Public Conduct in Flint, MI (2026)

Flint City Code § 31-14

It shall be unlawful to go about from person to person or from place to place, soliciting contributions for oneself or others; provided, however, that soliciting of charitable contributions pursuant to a permit issued by the City Clerk is not prohibited.

Flint City Code § 31-12(a)(9)

Urinates or defecates on any public street or sidewalk, or on the floor of that part of any building open to the public or any other place in view of the public not specifically designated for that purpose.       (10)   Throws any object from any moving vehicle, or toward any person or moving vehicle if he knows or should know that damage to person or property, or alarm which may foreseeably pr...

Flint City Code § 33-15.1

(a) Roller skates, skateboards or other similar devices are prohibited in Riverbank Park except as a scheduled event by the Department of Parks and Recreation or the Downtown Development Authority. (b) Violations of this section shall be a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $35.00.

Flint, MI Code of Ordinances § 31-55

No person, without authority, shall loiter, linger, stay, saunter, delay or stand around, or do any other act so as to block, obstruct, impede or otherwise interfere with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic upon any public street or highway, sidewalk or any other public place or public building or an business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon such public street, highway, pu...

Flint, MI Code of Ordinances § 31-50

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in any of the following areas:...(b) Any public place, at a meeting of a public body and a state or local governmental agency, food service establishment or any nonsmoking area of a casino....(i) Smoking shall not be permitted on the following streets and sidewalks internal to the Hurley Medical Center Campus...(k...

City of Flint Code § 28-157

(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked or unmarked crosswalk, at an intersection, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in the crosswalk.

Flint, MI Code of Ordinances § 6-6

No alcoholic liquors or beer shall be consumed on the public streets, parks or in any other public places, including any store or establishment doing business with the public not licensed to sell alcoholic liquor or beer therein. No person shall have in his possession or under his or her control, any alcoholic liquor or beer upon or within any public park or parkway; provided, that such possess...