Westland, MI Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Public highways
- No alcohol at all, citywide
- Unlicensed parks/venues
- Beer or wine only
- Related offense
- Public intoxication, § 62-97
- Code section
- § 62-98 (Code 1981, § 22-80)
Summary
Westland bans drinking alcohol on any public highway citywide, and bars all liquor except beer or wine in unlicensed parks or amusement places.
No person shall consume any alcoholic liquor on any public highway in the city. No alcoholic liquor, except beer or wine, shall be consumed in any public park or place of amusement within the city not licensed to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, unless otherwise permitted by law.
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
City of Westland Code of Ordinances § 62-98, in Chapter 62's offenses-against-public-peace article, flatly bans consuming alcoholic liquor on any public highway anywhere in the city: no permit or exception applies there. Inside city parks or amusement venues that lack a liquor license, only beer or wine may be consumed; hard liquor is barred outright unless another law specifically permits it. The section sits alongside Westland's disorderly-persons ordinance, § 62-97, which separately makes public intoxication that endangers others or causes a disturbance a misdemeanor in its own right.
Violations & Fines
Consuming liquor on a public highway, or drinking anything but beer or wine in an unlicensed park or amusement place, is chargeable under § 62-98; public intoxication causing a disturbance is a separate misdemeanor under § 62-97.
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