Rochester Hills, MI

Owners of property adjacent to a Rochester Hills street must keep trees, shrubs and other vegetation trimmed to set clearance heights: 14 feet over streets, ten feet over pathways and…

Rochester Hills limits weeds and plant growth to eight inches on all premises and adjacent rights-of-way under Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4, and bans noxious weeds outright…

Rochester Hills allows residential compost piles under Property Maintenance Code Section 302.1.2, but caps each pile at four feet by eight feet, or six feet in diameter, and four feet…

Rochester Hills requires a tree removal permit before anyone removes, transplants, damages or destroys a regulated tree, one measuring six inches or greater in diameter at breast…

Rochester Hills limits automatic lawn and landscape irrigation to the hours between midnight and 5:00 a.m. under City Code Section 102-394. The restriction applies to every customer of…

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Oakland County. The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's RainSmart Rebates program pays homeowners in southeast Oakland County…

Oakland County actively promotes native Michigan plants through the RainSmart Rebates program. Qualifying rain gardens must be at least 75 square feet and consist of at least 75%…

Rochester Hills caps measurable noise at the property line under Code § 46-94(3): 65 dBA daytime and 50 dBA nighttime at residential property lines, 65 dBA in commercial, mixed-use or…

Rochester Hills bars an owner from permitting a dog to 'disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by barking or making other loud or unusual noises' under Code § 14-42. Because…

Rochester Hills limits permitted construction activity to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays, under Code § 18-9. Sunday and holiday work needs the…

Rochester Hills requires every motorcycle, go-cart, trail bike or similar recreational vehicle operated in the city to run "an efficient muffler" quiet enough to match a passenger car…

Rochester Hills caps measurable noise, including amplified sound, at fixed decibel levels tied to the time of day and the zoning of the property receiving it. Section 46-94's…

Oakland County, Michigan does not enforce a single county-wide noise ordinance. Quiet hours are set by each of the county's 61 cities, villages, and townships. Common nighttime windows…

Michigan's Aeronautics Code preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise, leaving control over aircraft noise to state and federal authorities under MCL 259.1 et seq.

Rochester Hills fines parking a vehicle on a city street for more than 24 hours at $40 under section 98-105(a)(9), and separately bans overnight street parking citywide, or on…

Rochester Hills treats blocking a crosswalk, sidewalk, alley or drive, double parking, and other prohibited on-street parking as $40 civil infractions under City Code section…

When the mayor declares a winter weather emergency in Rochester Hills, on-street parking on the affected streets is banned so crews can plow and de-ice, effective two hours after…

Rochester Hills bans storing wrecked, junked or unlicensed vehicles in any parking area under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 138-11.100(H), covering driveways, lots and maneuvering lanes…

Under the Rochester Hills Zoning Ordinance, an EV charging station is a permitted accessory use anywhere else a use is already allowed, so a homeowner or business does not need a…

Rochester Hills bans step vans, buses, dump trucks, semi trucks, wreckers and similar commercial trucks and equipment from residential districts outright, on both public and private…

Rochester Hills lets residents store their own RVs, boats and trailers in a side or rear yard, but never in a front yard or required side yard, and a borrowed or non-resident-owned…

Rochester Hills requires delivery vehicles and trailers to load or unload only in the loading/unloading zones shown on a site's approved site plan, never elsewhere on the premises, and…

Rochester Hills bans front-yard parking for single-family and two-family homes outside of a driveway or garage. Driveways themselves must be surfaced in asphalt, concrete, brick…

Michigan regulates nonconsensual towing through the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300. MCL 257.252k makes an owner or lessor of private real property post a sign at every vehicular…

Rochester Hills has no cat-specific licensing or leash chapter. Cats fall under the chapter 14 definition of 'animal,' so a cat owner must still comply with the general cruelty…

Rochester Hills bars any dog from running at large and requires that a dog in a public place, park or building be 'held securely by a leash of suitable strength and length' under the…

Rochester Hills is explicitly breed-neutral: Code § 14-48(b) says no dog can be found dangerous 'solely because it is a particular breed.' But once a court determines a dog dangerous…

Rochester Hills bars placing food, bait or salt within five feet of the ground where it may reasonably attract deer (Code § 14-91) or geese (§ 14-94), to curb traffic accidents…

Rochester Hills makes it unlawful to injure, capture or kill any bird, using traps, snares, nets, poison or similar devices, or even to molest, harass or annoy one, anywhere within the…

Rochester Hills lets homeowners keep livestock and poultry without a permit if they meet strict acreage and headcount limits: up to three livestock animals on at least two acres, or up…

Rochester Hills caps common household pets, such as dogs and cats, at three of any one species per home before the property legally becomes a kennel. The limit sits inside the Zoning…

Veterinary hospitals and clinics in Rochester Hills must run entirely inside a fully enclosed building, and in the NB or CB business districts they need a 40-foot setback plus a Type C…

Michigan's Large Carnivore Act (MCL 287.1101 et seq.) bans private ownership of lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, cheetahs, panthers, jaguars, and bears statewide: directly enforceable…

Michigan sets no statewide beekeeper license or registration. Under the Apiary Law, 1976 PA 412, MDARD runs voluntary hive inspections and holds standby authority to quarantine bee…

Residential fences in Rochester Hills must be wood, metal, brick, masonry, or a comparable all-weather solid material; fabric fencing, wire fences, barbed or razor wire, spikes, and…

In Rochester Hills, erecting, constructing, or altering a fence, wall, or protective barrier on non-residential property requires Building Official approval confirming it conforms to…

Residential fences in Rochester Hills top out at six feet along side and rear lot lines and three feet in a front or side-street setback, while non-residential fences are capped at…

Rochester Hills lets a detached residential property burn a recreational fire, like a backyard fire pit, between 8:00 a.m. and midnight year-round, but only with an annual permit from…

Rochester Hills bans open burning outright unless the fire code official issues a permit first. The Fire Code amendment adopted under City Code Section 58-58 defines open burning as…

Rochester Hills bans igniting, discharging or using consumer fireworks except on specific holiday windows, all extending only until 11:45 p.m. or 1:00 a.m. on New Year's. Section…

Rochester Hills requires every bed and breakfast operating as a home occupation to install a separate smoke detector in each rented sleeping room and a fire extinguisher on each floor…

Michigan requires plan review and a state certificate from LARA's Bureau of Fire Services Storage Tank Division before installing any LP-gas system with a single 2,000-gallon tank, a…

A detached shed or accessory building in Rochester Hills must sit in the side or rear yard, never the front, and its combined floor area with other accessory structures is capped by a…

Swimming pool enclosures in Rochester Hills are exempt from the general fence chapter's usual applicability but must still meet the state construction code plus the ordinance's own…

Oakland County does not issue residential swimming pool permits directly. Public pools must be reviewed and permitted by EGLE under MCL 333.12522, while residential pools require a…

Rochester Hills permits home occupations in the R-1 through R-4, R-5 and RE districts only if the business is served by limited traffic, no more than the domestic trips and routine…

A Rochester Hills family day care home caring for one to six children is a state-licensed residential facility permitted under Zoning Ordinance § 138-4.435. Cross six children and it…

Home occupations are a permitted accessory use in Rochester Hills' R-1 through R-4, R-5 and RE districts under Zoning Ordinance § 138-4.413, so long as the business stays incidental to…

Rochester Hills bars all signage for a home occupation except signs already permitted on vehicles under § 138-10.308. A home business cannot post a yard sign, window sign or any other…

Oakland County home bakers, jam makers, and other cottage food operators are governed by Michigan's Cottage Food Law (MCL 289.4102), administered by MDARD. Sales are capped at…

Michigan has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word "microenterprise" returns zero results in a full-text search of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the only…

Every STR booking of less than 30 days in Oakland County is subject to Michigan's 6% Use Tax under the Use Tax Act (MCL 205.93a). Oakland County does not impose a separate…

Rochester Hills requires solid waste to be stored in closed containers screened from public view at the site of generation, kept separate from yard clippings. Curbside placement is…

Rochester Hills bans storing or disposing of solid waste, recyclables or yard clippings except as city code allows, and makes curbside material the property of the licensed waste…

Rochester Hills requires yard clippings to be kept separate from trash and recyclables, with twigs, brush and branches up to three inches thick tied into bundles no longer than four…

Rochester Hills requires recyclables not mixed with trash to be site-separated and placed in a recycling container, or bundled paper under 50 pounds, and rinsed clean if metal, glass…

Rochester Hills bans dumping litter, garbage, refuse or debris on public or private property without the owner's or public authority's consent, per Code § 46-63. The Litter Article…

Rochester Hills residents must use the city's single designated waste hauler for solid waste and recyclables, collected curbside only between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through…

Rochester Hills limits how long trash, recycling and yard-waste containers can sit at the curb under Property Maintenance Code Section 308.1.2: refuse cannot stand for collection more…

Rochester Hills requires trash receptacles, compactors and dumpsters at commercial and multifamily sites to be screened on three sides by a six-foot decorative masonry wall matching…

Rochester Hills specifically targets loading-dock and delivery noise under Code § 46-94(1): intermittent or high-frequency sounds must be controlled even when they test below the…

A Rochester Hills bar or nightclub seeking a dance, entertainment or dance-entertainment permit must submit site plans showing adequate screening and noise control, and the city…

Rochester Hills regulates portable generators under Chapter 70, Article IV, Division 4, sections 70-211 through 70-213, after the city council found that unregulated or continuous…

Anyone wanting to occupy part of a Rochester Hills street or right-of-way for a private purpose needs a revocable street occupancy permit from the Department of Public Services…

Rochester Hills bans placing or maintaining any article, thing or obstruction in a street or its right-of-way without a permit under City Code Chapter 94. Temporary obstructions tied…

Rochester Hills puts sidewalk upkeep on the adjoining property owner, requiring it be kept free of defects, debris and obstructions, with snow and ice cleared within 48 hours of the…

A block party that closes a Rochester Hills street for no more than one consecutive day only needs a street occupancy permit from the Department of Public Services director; unlike…

Rochester Hills charges fees to reserve a city park or any special facility within one, on a daily, seasonal or yearly basis, under Code section 74-31 and the fee schedule in article…

Rochester Hills requires a Building Department permit before anyone holds a carnival, flea market, fair, or similar special event on commercially zoned property, under section 79-3…

Rochester Hills restaurants offering patio or sidewalk-cafe service must keep a five-foot clear pedestrian path on any sidewalk they use, limit barriers to three feet six inches, skip…

Rochester Hills caps garage sales at four per residence in any consecutive 12-month period under Property Maintenance Code Section 301.5. Each sale may run no longer than 72 hours, and…

Rochester Hills treats public urination and defecation as disorderly conduct under City Code section 70-117(15). Anyone who urinates or defecates in a public place, meaning anywhere…

Rochester Hills Code section 70-277 makes it unlawful to use or possess marijuana except as authorized by state law. Adopted by Ordinance No. 470 in 2002, before Michigan's 2018…

Rochester Hills Code section 70-354 makes it unlawful for anyone 16 or older who controls a residence or hall to allow a house party or hall party to start or continue once the host…

Rochester Hills Code section 74-66 lets people roller skate or coast on skateboards, hand sleds, bobsleds or other wheeled or runner vehicles in city parks only on designated pathways…

Rochester Hills bans bringing, possessing or drinking alcoholic liquor in any city park unless the city council grants permission and the park's operator holds a state liquor license…

Rochester Hills prohibits smoking outright at Thelma G. Spencer Park under section 74-113, defining smoking broadly to include lit cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookahs and any other…

Rochester Hills defines loitering broadly, as remaining idle or lingering in one spot, including sitting in a parked car, and makes 'loitering or cruising' in a public place disorderly…

Rochester Hills gives adjoining property owners 48 hours to clear sidewalk snow and ice under Code Section 94-141(3). The clock starts when snow or ice stops falling if that happens…

Rochester Hills prohibits keeping or maintaining any dangerous building under Section 18-490, defining ten specific structural, fire-safety and vacancy conditions that qualify at…

Rochester Hills requires vacant buildings, structures and vacant land, including the adjacent right-of-way, to be kept clean, safe, secure and sanitary under Section 18-532's…

Rochester Hills targets vegetation that can harbor rodents under Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4, requiring exterior property and the adjacent right-of-way to be kept free from…

Rochester Hills requires anyone operating a massage parlor, massage school or similar business, and anyone working as a massagist, to first obtain a license from the city clerk under…

Rochester Hills regulates e-cigarette sales under Chapter 70, Division 4 (sections 70-400 to 70-404) rather than a separate tobacco retail license. Retailers may not sell, give or…

Rochester Hills confines adult motion picture theaters, adult bookstores or video stores and adult cabarets to the B-3 shopping center business district and requires 1,000 feet of…

Rochester Hills completely prohibits marihuana establishments within its municipal boundaries under Code Section 22-161, opting the city out under Section 6.1 of the Michigan…

Adults 21+ in Oakland County may cultivate up to 12 marihuana plants per household for personal use under Michigan MCL 333.27955, provided plants are not visible from public places and…

Rochester Hills parks operate only during hours the city council sets by resolution for each park under Code section 74-61; entering or remaining in a park outside those hours is…

Michigan state law sets a baseline juvenile curfew that applies countywide in Oakland County. Under MCL 722.751, no child under 12 may loiter, idle, or congregate on any public street…

Rochester Hills' Building Department is the designated enforcing agency for the State Construction Code and conducts the inspections required under Public Act 230 of 1972. Its director…

Rochester Hills adopts the Michigan Building Code as its State Construction Code, and the city enforces the building-permit provisions of Public Act 230 of 1972 for any construction…

Rochester Hills governs all electrical work under the Michigan Electrical Code, adopted by reference at Section 18-136 from the Michigan Administrative Code. Every electrical permit…

Rochester Hills regulates plumbing work through the Michigan Plumbing Code, adopted by reference at Section 18-41(a)(2) as part of the State Construction Code. Plumbing contractors…

A stand-alone nursery school, day nursery or child care center in Rochester Hills must sit on a major thoroughfare, limit hours to 15 a day with no later than a 9 p.m. close, and keep…

Any fire sprinkler system in Rochester Hills that connects to the public water supply must carry a backflow prevention device under City Code Section 102-392. A double checkvalve…

Rochester Hills requires anyone doing business as a peddler, hawker, canvasser, or door-to-door itinerant merchant to obtain a license from the city clerk before soliciting. Section…

Rochester Hills confines door-to-door charitable, religious, and political solicitation to the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. under section 78-93. Residents can also opt out…

Rochester Hills' Property Maintenance Code names specific noxious and invasive plants at Section 18-532, including Canada thistle, poison ivy, poison sumac and ragweed, plus 'all types…

Rochester Hills bans planting Ailanthus altissima, the tree of heaven, as a street tree anywhere in the public right-of-way under City Code Section 106-56(1). The section names it…

Rochester Hills requires every mobile food vending unit to carry its own annual license under section 78-211, issued only after the building and fire departments inspect the unit for…

Rochester Hills confines mobile food vending to legally parked spots on paved or gravel surfaces clear of fire lanes and traffic sightlines, and bans operating within 200 feet of an…

Rochester Hills protects landmark trees, those listed in American Forests' Champion Trees National Register or the Michigan Botanical Club's Big Tree Database, under a separate…

Rochester Hills gives extra protection to 'specimen trees,' regulated trees at or above 24 inches in diameter or, for named species, a smaller diameter set out in a table in the tree…

Rochester Hills sets minimum planting distances for every street tree planted in a public right-of-way under City Code Section 106-56. Deciduous shade and evergreen trees need 10 feet…

Rochester Hills allows portable, solid-fuel outdoor fireplaces, the kind of steel or clay fire bowl many residents use for cooking or warmth, between 8:00 a.m. and midnight with no…

Rochester Hills has no separate downtown, but the BD Brooklands District zoning chapter imposes a full building-design code on any facade fronting a public street, alley, or…

Rochester Hills exempts dock, seawall, and fence installation from its 25-foot natural features setback near wetlands, watercourses, and other protected natural features. The exemption…

Rochester Hills requires a floodplain use permit before any development in a designated floodplain under City Code Section 114-156, and the city council must adopt a resolution of…

Rochester Hills requires the lowest floor of a new or substantially improved residential structure in the floodplain to sit at least two feet above the base flood level under City Code…

Rochester Hills bans dumping anything but stormwater into its storm drain system and watercourses under City Code Section 102-729. The city engineer enforces the article against…

Rochester Hills requires a land improvement permit before any grading, construction or land change that could cause soil erosion or sedimentation, under City Code Sections 114-28 and…

Michigan's Part 323 NREPA preempts local coastal rules in designated high-risk erosion, flood-risk, and environmental areas along the Great Lakes.

Rochester Hills requires all exterior lighting to be fully shielded and aimed straight down to protect the nighttime visual environment, banning oblique wall-pack lenses and sag or…

Rochester Hills caps how much light can spill onto neighboring property under the zoning ordinance's exterior lighting chapter. Light levels at the property line cannot exceed 0.1…

Agricultural operations are allowed in Rochester Hills' R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and RE residential districts, but full operations need a separately owned parcel of at least five acres…

The Michigan Right to Farm Act (Act 93 of 1981, MCL §286.471 et seq.) provides nuisance protection for qualifying commercial farms following Generally Accepted Agricultural and…

Rochester Hills exempts holiday decorations from the citywide exterior lighting standards that otherwise cap glare, shielding and hours of operation. Section 138-10.204.A lists holiday…

Rochester Hills requires a building permit for both rooftop and ground-mounted solar energy systems in every zoning district. Roof systems cannot rise more than four feet above the…

Since April 2, 2025, Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act (2024 PA 68, MCL 559.301 to 559.317) makes any provision of a homeowners' association agreement that prohibits or has the…

Rochester Hills does not allow traditional off-premises billboards, but its sign ordinance permits electronically programmed 'electronic message signs' on freestanding monument signs…

Rochester Hills caps window signs, whether temporary or permanent, at 25 percent of a storefront's total glazed area under Section 134-8 of the sign ordinance. Window signs are limited…

Rochester Hills lets residents and businesses put up larger temporary signs, including political and ballot-issue signs, around elections. Section 134-9(d) raises the maximum area of a…

Rochester Hills sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in the Schedule of Regulations, Table 6. In the RE and R-1 single-family districts the baseline is a…

Rochester Hills caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover: 25 percent of the lot in the RE, R-1 and R-2 districts, rising to 30 percent in the R-3 and R-4 districts. The…

Rochester Hills measures residential building height from the average grade at the front façade, and lets the R-3 and R-4 districts push past their normal 30-foot cap up to 35 feet if…

Oakland County has no rent control or rent stabilization. Michigan law (MCL 123.411) explicitly bars every county, city, township, and village in the state from enacting or enforcing…

Oakland County has no county-wide just-cause eviction ordinance. Landlord-tenant disputes in Royal Oak, Troy, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Pontiac, and every other Oakland County…

Before evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence…

Every residential lease in Michigan includes a statutory covenant by the landlord that the premises and common areas are fit for their intended use and kept in reasonable repair, in…

Michigan has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rented unit. A tenant's protection comes instead from the lease terms and from MCL 600.2918, which…

Either party may end a Michigan estate at will or month-to-month tenancy by giving one month's notice. When rent is payable at intervals shorter than three months, the notice need only…

Michigan's Landlord-Tenant Act caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half months' rent. A landlord who keeps any of the deposit for damages must mail the tenant an…

Michigan requires 15 years of adverse possession before a squatter can claim title to land. Under MCL 600.5801 the owner's action to recover land is barred after 15 years in most…

HOA and condo assessments in Oakland County are levied under the association's bylaws and (for condos) the Michigan Condominium Act. Unpaid assessments, together with interest, late…

Architectural review in Oakland County HOAs (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Northville, Novi, Rochester Hills, etc.) is driven by the association's recorded declaration of CC&Rs and any…

CC&Rs in Oakland County subdivisions and condominium projects (recorded at the Oakland County Register of Deeds, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac) run with the land and bind successive…

Oakland County HOA and condo disputes are resolved in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court (Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac) for amounts above the small-claims and district-court…

Michigan's Condominium Act gives co-owners a records right and almost nothing else on meeting mechanics. MCL 559.157(1) makes the books, records, contracts and financial statements…

Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, took effect April 2, 2025 and made any homeowners' association provision that bans an "energy-saving improvement or modification"…

Michigan protects home EV charging through the Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, which took effect April 2, 2025. MCL 559.303(c)(ix) counts "electric vehicle supply equipment"…

Michigan's flag protection is one sentence long and narrower than most. MCL 559.156a bars a developer or association of co-owners from prohibiting a co-owner from displaying a single…

The Michigan Condominium Act lets associations levy fines, but only after due process. Under MCL 559.206 a condo association may impose late charges and, after notice and a hearing…

A Michigan condominium association can foreclose its assessment lien by advertisement, meaning it never has to file a lawsuit, but MCL 559.208(3) bars it from starting until it records…

Michigan runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who rent. MCL 559.212(1) of the Condominium Act says that after the transitional control date the association of co-owners…

Recreational drone use in Oakland County is governed by federal law (49 USC 44809 and FAA Part 107 where applicable). Michigan state law (MCL 259.305) preempts every Oakland County…

Commercial drone work in Oakland County, real estate photography in Bloomfield Hills, roof inspections in Troy, construction progress shoots in Auburn Hills, wedding video in…

Film productions in Oakland County must comply with the host municipality's noise ordinance: there is no countywide noise standard. Charter Township of Oakland (Ch. 274) prohibits any…

Michigan minimum wage is set by the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (PA 337 of 2018). The Local Labor Regulatory Limitation Act (PA 105 of 2015, MCL §123.1381+) preempts local…

Michigan preempts local paid leave ordinances; statewide paid sick leave is governed by the Earned Sick Time Act under MCL 408.961.

Michigan's Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under MCL 123.1387.

Michigan issues Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs) under MCL 28.425 series, with statewide rules that local governments cannot override or supplement.

Michigan firearms preemption (MCL §123.1101–123.1104) prohibits local units of government from imposing any ordinance, regulation, or policy on the purchase, registration, ownership…

Michigan law under MCL 750.227 makes it a felony to carry a concealed pistol in a vehicle without a valid Concealed Pistol License or other statutory exemption.

Michigan's Gaming Control and Revenue Act reserves commercial casino gaming to cities whose local legislative body passes an ordinance approving it and signs a certified development…

Michigan bars bingo, raffles, charity games, numeral games, and millionaire parties unless a licensed 'qualified organization' runs them under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman Bingo…

Michigan's penal code makes no exception for private, social, or "friendly" gambling. MCL 750.301 criminalizes accepting money contingent on an uncertain event's outcome: full stop…

Michigan legalized internet sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act, but the Michigan Gaming Control Board can license only two kinds of operators: existing commercial…

Michigan does not run sobriety checkpoints, and the reason is unusual. Michigan's own checkpoint programme was the one the United States Supreme Court upheld under the Fourth Amendment…

Michigan has no statute granting an express right to film police, and no statute forbidding it either. What governs is the 1966 eavesdropping chapter of the Michigan Penal Code, and…

Michigan has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Nothing in the Michigan Compiled Laws makes it an offence to stand on a sidewalk and decline to give a police officer…

Michigan is one of the few states where the answer to a roadside search question is written into a statute rather than left to case law. Section 5 of the Michigan Regulation and…

Michigan does not legalise golf carts on public streets statewide, and it does not leave the question to every council either. MCL 257.657a switches street use on only where the local…

Michigan PA 389 of 2016 (MCL 445.572b) prohibits local governments from banning, taxing, or regulating plastic bags and other auxiliary containers.

Michigan set the minimum age to buy, possess, or use tobacco and vapor products at 21 through PA 167 of 2022, which amended the Youth Tobacco Act (MCL 722.641), aligning with federal…

Michigan currently has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products; an attempted 2019 emergency ban was struck down in court.

Michigan runs a closed list rather than a list of banned colors. MCL 257.698(4) provides that unless a lamp is both covered and unlit, a vehicle on Michigan highways must not carry a…

Michigan sets no measured windshield zone for a camera and no sticker size limit. What it regulates is the screen. MCL 257.708b(1) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with a television…

Michigan bans lane splitting in plain words. MCL 257.660(5) says a person operating a motorcycle, moped, low-speed vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device or electric…

Michigan does not regulate license plate covers by naming them. It regulates the result. MCL 257.225(2) requires that the plate be maintained free from foreign materials that obscure…

Radar detectors are legal in a private vehicle in Michigan, and the state says so in the statute rather than by silence. MCL 750.508 restricts carrying a police-frequency radio…

Michigan does not run a studded tire season the way its neighbours do. MCL 257.710(b) forbids operating on a highway any tire carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other…

Michigan does not set a visible light transmission percentage for any window. MCL 257.709(1)(a) instead bans film outright on the front windshield and on the side windows and sidewings…