Disorderly Conduct Village of Lakeview, Michigan

Ordinance NO. 41

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITINNG DISORDERLY AND OTHER CONDUCT IN THE VILLAGE OF LAKEVIEW.

The Village of Lakeview ordains:

Section 1: ASSAULT AND BATTERY; MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION

It shall be unlawful for any person whether in public or private place within the Village of Lakeview to:

  1. Assault another or be engaged in or aid or abet in any fight; or
  2. Intentionally commit a battery upon another person; or
  3. Willfully or maliciously destroy the property of any other person or corporation

Section 3: PARK AREAS; VEHICLES; LIQUOR; DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITIONS.

It shall be unlawful for any person in any public park or any street, sidewalk or parking area open to general public to:

  1. Have in his possession any alcoholic liquor in a container, which is open, uncapped or upon which the seal is broken. No operator or owner (if present at the vehicle) shall permit any person to possess any alcoholic liquor which is open, uncapped or upon which the seal is broken within or upon any vehicle which is in any street, sidewalk, or parking area open to the general public.
  2.  With regard to any vehicle, it shall be presumed that the operator and/or owner (if the owner is present within or upon the vehicle), as the owner is stated upon the most current vehicle registration records at the office of the Michigan Secretary of State, is permitting any other person within or upon the vehicle to possess any open, uncapped, or unsealed alcoholic liquor within or upon the vehicle.
  3. Alcoholic liquor means beer, wine, or any spirituous, vinous, malt or fermented liquor, liquids and compounds, whether or not medicated, proprietary, patented, and by whatever name called, containing ½ of 1 percent or more of alcohol; by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes.

SECTION 4: TREES AND SHRUBS; REMOVAL PROHIBITED.

It shall be unlawful for any person within the Village of Lakeview to;

  1. Take and carry away from any place any ornamental tree, shade tree, or shrub with the intent to deprive the owner thereof of said plant. It shall also be unlawful to detach from the ground or injure any ornamental tree, shade tree, or shrub or part thereof without the consent of the owner thereof.


SECTION 5: OTHER DISORDERLY AND UNLAWFUL CONDUCT

It shall be unlawful for any person, while on a public street, or in a right-of-way, or in a public place or building, or in any public parking lot to:

  1. Congregate in such a fashion so as to obstruct the free and uninterrupted passage of the public.
  2. Obstruct vehicular traffic.
  3. Lie or sit on the sidewalk.
  4. Sit on the steps leading to any building open to the public or to which the public is invited.
  5. Sit or recline in office windows, windowsills or ledges outside office windows in any building open to the public or to which the public is invited.
  6. Sit on the exterior surface of a parked automobile including any place on the fenders, hood and roof of such automobile.

SECTION 6: REPEAL OF ORDINANCE N0. 2

The Village of Lakeview Ordinance No. 2 enacted December 14, 1953 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 7: Violation and Penalty

Any person or person who shall be deemed guilty of disorderly conduct as provided in this Ordinance, shall be punished, on conviction thereof, by a fine of not more than $100.00 Dollars, or by imprisonment in the common jail of Montcalm County for a period of not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and such imprisonment in the discretion of the Court, together with the costs of prosecution for such violations such court may order, and, in case such Court shall impose a fine and costs only, the person convicted, on failing to pay such fine and costs, may be sentenced by the said Court to be imprisoned in the said jail for a term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.

SECTION 8: NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED.

The Village of Lakeview Clerk shall publish this Ordinance in the manner required by law.

SECTION 9: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the 1st day of July,1980.

I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was published in the Lakeview Enterprise on June 5, 1908.

Robert Ule, Clerk Village of Lakeview

This Ordinance shall be published in full in the Lakeview Enterprise on the 5th day of June 1980.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the Village of Lakeview through its Village Council in public session held at 8:00 P.M. on the 27th day of May, 1980.

                 Keith Bucholtz, President of Village of Lakeview

                               Robert Ule, Clerk of Village of Lakeview