Livonia, MI

It's unlawful to build or enlarge a private swimming pool in Livonia without permits from the bureau of inspection: an electrical permit for a homeowner-erected temporary pool, and…

Every homeowner's pool in Livonia must be completely enclosed by a fence at least 4 feet high, chain-link or bureau-approved equivalent, with all gates locked whenever residents are…

Livonia allows veterinary clinics, animal clinics, and animal hospitals as a discretionary waiver use in the RUF, C-1, and C-2 districts, and by right only in C-3, under Zoning…

Livonia does not license or restrict cats by ordinance, but every cat owner must remove excrement the animal deposits on any property other than the owner's own, leashed or not, once…

Livonia outlaws keeping any wild animal, snake or bird on a property in the city if the creature is inherently dangerous, hazardous or a nuisance when unconfined. The nuisance…

Livonia's public land ordinance bars feeding, frightening, capturing, hunting, injuring, or trapping any wild or domestic animal, reptile, bird, or fish on city-owned land, and also…

Livonia limits backyard chickens, rabbits, and livestock to the RUF (Rural Urban Farm) District under Zoning Ordinance Section 6.34, scaled to lot size: fowl and rabbits for personal…

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's Dog Law of 1919 requires dogs to be licensed and under control. State law mandates leashing or close confinement when off the owner's premises, and municipalities may add…

Michigan's animal cruelty law universally applies to hoarding situations involving inadequate care. Penalties escalate with the number of animals, and the state's anti-cruelty…

Livonia's noise ordinance sets an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew on outdoor power tools in residential areas, and the same overnight window governs shouting, construction, truck idling and…

Livonia bans construction noise, including excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of a structure, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Emergency work needs a director-approved permit…

Livonia bars discharging exhaust from any motor vehicle into the open air except through a muffler or similar device that effectively prevents loud or explosive noise, and separately…

Livonia's noise ordinance targets model aircraft, drones and similar flying contrivances that produce loud, harsh or continuous noise disturbing people nearby. Flying is confined to…

Livonia's noise control ordinance bars owning or harboring any animal or bird that frequently or continuously howls, barks, meows or squawks so as to create a noise disturbance across…

Livonia bars stationary loudspeakers and sound amplifiers on public space or for business advertising from being plainly audible on any public street before 7 a.m. or after 11 p.m., or…

Livonia caps sound at the property line of the receiving land use: 55 dB(A) in residential areas from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., dropping to 48 dB(A) overnight, versus 65 dB(A) at all times in…

When Livonia's mayor or mayor pro tem declares a snow alert, parking any motor vehicle or trailer on a city street becomes unlawful, and vehicles already parked must be removed within…

Livonia bans parking trucks over 4,000 pounds or 30 feet long, or any truck with a trailer attached, on residential streets or near a church, school or alley for more than one hour…

Livonia's Zoning Ordinance lets homeowners store one unit of recreational equipment, RVs, boats, or trailers, in the rear yard, but bars it from the corner side yard and caps driveway…

Every parking area and driveway covered by Livonia's Zoning Ordinance must be hard-surfaced regardless of size, with pavement type and thickness approved in advance by the City…

Livonia prohibits parking any motor vehicle in a front or side yard on residential property outside an approved driveway or parking area, including the strip between the sidewalk and…

Loading and unloading a truck, or opening and breaking down boxes and crates, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. in a way that carries across a residential property line or into a…

Livonia allows electric vehicle charging equipment as an accessory use in every zoning district, but caps commercial above-ground charging hardware at eight feet tall and four feet…

Livonia police may remove any automobile, bicycle or other personal property parked, stored or left unattended on a public street, alley or highway for 48 continuous hours or more…

Wayne County, Michigan, can seize and impound a vehicle used for street racing or for assisting a race under Sec. 207-7 of its Public Nuisance Ordinance. The seizing agency must serve…

Livonia has no standing lawn-watering schedule, but Section 13.04.080 lets the mayor declare a water emergency and impose an odd/even street-side sprinkling restriction when…

For any site that must file a landscape plan, Livonia's Zoning Ordinance Section 10.04(4)(C) is blunt: "Artificial plants are prohibited from satisfying landscape requirements."…

Livonia bars property owners from maintaining any tree or shrub that causes a traffic hazard, obstruction, or public menace. After city certification, the inspection department can…

Livonia allows residential composting only in rear yards, at least 3 feet from any lot line and 25 feet from a neighboring dwelling, with bins capped at 3 feet by 3 feet and 3 feet…

Livonia caps weeds, grass, brush or other unhealthful growth at 9 inches above ground level on any lot in the city, including the unpaved right-of-way strip next to it. Anything…

Removing, pruning, or otherwise affecting a tree or shrub in a Livonia public place, meaning streets, parks, and city-owned land, requires a permit from the department of public works…

Livonia's zoning ordinance lets a homeowner build a retaining wall inside a required front, side or rear setback only if the wall rises three feet or less above finished grade. Taller…

Livonia caps a standard side or rear yard fence at four feet, allows a privacy fence up to six feet four inches with a neighbor's written consent, and bars anything over 30 inches in…

Livonia's fence ordinance puts upkeep of a lot-line fence on whoever currently owns the property it stands on, not on a default 50/50 split between neighbors. Successive owners inherit…

Livonia's fence ordinance bans barbed wire between or abutting residential properties, bans electrified fences that could shock a person or animal, and bans sharp projections like…

Erecting, re-erecting, altering, relocating or making a major repair to any fence or privacy screen in Livonia requires a permit from the Inspection Department under Section 15.44.050…

Livonia confines consumer fireworks to specific holiday windows, New Year's, Memorial Day weekend, June 29 through July 5, and Labor Day weekend, after 11 a.m. Igniting them outside…

Any liquefied petroleum gas system or bulk storage tank in Livonia needs an installation permit from the bureau of inspection before it goes into service, with the fee tiered to the…

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…

Livonia bars home businesses from advertising or displaying signage except as permitted by the residential sign standards in Zoning Ordinance Section 11.08(1). Blade, banner, monument…

Livonia allows home occupations by right in the N1, N2, RUF, NM1, NM2, and NM3 Districts under Zoning Ordinance Section 6.28, provided the business stays inside the enclosed dwelling…

Livonia caps client traffic at home businesses under Zoning Ordinance Section 6.28(7): clients, patrons, and other commercial visitors may only visit between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m…

Livonia permits a family child care home only as a waiver use in the N1, N2, and RUF residential districts under Zoning Ordinance No. 3160, Section 6.11. The provider must hold a valid…

Michigan's Cottage Food Law lets you sell qualifying non-hazardous homemade foods without a license or inspection as long as gross sales stay under $50,000 a year. A $75,000 cap…

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…

Livonia's Zoning Ordinance caps a detached shed at 200 square feet on lots with an attached garage, requires it sit at least two feet from side and rear lot lines and ten feet from the…

Michigan imposes a 6% use tax on short-term rental accommodations under 30 days. Hosts must register with Treasury and remit tax monthly or quarterly, regardless of where they operate.

Livonia requires anyone engaging in the pawnbroker business to obtain a city license certified by the police and fire chiefs, post a $3,000 surety bond, and keep and weekly report a…

Livonia caps what any towing company can charge to tow a car off private property without the owner's permission: the same rates set for police-ordered impound tows in Section…

Livonia does not allow auto repair as a home business. Zoning Ordinance Section 6.06 confines automobile and light-truck repair, up to one-ton GVWR, to the C-2 District as a waiver use…

Livonia confines adult businesses to the C-3 commercial district as a waiver use under Zoning Ordinance Section 6.01, and forces distance between them. A new adult business must sit at…

Livonia does not run its own massage-establishment licensing scheme; instead it requires every person providing massage services in a massage establishment to hold a State of Michigan…

Livonia bars anyone who buys, stores or resells used merchandise from opening for business without a police-issued certificate of registration. Dealers pay a fifty-dollar fee, are…

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

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

Livonia sets physical site and safety standards for day care nurseries in Zoning Ordinance Section 6.13: a 10,000-square-foot minimum lot, at least 5,000 square feet of outdoor play…

Livonia adopted the Electrical Code contained in Section 8a of Michigan's State Construction Code as its local electrical code under Section 15.04.060, and Section 15.56.040 sets a…

In Livonia, no one may install, alter, or contract to install plumbing equipment covered by the Plumbing Code without first registering their state license with the bureau of…

Livonia's Director of Inspection runs a standing inspection cycle under the city's amended Property Maintenance Code: assembly, dining, and institutional buildings get checked about…

Livonia will not issue a building permit for new construction, alteration, removal, demolition, or additions until the applicant pays the fees and bonds set out in Chapter 15.56, under…

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…

Livonia bans loading and unloading trucks, including trash haulers, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it causes a noise disturbance across a residential property line or in a noise…

Livonia bars and nightclubs cannot play radios, TVs, phonographs or live music in a way that causes a noise disturbance under the city's noise control ordinance. Music from a…

Livonia treats air conditioners, heat pumps, fans and pool equipment as regulated noise sources: any such mechanical equipment exceeding 60 dB(A) measured at the property line is prima…

Livonia requires any motor vehicle burglar alarm to automatically shut off within 60 minutes of activation. Sounding an exterior burglar or fire alarm outdoors is otherwise a…

Dumping litter on public or private property or water without consent is a misdemeanor in Livonia, punishable by up to $400 and costs of prosecution, or up to 90 days in the county…

Livonia requires every owner, lessee, and occupant of a residential dwelling to separate designated recyclable materials from other refuse, a rule that took effect April 1, 1992 under…

Livonia collects municipal refuse at least once a week from every residential unit and commercial establishment under Section 13.36.180, and crews may only work between 7:00 a.m. and…

Livonia lets residents mulch or compost yard waste on their own property, but anything hauled away must go through the city's separated collection system or a licensed landscaper under…

Livonia collects municipal refuse at least once a week from every home and business, restricts collection to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with no Sunday pickups absent an emergency, and requires…

Any dumpster, roll-off or other refuse container serving a commercial, industrial or multi-family site in Livonia must sit inside a solid enclosure under Section 10.03(8) of the Zoning…

Livonia's refuse code fixes exactly where trash receptacles can sit while waiting for pickup: within the property line, or at the curb only on the scheduled collection day for lots…

Livonia's curbside program runs on city-owned recycling receptacles: the city issues one to each single-family residence, and residents must set it out separately from other refuse by…

Livonia requires full cut-off, shielded fixtures on nonresidential outdoor lighting so the light source itself is never visible from an adjacent residence, right-of-way, or residential…

Livonia caps light spilling onto a neighboring property at 0.5 foot-candles measured five feet off the ground at the property line, and bans any fixture whose light-emitting element is…

Anyone who peddles, canvasses or sells door-to-door in Livonia must register with the police department and get a license from the city clerk before starting. The application discloses…

Livonia backs up 'No Soliciting' signs with law: once a resident posts a sign on the door facing the street, or tells a solicitor directly, no peddler, canvasser or transient merchant…

Livonia's disorderly-persons law, Code § 9.40.010(C), makes loitering unlawful in five specific settings: houses of prostitution or illegal gambling, public buildings like police…

Livonia bans skateboards, rollerblades and roller skates on the sidewalks, ramps, steps and other property adjacent to City Hall, and lets the city council designate additional no-use…

Livonia Code § 9.32.100 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol in a car on public streets, or on the premises of any unlicensed store or business open to the public, and bars the owner or…

Livonia treats aggressive panhandling as disorderly conduct under Code § 9.40.010(C)(4), which lists eight specific tactics that make soliciting money unlawful: blocking traffic…

Livonia bars trucks and other vehicles over 10,000 pounds from idling more than five minutes an hour overnight within 150 feet of a home. The noise ordinance also bans any warming-up…

New construction above Livonia's mapped flood level still must clear a specific elevation test: Section 8.06(2)(B) of the Zoning Ordinance requires the lowest floor intended for human…

Anyone proposing an earth change within 500 feet of a lake or stream, or disturbing an acre or more of land in Livonia, needs a soil erosion and sedimentation control permit from the…

Livonia requires a stormwater construction approval and construction permit, coordinated with Wayne County, before anyone begins regulated construction activity that could affect…

Livonia bars new buildings and most land uses inside its mapped Special Flood Hazard Area under Section 8.06 of the Zoning Ordinance, allowing only a short list of open uses such as…

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

Livonia makes it unlawful to occupy any street or sidewalk with construction materials or machinery, or for any other purpose, without first obtaining a permit from the Department of…

Livonia bans placing materials, machinery, or other obstructions in a street or on a sidewalk without a permit from the department of public works. If an unauthorized encroachment or…

Livonia requires every property owner to keep the sidewalk along their land in good repair, and makes them liable to the city for damages if a pedestrian is hurt because the owner let…

No one may work in a Livonia restaurant without a current food-handler's card issued by the health department. Employees first sign a food-handler's responsibility agreement confirming…

Livonia's property maintenance code requires every structure and yard to be kept free of rodent harborage, including a specific firewood rule requiring stacked wood to sit at least one…

Livonia prohibits anyone from possessing a hypodermic syringe or needle intended for illegal drug use under Code § 9.30.070, but § 9.30.065(D)(7) exempts syringes given away by a state…

Livonia Code § 9.42.010(A) makes it unlawful to be in any public park between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless the mayor orders otherwise, the police chief has issued a special-use permit, or…

Livonia bars anyone under 17 from loitering or being on public streets, parks or other public places between midnight and 6 a.m. under Code § 9.80.020(A), with exceptions for minors…

Livonia's Zoning Ordinance bans "Festoons, air-activated signs, and balloon signs" citywide, but Section 11.05(4) carves out "decorations commemorating a permitted time-limited event…

Livonia's Zoning Ordinance treats window signs district by district. Section 11.08(2) caps them at a "Maximum Area: 20% of the window area" in the C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 commercial…

Livonia allows only one sign per garage sale, capped at six square feet and unlit except by ambient street or house light, and it must sit on the sale property itself. Signs can never…

Livonia bans billboards outright under Zoning Ordinance No. 3160, Section 11.09, covering any off-premises outdoor advertising sign not accessory to the business on the same parcel…

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

Livonia treats food trucks as drive-in restaurants under its Zoning Ordinance, confining them to the C-3 District as a permitted use and the C-2 District only as a waiver use. Section…

Michigan's Food Law of 2000 requires statewide licensing for mobile food establishments through MDARD or local health departments, with uniform sanitation standards based on the FDA…

Livonia allows roof, wall, and ground-mounted solar panels as accessory structures in every zoning district, but a ground-mounted system is capped at 10kW outside industrial zones…

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…

Livonia sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district in the Section 4.02 Schedule of Regulations of Zoning Ordinance No. 3160. The N1 Neighborhood…

Livonia caps residential structures at 35 feet and two stories in the N1, N2, and RUF districts under the Section 4.02 Schedule of Regulations of Zoning Ordinance No. 3160. Rooftop…

Livonia caps how much of a residential lot a house and its accessory buildings can cover at 35 percent in the N1, N2, and RUF districts, under footnote (c) to the Section 4.02 Schedule…

Anyone excavating in a Livonia street, alley, or elsewhere who discovers a leak or defect in a public water pipe or connected service pipe must notify the excavation supervisor at…

Livonia limits sidewalk and patio dining under Zoning Ordinance Section 6.51(1)(D): carry-out restaurants may seat up to six outdoor diners and limited-service restaurants up to…

Livonia only allows a 'street carnival' or 'street fair' if it is run by local fraternities, clubs or groups using local talent, and only after at least half the people living within…

Livonia regulates downtown-style building design through the Form-Based Development Option in its C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 commercial districts, not a separate design handbook. Section…

Livonia's Zoning Ordinance keeps tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) off the list of species that can satisfy any required landscape plan. Section 10.04(3) names it directly in a…

Every lot in Livonia, developed or vacant, must be kept free of designated noxious or poisonous weeds like ragweed, thistle, poison ivy and quackgrass. The owner must cut and destroy…

Livonia bars leaving a vacant or fire, wind or vandalism-damaged structure unsecured, unlocked and littered with trash or weeds, and requires graffiti or blight removed within 10 days…

Livonia requires owners and occupants to clear overnight snow from abutting sidewalks by noon and daytime snowfall by noon the next day, and to sand or de-ice slippery walks…

New Livonia subdivisions must plant at least one shade tree in the parkway strip between the sidewalk and curb in front of every residential lot, spaced at least 45 feet apart, with…

Livonia confines small-scale agriculture to its RUF Rural Urban Farm district, where gardening, tree nurseries, and keeping fowl or rabbits for personal consumption are permitted by…

The Michigan Right to Farm Act (Act 93 of 1981, MCL §286.471 et seq.) provides nuisance protection for qualifying commercial farms following Generally Accepted Agricultural and…

Every non-owner-occupied rental dwelling in Livonia must be on the city's rental registry and hold a current license before anyone can lease, rent or occupy it. Owners register the…

Livonia enforces habitability through its Property Maintenance Code, Chapter 15.32, which adopts the ICC International Property Maintenance Code with local amendments, including a hard…

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…

Livonia's Historic Preservation Commission Ordinance defines "object," including statues, monuments and fountains, as a protected historic resource once it is significant to the city's…

Livonia caps a residential garage, yard, basement or rummage sale at six consecutive days, and a household may run only two sales per calendar year with at least 30 days between them…

Livonia requires every rental dwelling, from single-family houses to hotels, to hold an unrevoked license posted on the premises, and the building official schedules initial, periodic…

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

Under MCL 333.27956(1) of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, any Michigan city, village, or township may completely prohibit marihuana establishments or cap how…

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

Michigan Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act (PA 436 of 2016, MCL §259.301–259.327) creates a comprehensive state framework for drones and preempts local ordinances regulating UAS ownership…

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 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…

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…