Taylor, MI Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Sit-Lie Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Taylor City Code § 32-285(b)
- Trigger
- Refusing a police order to move on
- Covers
- Streets, highways, sidewalks and buildings
- Enforcing agency
- Taylor Police Department
- Default penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 90 days jail
Summary
In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-285(b) makes it unlawful to loiter, stand or remain idle on a public street or sidewalk in a way that blocks pedestrians, vehicles or a business's entrance once a police officer has told the person to move on.
(b)It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:(1)Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians after having been told to move on by a police officer;(2)Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein, thereon and thereto after having been told to move on by a police officer;
Full Breakdown
This is the same 'Loitering' section as Taylor's general loitering rule, but two of its clauses function as a move-along law for public ways: Sec. 32-285(b)(1) bars obstructing a public street, highway, sidewalk or building by hindering the free passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians, and Sec. 32-285(b)(2) separately bars obstructing or interfering with the free ingress and egress of a business fronting a public street or sidewalk. Both clauses are triggered only 'after having been told to move on by a police officer,' so the ordinance does not name sitting or lying and does not operate as an automatic sit-lie ban; simply sitting on a curb or bench is not itself a violation. The section derives from Code 1987 § 19-194 and Ord. No. 75-51, §§ 11.9, 11.17, 11.18 (Feb. 11, 1975), with a state law reference to loiterers deemed disorderly persons under MCL 750.167. Article I sets no bespoke penalty for this section.
Violations & Fines
A conviction under Sec. 32-285(b) defaults to the Code's general penalty in Sec. 1-13: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500 plus prosecution costs, imprisonment of up to 90 days, or both, since Article I sets no special fine of its own.
Frequently Asked Questions
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