Clinton Township, MI Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)

02(a) specifically states that with respect to automobile alarms, the owner, lessee or operator of an automobile shall be deemed to be the originator, meaning that person, not just a building owner, answers for the device. 05 sets the operating limit that applies to that alarm: no one may operate, install, or use an alarm system that emits an audible or visual signal for longer than fifteen minutes from its initial activation. If the signal keeps going, continuously or on a repeating basis, for more than thirty minutes, and the owner, lessee, or occupant cannot be reached or does not respond within thirty minutes of being contacted, and the noise is creating a nuisance or disturbing the peace of the neighborhood, the person responsible for that alarm is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The Township and its designees are authorized to physically disconnect or disable the alarm, including by cutting wires or disconnecting speakers on the exterior of the vehicle or premises, to stop the noise. 06 layers on false-alarm fees for police responses: fifty dollars for a second false alarm in a calendar year, seventy-five for a third, and one hundred dollars for a fourth or later false alarm, though the first two false alarms in the two weeks after installing or upgrading a system are excused with proper notice to the Police and Fire Departments.