§ 6-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Alcoholic liquor and license means as defined in Act No. 58 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1998, (MCLA 436.1101 et seq., MSA 18.1175(101) et seq.) as amended.

Public place means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access. Among places included are any:

(1)

Highway, street, road, alley, sidewalk, park, parking lot, river, public water, wharf, dock, waterfront, publicly owned or controlled open ground;

(2)

Publicly owned or controlled building, excluding any interior portion thereof being used as a dwelling;

(3)

Place of business;

(4)

Place of amusement, entertainment, recreation or education open to the general public;

(5)

Place where services are rendered to the public or to a group of 15 persons or more;

(6)

Transport facility;

(7)

Public conveyance;

(8)

Place of religious worship;

(9)

Place of manufacturing;

(10)

Railroad right-of-way;

(11)

Hospital;

(12)

Cemetery;

(13)

Common area of any hotel or apartment building;

(14)

Private meeting place when a privately employed special duty police officer, special duty deputy sheriff or deputy sheriff is on duty there;

(15)

Grounds appurtenant to any of the above; and

(16)

Parking facilities used in connection with any of the above.

The enumeration in this definition shall be deemed partial and shall not operate to exclude other places which are within the general terms of this definition.

(Code 1965, § 9.131; Ord. No. 508, 8-25-97; Ord. No. 00-522, 10-9-00)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.