Taylor, MI Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Taylor City Code § 32-285
- Definition
- Loitering means remaining idle in one place
- Business entrance clause
- Bars blocking entry against owner's wishes
- Enforcing agency
- Taylor Police Department
- State reference
- Loiterers deemed disorderly, MCL 750.167
- Default penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 90 days jail
Summary
In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-285 bans loitering, loafing or standing idle in a public place when it blocks a business entrance against the owner's wishes, in addition to the section's separate rules on obstructing streets and sidewalks.
(a)In this section the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: Loitering means remaining idle in essentially one location and includes:(1)The concept of spending time idly;(2)To be dilatory;(3)To linger;(4)To stay;(5)To saunter;(6)To delay;(7)To stand around; and(8)The colloquial expression "hanging around." ... (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: ... (3)Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge of the building or premises.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 32-285 sits in Chapter 32, Article I, 'In General,' tracing to 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. Subsection (a) defines loitering broadly as remaining idle in essentially one location, spanning spending time idly, being dilatory, lingering, staying, sauntering, delaying, standing around, or 'hanging around,' and defines 'public place' to include any place the general public may access plus the front of stores, restaurants, taverns and public grounds. Subsection (b)(3) separately bars obstructing a business entrance without a lawful purpose once the owner, lessee or managing agent has objected, distinct from the street- and sidewalk-obstruction clauses in the same section that apply only after a police move-on order. Article I carries no unique fine for this section.
Violations & Fines
Article I sets no special fine for Sec. 32-285, so a conviction 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.
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