Clinton Township, MI

Clinton Township bars pet stores from selling dogs, cats, rabbits, long-lived birds, or large reptiles. Stores may only offer adoption space for animals from a shelter, humane society…

It is unlawful in Clinton Township to intentionally or negligently injure, molest, or disturb birds, their nests, eggs, young, or brood, under Section 610.31 of the animal ordinance…

Clinton Township directs community cat colonies into Macomb County's Trap-Neuter-Return program under Section 610.20(h), requiring every colony cat to be sterilized, ear-tipped and…

Every animal impounded by Macomb County Animal Control must be microchipped and vaccinated before release, at the owner's expense, under Section 610.16(g). Dogs classified as…

Clinton Township's Zoning Code lists veterinary clinics and hospitals, including facilities for overnight keeping of animals, as a permitted use by right in four commercial and office…

Clinton Township does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead it lets the animal control officer or a court declare any individual animal 'vicious' or 'potentially dangerous' based on its…

Clinton Township makes it unlawful for any owner to let a dog, or any animal other than a domestic cat, run loose on a street, alley, or public place, or trespass onto someone else's…

Clinton Township treats pet grooming as a permitted retail service use, not a special land use. Zoning Code Section 1153.01(a)(58)B allows pet groomers without boarding facilities by…

Section 610.06 of Clinton Township's Code bans possessing, breeding or selling a list of exotic or wild animals, from big cats and venomous reptiles to nonhuman primates and…

Clinton Township lets residential property owners keep up to four hens, never roosters, under a Building Department permit that requires written consent from every adjoining…

Clinton Township's Code of Ordinances caps every residential, commercial or industrial property at four dogs or cats combined under Section 610.03. Licensed kennels, veterinary…

Clinton Township has no general spay/neuter mandate for pet dogs and cats, but it does impose one narrow requirement: before a dog classified potentially dangerous may return to a…

Michigan sets no statewide beekeeper license or registration. Under the Apiary Law, 1976 PA 412, MDARD runs voluntary hive inspections and holds standby authority to quarantine bee…

Michigan DNR prohibits baiting and feeding of free-ranging deer and elk in the Lower Peninsula due to chronic wasting disease. State wildlife law preempts local rules permitting such…

Construction, demolition, alteration or excavation work within 30 feet of a residence or residential zoning district is barred in Clinton Township from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays…

Clinton Township's Zoning Code sets hard decibel ceilings by district under Section 1156.05. Most uses may not exceed 65 decibels measured at the property line, Light Industrial (I-1)…

Clinton Township's animal nuisance rule treats 20 minutes of aggregate barking or howling in any one hour as sufficient evidence of a nuisance violation under Section 610.19(d)(4). An…

Playing amplified music too loudly or too late in Clinton Township is a civil infraction. Section 664.07 bans amplifying music that creates a "loud noise" or is "plainly audible"…

Clinton Township bans loud or plainly audible radios, music, yelling and singing between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within thirty feet of any residence under Section 664.07(c)(2)-(3). A…

Vehicle noise in Macomb County is governed by Michigan state law, not a county ordinance. MCL 257.707 requires every motor vehicle, including motorcycles and mopeds, to have a working…

Macomb County has no countywide leaf-blower ordinance. Yard-equipment noise is regulated locally. Macomb Township bans residential landscaping equipment between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Michigan's Aeronautics Code preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise, leaving control over aircraft noise to state and federal authorities under MCL 259.1 et seq.

Clinton Township requires a 12-foot clear space above sidewalks and rights-of-way wherever trees or foliage grow. Section 1024.03 puts the trimming duty on the property owner or…

Clinton Township limits automatic lawn irrigation from May 15 through October 15 each year to an even/odd watering-day schedule tied to a property's street address, under Codified…

Clinton Township requires owners, agents and occupants of built-out subdivisions and lots along improved streets to keep their land free of noxious weeds and destroy them before they…

Clinton Township requires anyone removing five or more trees with four-inch-or-larger trunks from one property within a single year to get Planning Commission approval first. New…

Macomb County government does not restrict planting native species, and Michigan's noxious-weed law expressly protects milkweed. The County and MSU Extension promote native and…

Clinton Township lets residents run a home occupation in any residential district, but Section 1118.02(m) confines it entirely inside the dwelling and caps it at 20% of the home's…

Clinton Township bans signage for home businesses outright. Section 1118.02(m)(6) states plainly that no sign advertising the home occupation shall be displayed on the premises…

Clinton Township limits how much activity a home business can generate. Section 1118.02(m)(7) requires that a home occupation not create traffic or a need for parking beyond what the…

Clinton Township allows a group daycare home in any residential district, but it must sit at least 1,500 feet from another licensed group daycare home or similar facility, install a…

Michigan's Cottage Food Law lets residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from their home kitchen without a license, up to $50,000 in annual gross sales. The rules are…

Michigan has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word "microenterprise" returns zero results in a full-text search of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the only…

Clinton Township requires every residential off-street parking space to be a paved driveway, garage, or combination of the two, sized for at least two spaces per dwelling unit. Parking…

Clinton Township allows electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every zoning district under Zoning Code Section 1154.15. Level-1 and Level-2 chargers are permitted…

Clinton Township requires every commercial, office and industrial building that receives or ships goods to provide on-site loading space under Zoning Code Section 1154.17. Minimum bay…

Clinton Township caps commercial vehicle parking in residential areas at one truck rated no more than three-quarter ton. Section 1118.04(a)(3) sets that limit for one-family…

Any vehicle left on a Clinton Township street, road, or parking lot for more than forty-eight straight hours is presumed abandoned. Township officers may impound and remove it, and the…

Clinton Township allows up to two recreational vehicles, boats, or trailers per residential lot under Section 1118.04(a)(2), but they must sit in a rear or non-required side yard on a…

Clinton Township bans parking in front of or across any driveway, public or private, and requires vehicles to park within twelve inches of the right-hand curb, parallel to the roadway…

Michigan regulates nonconsensual towing through the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300. MCL 257.252k makes an owner or lessor of private real property post a sign at every vehicular…

Clinton Township expressly prohibits barbed wire and electrically charged fences under Section 1472.03(e), with one narrow exception: barbed wire may top a fence in an industrial or…

Clinton Township caps residential fences at four and one-half feet under Section 1472.03(f), though the Building Department can approve greater height for obscuring fences or fences in…

Clinton Township requires a fence permit from the Building Department before any fence is installed, erected, or maintained anywhere in the township. Section 1472.02 makes unpermitted…

Macomb County has no shared-fence ordinance. Boundary fences fall under Michigan's statewide Fences and Fence Viewers Act (MCL 43.51 et seq.), and any location or nuisance rules are…

Clinton Township makes it unlawful to start building a swimming pool, defined as any non-portable pool two feet deep or more, without a permit from the enforcing official first…

Clinton Township requires every swimming pool to meet the enclosure requirements of the current International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) under Section 1492.05, adopted for the…

Clinton Township residents may ignite consumer fireworks only during five set windows each year: New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, Memorial Day weekend, June 29 through July 5, and…

Clinton Township bans open burning of any material townshipwide, making property owners responsible for extinguishing fires on their land. Only a short list of fires is allowed…

A backyard fire pit in Clinton Township must be built of non-combustible material like brick or block, fully enclosed on every side, and no more than forty inches across unless the lot…

Smoke-alarm requirements in Macomb County come from Michigan state law and the Michigan Building/Residential Code, not a county ordinance. State law requires at least one…

Michigan requires plan review and a state certificate from LARA's Bureau of Fire Services Storage Tank Division before installing any LP-gas system with a single 2,000-gallon tank, a…

Any detached garage, shed or similar structure over 32 square feet in Clinton Township needs a Building Department permit before construction starts. Section 1496.05(d) sets that…

Macomb County government does not issue or require a short-term rental permit. Under Michigan law, STR permitting and zoning are handled by each city or township, so the applicable…

Macomb County imposes no annual cap on the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Any night limit is a city or township decision, and Michigan sets no statewide night…

Macomb County levies no local accommodations or hotel-motel excise tax; it is statutorily ineligible because its population exceeds 600,000. Short-term rentals of under one month are…

Clinton Township prohibits all recreational marihuana establishments, including dispensaries, anywhere within its boundaries. The township opted out of the state's adult-use marijuana…

Michigan's MRTMA allows adults 21+ to grow up to 12 plants at home, preempting local bans on personal cultivation.

Clinton Township requires anyone who owns or operates a massage establishment, including a massage school, to hold a Township license under Chapter 850. Operating without one is a…

Clinton Township requires anyone operating a secondhand dealer business to hold a Township license issued under Chapter 858, with a separate license for each business location…

Clinton Township's Zoning Code defines a "body art studio" as any business that inserts pigment under the skin or produces scars to make a permanent mark, covering both tattoo and…

Clinton Township confines adult use businesses to the B-3 General Business District and bars them within 1,000 feet of another adult use business. The B-3 prohibition can only be…

Clinton Township effectively bars home-based auto repair businesses. Section 1118.02(m) requires any home occupation to stay confined inside the dwelling, excluding garages entirely…

Clinton Township requires every pawnbroker, secondhand dealer and junk dealer to hold a Township business license before opening, and that license issues only after the applicant posts…

Michigan regulates retail sale of vapor products and alternative nicotine products under the Youth Tobacco Act, MCL 722.641 and MCL 333.12601.

Clinton Township requires banks, gas stations, pawnbrokers, liquor stores, pharmacies, hotels, scrap metal and firearm dealers and ten other listed business types to install and run…

A Clinton Township food truck also needs a separate location permit from the Building Department before it can vend anywhere, and § 820.05 dictates where and when it may operate: away…

Operating a food truck in Clinton Township requires two separate approvals: a food truck license from the Fire Marshall and a food truck location permit from the Building Department…

Clinton Township's noise ordinance defines "plainly audible" sound to include cases where only the rhythmic bass component of music can be detected, so officers can cite a stereo or…

Clinton Township treats an automobile's owner, lessee, or operator as legally responsible for its alarm, and caps how long any alarm, car or building, can keep sounding: past fifteen…

Clinton Township bans dumping soil, sand, gravel, trash, rubbish or garbage on any land in the Township without a permit from the Township Board and, where required, the State of…

Clinton Township assigns refuse pickup by geographic district on a schedule the Department of Public Works sets. Residents must have containers at the curb by 6:30 a.m. on the…

When a legal holiday falls in a collection week, Clinton Township pushes refuse pickup to the next non-holiday, non-Sunday day, unless the Township posts a different schedule. The…

Licensed haulers in Clinton Township cannot collect solid waste, recycling or compost before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. This hauler-side time window backs up the resident-side…

Clinton Township will not haul away a washer, dryer or water heater on a regular collection day. Code Section 1060.09 requires the owner-occupant to make special arrangements in…

Clinton Township residents cannot drag garbage carts to the curb whenever they like. Section 1060.04 fixes the window: containers go out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before…

Clinton Township requires every commercial and multi-family dumpster to sit inside a masonry enclosure under Zoning Code Section 1154.11. The rule sets the pad size, screening height…

Every licensed hauler in Clinton Township, municipal or private, must offer curbside-sorted recycling to every household and business using Township-approved plastic bins. Uniform…

Recyclables in Clinton Township must go out in the Township- or hauler-issued 18-gallon bin or 64-gallon cart, not mixed loose with trash. The Department of Public Services or the…

Clinton Township requires every licensed hauler to offer composting service to each household and business from April 1 through December 1 each year. Multi-family and non-detached…

Leaves, grass clippings and other yard waste in Clinton Township go out in paper compost bags or unbagged in a 32-gallon trash can carrying a compost sticker from the Department of…

Clinton Township lets restaurants and liquor-licensed establishments add temporary outdoor tables and chairs, but only during a declared Crisis Event, when a government order has cut…

Booking a shelter or holding a group gathering in a Clinton Township park takes a permit. Section 1062.36 requires a permit before any picnic, outing or gathering of twenty or more…

Marching a parade or holding a public assembly through a Clinton Township park needs a permit first. Section 1062.36(a)(3) reaches any public meeting, assembly or parade, including…

Clinton Township lets festivals locate in any zoning district and confines carnivals to the I-1 or I-2 Industrial Districts, but both go through the same special-approval procedure in…

In Clinton Township's R-1 through R-5 One-Family Residential Districts, homes are capped at 35 feet and two stories under Zoning Code Section 1118.05. The limit applies uniformly…

Clinton Township's Section 1118.05 sets minimum yard setbacks by residential district: 30 feet front and 10 feet side in R-1 and R-2, dropping to 25 feet front and 8 feet side in R-3…

Clinton Township lets farm animals and petting farms operate as an accessory or agricultural use only if the operator secures site plan approval and follows the state's Generally…

Clinton Township's Rental Housing Registration, Licensing and Inspection Ordinance puts every licensed rental unit on a recurring inspection cycle. The Building Department must inspect…

Clinton Township's rental chapter lets a lessee's complaint push a unit ahead of the normal two-year inspection cycle. Section 1498.22 sets inspection priority for tenant-originated…

Clinton Township requires every site-improvement plan to include adequate soil erosion and sedimentation control measures, both specified on paper and actually followed during…

New construction and substantial improvements in Clinton Township's flood hazard areas must have the lowest floor, including the basement, elevated at least one foot above the 100-year…

Clinton Township requires a development permit before anyone locates a structure or obstruction, or makes substantial improvements to one, on land in the 100-year flood plain. Public…

Clinton Township's Drainage chapter bars connecting roof downspouts, footing drains or other surface runoff to the sanitary sewer and instead requires storm water to discharge at least…

Michigan's Part 323 NREPA preempts local coastal rules in designated high-risk erosion, flood-risk, and environmental areas along the Great Lakes.

Clinton Township permits child care centers only in its Office/Service and Business Districts, not in residential zones. Section 1153.01(a)(22) requires state and federal law…

Clinton Township adopts the Michigan Plumbing Code Current Edition by reference under Chapter 1422 of its Codified Ordinances, and plumbing work in the Township is regulated under that…

Clinton Township adopts the current edition of the National Electrical Code (NFPA-7) by reference under Chapter 1426 of its Codified Ordinances, and all electrical service, equipment…

Clinton Township adopts the Michigan Building Code by reference under Chapter 1420 of its Codified Ordinances, and any covered construction, alteration or repair requires a permit from…

Skateboards fall under the Park Chapter's bicycle rules in Clinton Township. Section 1062.02(e) defines "conveyance" to include skateboards, roller skates and roller blades, and…

Clinton Township bans loitering, lingering, sitting or standing in the public areas of hotels, offices, business establishments, courthouses and transit stations, plus obstructing or…

Clinton Township bans drinking beer, wine, or liquor anywhere in public outside of a building, including on sidewalks, streets, and parking lots. The ordinance specifically treats…

Clinton Township prohibits consuming or smoking marihuana in public places, or wherever a property owner or manager prohibits it, under Section 620.02(c)(3)E. A designated authorized…

Flying a drone anywhere in a Clinton Township park takes a permit. Section 1062.18 restricts every remote-controlled device, including model planes and helicopters, plus archery, to…

Clinton Township does not regulate ordinary recreational drone flight, which is preempted by the FAA, but it does outlaw flying or selling any unmanned airborne device that emits a…

Window signs in Clinton Township can't cover more than half the glass they're posted in. Section 1488.02(r) caps a window sign's area at fifty percent of the total window surface and…

Clinton Township confines billboard signs to one place: parcels in the I-2 General Industrial District that abut an interstate highway. Section 1488.02(c) caps every billboard at 300…

Michigan election law universally prohibits political signs and electioneering within 100 feet of any polling place entrance on Election Day, applying uniformly across all…

Clinton Township won't let a residential rental unit be occupied unless the owner has registered it and holds a current license in good standing with the Building Department. Section…

Clinton Township requires every landlord to register a rental leasehold with the Building Department and hold a valid inspection license before renting it out. Existing rentals had…

Before evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence…

Michigan eviction procedure is governed uniformly by the Summary Proceedings Act. Landlords must follow statutory notice and court process under MCL 600.5701 through 600.5759.

Michigan has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rented unit. A tenant's protection comes instead from the lease terms and from MCL 600.2918, which…

Either party may end a Michigan estate at will or month-to-month tenancy by giving one month's notice. When rent is payable at intervals shorter than three months, the notice need only…

Michigan has no statewide rent control and no cap on rent increases. A 1988 state law, MCL 123.411, bars every local government from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing any ordinance…

Michigan's Landlord-Tenant Act caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half months' rent. A landlord who keeps any of the deposit for damages must mail the tenant an…

Michigan requires 15 years of adverse possession before a squatter can claim title to land. Under MCL 600.5801 the owner's action to recover land is barred after 15 years in most…

Clinton Township's landscaping code flatly bars tree of heaven from any required site-plan planting. Zoning Code Section 1155.06(c) lists it among eight prohibited tree species that…

Clinton Township outlaws ten named noxious weeds, including Canada thistle, poison ivy, poison sumac, ragweed and bindweed, on subdivided lots where 60 percent of the lots are built…

Clinton Township lets residents grill with gas, propane, charcoal or wood barbecues, but not on a balcony or open area attached to a multi-family building, and not within ten feet of…

A charcoal or wood-fired smoker qualifies as a 'barbeque' under Clinton Township's fire code, so the same setback rules apply: it must stay at least twenty feet from any structure on…

Clinton Township gives property owners 24 hours after a snow or ice event to clear the sidewalk fronting their land. Section 1022.03(c) and its enforcement paragraph let the Township…

Clinton Township's Dilapidated Buildings chapter requires owners to repair, rehabilitate or demolish any building left in a dangerous or hazardous condition from disrepair, fire…

Clinton Township protects trees standing in the public right-of-way and controls where new ones can go. Section 1024.06 bars damaging a right-of-way tree's roots or bark, while Section…

Clinton Township bars children under twelve from loitering in public spaces between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless a parent, guardian or delegated adult is present, and bars children under…

Clinton Township parks are not open around the clock. Section 1062.04 runs the park season from May 1 through October 1 each year and limits daily hours to 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or…

Clinton Township's nuisance code spells out exactly what gets a property owner cited: unsanitary litter and junk, unburied dead animals, standing water breeding mosquitoes, rodent or…

Once Clinton Township's Enforcement Official confirms a nuisance, the written notice must give the property owner up to fifteen days to fix it. If the owner ignores the notice, the…

Clinton Township bars solicitors, peddlers and transient merchants from entering or calling on a residence or business once the occupant has said no or the property displays a "No…

Anyone acting as a transient merchant, peddler, outdoor shopkeeper or commercial solicitor in Clinton Township must hold a validly issued license from the Township Clerk before…

Clinton Township's sign code regulates how illuminated signs, including billboard signs in the I-2 Industrial District, may light up. Section 1488.04(f) requires that any external…

Clinton Township limits exterior fixtures to white, non-glare light sources and caps both brightness and mounting height. Ground-level intensity must average at least 0.5 footcandles…

Clinton Township's Zoning Code requires exterior lighting to be aimed and shielded so it stays off neighboring land. The lighting source itself cannot be visible from adjoining…

Clinton Township regulates solar energy systems under Zoning Code Section 1154.19, splitting the rules by district and mounting type. Non-residential roof-mounted panels can rise up to…

Since April 2, 2025, Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act (2024 PA 68, MCL 559.301 to 559.317) makes any provision of a homeowners' association agreement that prohibits or has the…

Clinton Township bars owners from letting debris, vegetation, or tree limbs block the sidewalk fronting their property. Section 1022.03(b), (d) and (e) requires paved walks to stay…

Clinton Township puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner. Ordinance Section 1022.03(a) requires every owner or occupant to keep the paved sidewalk contiguous to their land…

Clinton Township requires cyclists riding on a roadway to keep to the far-right edge, ride single file unless the street or path is built for two abreast, and use any usable path next…

Michigan does not legalise golf carts on public streets statewide, and it does not leave the question to every council either. MCL 257.657a switches street use on only where the local…

Clinton Township's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure and property to stay free of rodent and vermin harborage, and orders prompt, lawful extermination the moment…

Michigan minimum wage is set by the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (PA 337 of 2018). The Local Labor Regulatory Limitation Act (PA 105 of 2015, MCL §123.1381+) preempts local…

Michigan preempts local paid leave ordinances; statewide paid sick leave is governed by the Earned Sick Time Act under MCL 408.961.

Michigan's Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under MCL 123.1387.

Michigan issues Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs) under MCL 28.425 series, with statewide rules that local governments cannot override or supplement.

Michigan firearms preemption (MCL §123.1101–123.1104) prohibits local units of government from imposing any ordinance, regulation, or policy on the purchase, registration, ownership…

Michigan law under MCL 750.227 makes it a felony to carry a concealed pistol in a vehicle without a valid Concealed Pistol License or other statutory exemption.

Michigan's Gaming Control and Revenue Act reserves commercial casino gaming to cities whose local legislative body passes an ordinance approving it and signs a certified development…

Michigan bars bingo, raffles, charity games, numeral games, and millionaire parties unless a licensed 'qualified organization' runs them under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman Bingo…

Michigan's penal code makes no exception for private, social, or "friendly" gambling. MCL 750.301 criminalizes accepting money contingent on an uncertain event's outcome: full stop…

Michigan legalized internet sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act, but the Michigan Gaming Control Board can license only two kinds of operators: existing commercial…

Michigan condominium associations get an automatic statutory lien for unpaid assessments under MCL 559.208, foreclosable like a real-estate mortgage. Michigan has no general non-condo…

Michigan's Condominium Act gives co-owners a records right and almost nothing else on meeting mechanics. MCL 559.157(1) makes the books, records, contracts and financial statements…

Michigan condo associations enforce the master deed, bylaws, and rules through MCL 559.165, which makes compliance mandatory, backed by fines, injunctions, and liens. Non-condo HOAs…

Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, took effect April 2, 2025 and made any homeowners' association provision that bans an "energy-saving improvement or modification"…

Michigan protects home EV charging through the Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, which took effect April 2, 2025. MCL 559.303(c)(ix) counts "electric vehicle supply equipment"…

Michigan's flag protection is one sentence long and narrower than most. MCL 559.156a bars a developer or association of co-owners from prohibiting a co-owner from displaying a single…

The Michigan Condominium Act lets associations levy fines, but only after due process. Under MCL 559.206 a condo association may impose late charges and, after notice and a hearing…

A Michigan condominium association can foreclose its assessment lien by advertisement, meaning it never has to file a lawsuit, but MCL 559.208(3) bars it from starting until it records…

Michigan runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who rent. MCL 559.212(1) of the Condominium Act says that after the transitional control date the association of co-owners…

Michigan does not run sobriety checkpoints, and the reason is unusual. Michigan's own checkpoint programme was the one the United States Supreme Court upheld under the Fourth Amendment…

Michigan has no statute granting an express right to film police, and no statute forbidding it either. What governs is the 1966 eavesdropping chapter of the Michigan Penal Code, and…

Michigan has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Nothing in the Michigan Compiled Laws makes it an offence to stand on a sidewalk and decline to give a police officer…

Michigan is one of the few states where the answer to a roadside search question is written into a statute rather than left to case law. Section 5 of the Michigan Regulation and…

Michigan PA 389 of 2016 (MCL 445.572b) prohibits local governments from banning, taxing, or regulating plastic bags and other auxiliary containers.

Michigan set the minimum age to buy, possess, or use tobacco and vapor products at 21 through PA 167 of 2022, which amended the Youth Tobacco Act (MCL 722.641), aligning with federal…

Michigan currently has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products; an attempted 2019 emergency ban was struck down in court.

Michigan runs a closed list rather than a list of banned colors. MCL 257.698(4) provides that unless a lamp is both covered and unlit, a vehicle on Michigan highways must not carry a…

Michigan sets no measured windshield zone for a camera and no sticker size limit. What it regulates is the screen. MCL 257.708b(1) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with a television…

Michigan bans lane splitting in plain words. MCL 257.660(5) says a person operating a motorcycle, moped, low-speed vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device or electric…

Michigan does not regulate license plate covers by naming them. It regulates the result. MCL 257.225(2) requires that the plate be maintained free from foreign materials that obscure…

Radar detectors are legal in a private vehicle in Michigan, and the state says so in the statute rather than by silence. MCL 750.508 restricts carrying a police-frequency radio…

Michigan does not run a studded tire season the way its neighbours do. MCL 257.710(b) forbids operating on a highway any tire carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other…

Michigan does not set a visible light transmission percentage for any window. MCL 257.709(1)(a) instead bans film outright on the front windshield and on the side windows and sidewings…