Wayne County, MI Ordinances (2026)

Wayne County fines illegal dumping of scrap autos, tires, construction debris and litter starting at $250 as a civil infraction, rising to $500 for a first repeat offense and $1,000…

Wayne County bars landfills from accepting a Michigan municipality's waste unless that municipality certifies it runs a recycling program consistent with the county's Solid Waste…

Wayne County bans loud amplified vehicle stereo noise audible off the vehicle during set nighttime and early-morning hours, with rising civil fines.

Wayne County caps nighttime noise at 60 decibels measured at the property line, or 100 feet if unmeasured, under the countywide Nuisance Noise Ordinance enforced with escalating civil…

Wayne County bans amplified music and sound equipment audible off your property after 10 p.m. on weeknights and after midnight on Fri/Sat, or over 60 decibels at the property line.

Wayne County bars loud, amplified sound audible off your property from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights, and from 12:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, unless…

Wayne County can order removal of any encroachment on a county road right-of-way, including sidewalks along county roads, and bill the owner if the encroachment isn't cleared within 30…

Wayne County requires a $500 permit before placing anything in a county road right-of-way, and the road engineering division can order unauthorized encroachments removed within 30 days…

Wayne County requires an annual Health Department permit to run any body art establishment, tattooing, piercing, cosmetic tattooing, branding, or scarification, with mandatory…

Wayne County adopted the 1996 International Plumbing Code as Chapter 233's plumbing standard and requires Buildings Division plan review and approval before any plumbing work begins…

Wayne County adopted the 1996 National Electrical Code for all electrical work countywide and requires plans and specifications be submitted to its Buildings Division for review before…

Wayne County, Michigan runs a childhood lead testing program under Code of Ordinances Ch. 151, screening children ages six months to six years for lead poisoning countywide, regardless…

Wayne County requires anyone to submit plans and specs to the Buildings Division before starting construction, demolition, remodeling or alteration, though most cities and townships in…

Wayne County's buildings division, inside the Department of Public Services, reviews every plan application and conducts all inspections required by the building, electrical…

Wayne County's Environmental Health Unit runs a coordinated rodent-control education program under Ord. No. 99-537: there's no county mandate that property owners rat-proof containers…

Wayne County requires a stormwater construction approval and construction permit before any regulated construction activity affecting county roads, county drains, county property, or…

Wayne County requires a stormwater construction approval and construction permit before any grading, clearing, or excavating that affects county roads, county drains, county property…

Wayne County doesn't issue general residential fence permits; that's set by each city or township's own code. The one fence permit the county itself issues covers fences placed on…

Wayne County's Air Pollution ordinance bars anyone from installing, using or operating a waste-burning device, such as a backyard burn barrel or trash incinerator, to burn garbage…

Wayne County residents who believe they've faced discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations file a written, notarized complaint with the county's Human Rights…

Wayne County bars anyone under 18 from public places during curfew hours: 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for kids 15 and under, 9 p.m. (11 p.m. weekends) to 6 a.m. for 16- and 17-year-olds.

Wayne County levies a 1% excise tax on charges for accommodations provided to transient guests countywide, funding the stadium and land development fund.

Wayne County sets no tow or storage rate anywhere in its code. Its impound law is a seizure and forfeiture scheme: Sec. 207-7 requires a written Notice of Seizure, gives the owner…

Wayne County, Michigan authorizes its corporation counsel to sue owners of vacant or abandoned nuisance property, seeking court orders to force repair, renovation, or demolition, or to…