Clinton Township, MI Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

03 prohibits lingering, loitering, sitting or standing in the public room of any hotel, motel, office or business establishment, in any courthouse corridor, bus or railroad station, or in the hallways or entrances of any public building; it also bars using a public room for business or social purposes, obstructing a business's entrance or parking lot, blocking vehicular or pedestrian traffic through a business's lot, or congregating on a business's parking lots, sidewalks, entranceways, or near vehicles parked there. The ordinance defines "public room" broadly to include any basement, attic, building entrance, doorway, lobby, hallway, stairway, mezzanine, elevator, foyer, public restroom, sitting room, or other place used in common by the public, tenants, occupants, guests or customers in a hotel, motel, office building, public building or business establishment.

The conduct is only unlawful if it disturbs the peace, excites a rout or riot, or threatens the public health, safety or welfare, unless it serves a lawful purpose, or if the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in charge of the building objects to it. 01 makes a police station a public building for purposes of the chapter, so loitering rules apply there too. The ordinance dates to Ordinance 227-A-5, passed September 8, 1982.