Public Conduct in Michigan (2026)

Flint outright bans going person to person or place to place soliciting contributions, with an exception only for…

Jackson County outlaws all begging on Parks and Recreation Commission property, not just aggressive solicitation…

Dearborn bans aggressive panhandling in public areas, including touching, blocking, following, or intimidating…

Farmington Hills makes it unlawful to loiter, remain or wander in a public place for aggressive begging, defined to…

Begging or soliciting contributions of any kind, public or private, anywhere in a Kent County park is illegal unless…

Sterling Heights treats panhandling as disorderly conduct, not a narrowly defined "aggressive" offense. City Code §…

In Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), Code § 50-170 makes it a civil infraction to accost, solicit or force oneself upon…

Detroit lets people beg or solicit donations, but bans accosting, blocking, or following someone who refuses, plus…

Livonia treats aggressive panhandling as disorderly conduct under Code § 9.40.010(C)(4), which lists eight specific…

Ann Arbor's disorderly conduct code bans urinating or defecating on any public street, sidewalk, or building floor open…

Detroit bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a designated restroom. The prohibition is citywide…

Grand Rapids makes it illegal to urinate, defecate, or perform any act creating a hazardous or unsanitary condition in…

Jackson County bans urinating, defecating or spitting in public anywhere on Parks and Recreation Commission property…

Urinating or defecating anywhere in a Kent County park, other than in restrooms or facilities built for that purpose…

Troy's Criminal Code flatly bars urinating anywhere in public other than a designated lavatory. Chapter 98 Section…

Warren treats urinating or defecating in any public place that is not a bathroom as disorderly conduct. Sec…

Dearborn makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place or in view of the public, regardless of whether…

Flint makes it a disorderly-persons offense to urinate or defecate on a public street, sidewalk, or any place open to…

Lansing, Michigan bans urinating, defecating or spitting in any public place or on someone else's property outside a…

Sterling Heights makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere in public except a designated restroom toilet.

Westland makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public place within the city outside an appropriate…

Skateboards, skates, bicycles, scooters, and other wheeled apparatus are banned inside the Dearborn Dog Park, the…

The City of Flint prohibits roller skates, skateboards and similar devices in Riverbank Park, except during a scheduled…

Skateboarding, long boarding, and inline or roller skating are banned within Grand Rapids' Downtown Improvement…

Sterling Heights bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, and scooters anywhere on the Civic Center Complex…

Skateboards fall under the Park Chapter's bicycle rules in Clinton Township. Section 1062.02(e) defines "conveyance" to…

Detroit bans riding skateboards, roller blades, roller skates, or scooters in any city park, public place, or boulevard…

Farmington Hills requires anyone under sixteen to wear a protective safety helmet while skateboarding, biking, or…

Riding a bicycle, e-bike, skateboard, e-skateboard, scooter, e-scooter, mobility device or in-line skates on a sidewalk…

Livonia bans skateboards, rollerblades and roller skates on the sidewalks, ramps, steps and other property adjacent to…

Muskegon County parks confine skateboards, bicycles, scooters, roller-skates and similar devices to park roadways, and…

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.15(a) allows skateboards, scooters, and roller skates on Commission Park Property only…

Warren bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and scooters on ramps, staircases, landscape structures, benches…

Wyoming, Michigan regulates skateboards and electric skateboards as micromobility devices under Code of Ordinances Sec…

Kent County's Parks Ordinance lets the Parks Department post areas off-limits to roller skates, rollerblades, and…

Shelby bars skateboards, bicycles, roller blades and scooters from the public sidewalks along North Michigan Avenue…

Saginaw County Ordinance #107 makes it illegal to allow an "open house party" where a minor possesses, consumes or uses…

When Ann Arbor police can't identify who's responsible for a noisy gathering, the property's owner, lessee, or occupant…

Detroit bans loud music, amplified sound, or noise-making devices between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. citywide, with tighter…

Farmington Hills makes it illegal for an adult in control of a residence to let minors possess or consume alcohol or…

Grand Rapids prohibits letting your property host a 'residential disturbance,' a gathering between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m…

Lansing bars any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that annoys, disturbs or endangers others' comfort, repose or…

Sterling Heights makes it a misdemeanor to host, maintain, cause, or facilitate a gathering that becomes a public…

Warren fines anyone who lets a noisy or riotous gathering disturb the neighborhood at a residence they own, rent, or…

Westland makes it a misdemeanor to create loud, unreasonable noise that disturbs neighbors' comfort or peace, including…

Troy Code Section 98.11.03 makes it a criminal offense to loiter, frequent or live in any place with intent to use…

Grand Rapids bans loitering in a public building or private premises after being told to leave by the owner or…

Warren makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf, or hang around a public place in ways that block sidewalks, obstruct…

Ann Arbor bans loitering on public streets, sidewalks, or public building premises when circumstances would alarm a…

Bay County makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in or about a school building or on school grounds without a legitimate…

Clinton Township bans loitering, lingering, sitting or standing in the public areas of hotels, offices, business…

Dearborn bans loitering, loafing, or standing idle in public places that obstructs streets, sidewalks, or business…

Detroit police can order anyone loitering on a street, sidewalk, overpass, or public place to move on, and it's…

Farmington Hills bars standing or idling in or about a store or business when it interferes with normal operations or…

The City of Flint bans loitering, lingering or standing around on streets, sidewalks and other public places when the…

Lansing, Michigan bars prowling around someone else's property at night without permission and bars unwarranted…

Livonia's disorderly-persons law, Code § 9.40.010(C), makes loitering unlawful in five specific settings: houses of…

Shelby's disorderly conduct chapter makes it unlawful to loiter in any public place or to obstruct the free passage of…

Sterling Heights bans loitering in a place, time, or manner unusual for law-abiding people when it creates a…

Westland's disorderly-persons ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to loiter around illegal businesses, vice locations, or…

Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) makes it unlawful to conduct oneself in any public street, park or place, or place open…

Ann Arbor bans smoking within 20 feet of city building entrances, within 10 feet of AAATA bus stops, near the Blake…

Bay County bans smoking in library buildings, on library grounds and in Library System bookmobiles, except in areas the…

Grand Rapids prohibits smoking, including e-cigarettes, in any public place whether open or enclosed: covering city…

Muskegon County bans smoking, tobacco and e-cigarette use across county park beach areas, including sand, grass, decks…

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.6(a)(xviii) prohibits smoking or using a tobacco product, e-cigarette, or similar…

Westland prohibits consuming or smoking marihuana in any public place, including parks and sidewalks, and bars smoking…

Dearborn bans smoking within 15 feet of play structures in its community parks and entirely inside mini-parks that have…

Flint prohibits smoking or carrying lighted tobacco in any public place, plus specific outdoor streets and sidewalks…

Shelby bans smoking in any public park in the village, unless the area has been designated a smoking area by the…

Warren prohibits smoking within twenty-five feet of any entrance to a city-owned or -managed public building, from city…

Kent County's Parks Ordinance bars smoking any cigarette, cigar, pipe, or other smoking material inside enclosed…

Dearborn pedestrians must cross streets only at marked crosswalks at intersections; crossing anywhere else on the…

Grand Rapids requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk between signalized intersections; crossing elsewhere means…

Pedestrians crossing outside a crosswalk must yield to vehicles, and may not cross at all between signalized…

Possessing, delivering or using marijuana or any other controlled substance anywhere in a Kent County park is unlawful…

Dearborn bars consuming or smoking marijuana in public, or wherever the property owner prohibits it, punishable by a…

Warren bans registered medical marijuana patients from consuming marijuana anywhere the public can access, including…

Clinton Township prohibits consuming or smoking marihuana in public places, or wherever a property owner or manager…

Sterling Heights bans consuming marijuana in any public place under City Code § 35-65(A)(5), part of a longer list of…

Troy Code Section 98.11.01(c) forbids consuming or smoking marihuana in any public place, and extends to private…

In Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), Code § 50-188(d) makes it unlawful to consume marijuana in a public place, and…

Ann Arbor prohibits drinking alcoholic liquor on public streets, in public parking lots or structures, and inside…

Clinton Township bans drinking beer, wine, or liquor anywhere in public outside of a building, including on sidewalks…

Detroit prohibits drinking alcoholic liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, or other publicly-owned area, with a narrow…

Farmington Hills bans bringing, possessing, or drinking alcoholic liquor anywhere in a city park under City Code §…

Grand Rapids makes it unlawful to consume alcoholic liquor in any public place or place open to the public, except on…

Bay County makes it a misdemeanor to drink alcohol on any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk or public way open to…

Dearborn bans drinking or carrying an open alcoholic container on any public street, highway, or vehicle parked there…

The City of Flint bans drinking alcohol or beer on public streets, in parks, or in any other public place, including…

Drinking or possessing alcoholic liquor in a Kent County park is illegal without the Parks Director's written approval…

Livonia Code § 9.32.100 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol in a car on public streets, or on the premises of any…

Muskegon County bans possessing alcohol on county park property except at specific locations and times, and only after…

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.8(a) bars anyone on Commission Park Property from possessing any alcoholic beverage…

Troy makes it a misdemeanor to drink alcoholic liquor anywhere in public unless the location holds a Michigan Liquor…

Warren makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to $500 and 90 days in jail, to bring, possess or consume alcoholic…

Westland bans drinking alcohol on any public highway citywide, and bars all liquor except beer or wine in unlicensed…

Wyoming, Michigan bans possessing or drinking alcoholic liquor in any city-owned or city-administered public park or…

Jackson County bans drinking or possessing alcohol on Parks and Recreation Commission property unless the person is 21…

Lansing, Michigan bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks and…

Drinking alcohol on any Sterling Heights street, sidewalk, alley or parking area is banned outright under City Code §…