publicly owned water tank or reservoir,
including the foundations thereof. This section shall not apply to
any person duly authorized to repair, renovate or service any water
tank.
No person shall spit, urinate, or defecate upon
any public roadway or upon any public building or building open to
the public or upon the floor or walls thereof or upon the floor or
walls of any hall, assembly room, church or school building.
[Added 5-10-1999 by Ord. No. 266]
A person who commits larceny by stealing or
unlawfully removing or taking any wheel, tire, air bag, radio, stereo,
clock, telephone, computer or other electronic device in or on any
motor vehicle, house trailer, trailer, or semitrailer where the value
of the property is less than $200 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than
$500 or three times the value of the property, whichever is greater,
or both imprisonment and a fine.
[Added 5-10-1999 by Ord. No. 268]
A person who buys, receives, possesses, conceals
or aids in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted money,
goods or property knowing the money, goods or property to be stolen,
embezzled or converted, if the property purchased, received, possessed
or concealed is of a value less than $200, is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of
not more than $500 or three times the value of the property purchased,
received, possessed or concealed, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment
and a fine.
[Added 3-25-1991 by Ord. No. 184]
A.
Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor who maliciously
uses any service provided by a communications common carrier with
intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, molest,
or annoy any other person, or to disturb the peace and quiet of any
other person by any of the following:
(1)
Threatening physical harm or damage to any person
or property in the course of a telephone conversation.
(2)
Falsely and deliberately reporting by telephone or
telegraph message that any person has been injured, has suddenly taken
ill, has suffered death, or has been the victim of a crime or of an
accident.
(3)
Deliberately refusing or failing to disengage a connection
between a telephone and another telephone or between a telephone and
other equipment provided for the transmission of messages by telephone,
thereby interfering with any communication service.
(4)
Using any vulgar, indecent, obscene, or offensive
language or suggesting any lewd or lascivious act in the course of
a telephone conversation.
(5)
Repeatedly initiating a telephone call and, without
speaking, deliberately hanging up or breaking the telephone connection
as or after the telephone call is answered.
(6)
Making an unsolicited commercial telephone call which
is received between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. For the purpose
of this subsection, "an unsolicited commercial telephone call" means
a call made by a person or recording device, on behalf of a person,
corporation, or other entity, soliciting business or contributions.
(7)
Deliberately calling a telephone of another person
in a repetitive manner which causes interruption in telephone service
or prevents the person from utilizing his or her telephone service.
B.
Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
and may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 and/or imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days.
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully
obstruct, resist or oppose any Township Treasurer, police officer,
or other officer or person duly authorized, in serving or attempting
to serve or execute any process, rule or order made or issued by lawful
authority, or who shall resist any officer in the execution of any
ordinance, bylaw, or any rule, order or resolution made, issued, or
passed by the Township Board of Trustees of Grosse Ile, or Township
Board, or Commission of the Township, or who shall assault, beat or
wound any Township Treasurer, police officer, or other officer duly
authorized, while serving or attempting to serve or execute any such
process, rule or order, or for having served or attempted to serve
or execute the same, or who shall so obstruct, resist, oppose, assault,
beat or wound any of the above-named officers, or any other person
or persons authorized by law to maintain and preserve the peace, in
their lawful acts, attempts and efforts to maintain, preserve and
keep the peace, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment
of not more than 90 days, and/or by a fine of not more than $500.
