Westland, MI Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- Violation
- Misdemeanor
- Audible threshold
- 50 feet from device
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 109-K-3-A, 2-17-98
- Also covers
- Streets, parks, dwellings
Summary
Westland makes it a misdemeanor to create loud, unreasonable noise that disturbs neighbors' comfort or peace, including amplified music and gatherings audible 50 feet away or inside another dwelling.
(a)It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to create, assist in creating, permit, continue, or permit the continuance of any unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise, which disturbs the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the city.(1)The following acts, among others, are declared to be unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noises in violation of this section, but said enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:a.The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, bus, truck, or other vehicle, except as a danger signal, so as to create any loud or harsh sound plainly audible within any dwelling unit or residences, or, so as to be plainly audible within 50 feet or more from such device. This section shall not apply to emergency vehicles or those vehicles emitting a warning sound necessary for the protection of public safety.b.The playing or operation of any device designed for sound amplification including but not limited to, any radio, television sets, musical instruments, phonograph, or loud speaker, in such a manner or with such volume to be plainly audible, either:1.in any dwelling unit or resident which is not the source of the sound, or2.so as to be plainly audible 50 feet or more from such device.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 66).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 62-99(a) bans creating, permitting, or continuing any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise that disturbs the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others in the city. The section specifically flags sound-amplification devices, radios, TVs, instruments, phonographs, loudspeakers, played loudly enough to be plainly audible inside a neighboring dwelling or 50 feet or more from the device. A separate clause, Sec. 62-99(b), bans exciting a disturbance in streets, parks, or other public gathering places. The rule traces to Code 1981, § 22-20, and was last amended by Ord. No. 109-K-3-A, § 1, adopted February 17, 1998.
Violations & Fines
Creating, permitting, or continuing loud noise audible 50+ feet from its source or inside a neighboring dwelling, or exciting disturbance in a public gathering: both are misdemeanors under Sec. 62-99.
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