Taylor, MI Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Chapter 48, Article II of the Taylor City Code does not write its own pedestrian crossing rule. Instead, Section 48-19 adopts the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 et seq., in its entirety, including all amendments the state legislature enacts, so any Vehicle Code provision governing where and how pedestrians must cross a street, including crosswalk and right-of-way requirements, becomes enforceable by the Taylor Police Department as though it were the city's own ordinance. The section separately calls out MCL 257.625(1)(c), the state's high-BAC operating-while-intoxicated provision, for specific adoption under Public Act 7 of 2012, which has no bearing on pedestrian crossing.

Section 48-19a adopts the Vehicle Code's own penalty schedule by reference, but limits the city to enforcing only those Vehicle Code provisions carrying a maximum term of imprisonment of 93 days or less, with a separate, heavier penalty schedule carved out for the MCL 257.625(1)(c) operating-while-intoxicated offense specifically. Because the Code adopts rather than restates the state's pedestrian rules, Taylor does not publish its own jaywalking fine schedule; citations are written and processed under the adopted state statute's own classification and penalty structure, with the Taylor Police Department responsible for stopping, ticketing and, where warranted, arresting violators under the authority Section 48-19 confers.