Chesterfield Charter Township, MI Disorderly Conduct

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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Article III, Offenses Against Public Peace, adopted 8-14-1981 by Ord. No. 76 and 3-4-1996 by Ord. No. 108.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Does not include the conduct of or participation in duly approved activities, such as picnics, concerts, bazaars, parades, festivals, and other similar activities, so long as such activities are conducted in a reasonable manner, at a reasonable time and in a reasonable place.

PUBLIC PLACE

Any place to which the general public has access or a right of resort for business, entertainment or for lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.

No person shall conduct himself or herself in a disorderly manner in the Charter Township of Chesterfield, Macomb County, Michigan. For purposes of this article, a person conducts himself or herself in a disorderly manner when he or she does any act or engages in any practice hereinafter listed, or aids or abets any person who does any such act or engages in any such practice hereinafter listed:

(1)

Engages in excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud noise which disturbs the comfort and quiet repose of the residents or the neighborhood at any time.

(2)

Engages in any indecent or obscene conduct in any public place.

(3)

Permits any place occupied or controlled by him or her to be unreasonably noisy or boisterous or to be occupied by persons acting in a disorderly manner as herein defined.

(4)

Disturbs the public peace and quiet by loud, boisterous or vulgar conduct, or makes, aids, gives countenance to or assists in making any improper noise, disturbance, breach of the peace or diversion tending to a breach of the peace in any place within the Township.

(5)

Permits any loud or boisterous noise, congregation, disturbance or party by which the peace and good order of the Township are disturbed in or about his or her premises or premises controlled by such person.

(6)

Engages in fighting or jostling in a public place.

(7)

Guns or races the engine of any motor vehicle, including every motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, or runs or operates a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle without a muffler in good working order (one which in constant operation prevents excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke). A person shall not remove, destroy, or damage any of the baffles contained in the muffler, nor shall a person use a muffler cut out bypass, or similar device upon a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or any motor vehicle at any place within the Township.

(8)

Creates any loud noises or uses any loud speaker, sound amplifier or other electrical or mechanical device intended to increase the volume of sound at any place or places within the Township in such a manner as to disturb unnecessarily and without reasonable cause the quiet, comfort, or repose of any person or persons between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(9)

Engages in public intoxication or drunkenness.

(10)

Engages in public urination or defecation.

(11)

Trespasses or unlawfully enters or remains on the premises of another to the annoyance or disturbance of the lawful owner or occupant thereof.

(12)

Loiters by obstructing any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians or by obstructing the entrance to any business establishment without doing so for some lawful purpose and contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control of the building or premises.

(13)

Commits in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress, or regress, therein, thereon and thereto, after having been told to move by a police officer.