[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Charter Township
of Cascade 12-8-2010 by Ord. No. 13-2010; amended in its entirety 12-10-2014 by Ord. No.
13-2014. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any street, alley, park, sidewalk, trail, public building,
any place of business or assembly open to or frequented by the public,
and any other place which is open to the public view or to which the
public has access.
No person shall:
A.
Commit an assault, or an assault and battery, on any person.
B.
Engage in any disturbance, fight, or quarrel in a public place.
C.
Be drunk in any public place or under the influence of any narcotic
drug in any public place.
D.
Engage in any indecent, insulting, immoral, or obscene conduct in
any public place.
E.
Insult, accost, molest, or otherwise annoy, either by word of mouth,
sign, or motion, any person in any public place.
F.
Collect or stand in crowds, or arrange, encourage, or abet the collection
of persons in crowds for unlawful mischievous purposes in any public
place to the annoyance or inconvenience of others.
G.
Jostle or roughly crowd persons in any street, alley, park, or public
building.
H.
Loiter on any street or sidewalk or in any park or public building
or conduct himself in any public place so as to obstruct the free
and uninterrupted passage of the public.
I.
Willfully destroy, remove, damage, alter or in any manner deface
any property not his or her own.
J.
Engage in peeping in the windows of any inhabited place.
K.
Swim or bathe in any public place without wearing proper apparel.
L.
Make any immoral exhibition or indecent exposure of his or her person.
M.
Engage in any act of prostitution or gross indecency.
N.
Solicit or accost any person for the purpose of inducing the commission
of any illegal or immoral act.
O.
Attend, frequent, operate or be an occupant or inmate of any place
where prostitution, gambling, the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor
or narcotics, or where any other illegal or immoral business or occupation
is permitted or conducted.
P.
Disturb the public peace by loud, boisterous or vulgar conduct.
Q.
Permit or suffer any place occupied or controlled by him to be a
resort of noisy, boisterous, or disorderly persons.
R.
Obstruct, resist, hinder, or oppose any member of the police force
or any police officer in the discharge of his duties as such.
S.
Knowingly furnish to any police officer or other official a false
name, false address, or false information in connection with any arrest
or investigation.
T.
Knowingly make to any police officer a fictitious report of the purported
commission of any crime or misdemeanor.
U.
Trespass or unlawfully remain upon the premises of another to the
annoyance or disturbance of the lawful occupant or his agent.
V.
Prowl about on the private premises of any other person in the nighttime,
without authority or the permission of the owner of such premises.
W.
Wrongfully throw or propel any snowball, missile or object from any
moving automobile.
X.
Wrongfully throw or propel any snowball, missile or object toward
any person or automobile.
Y.
Smoke in any public park.
No person under the age of 21 years shall purchase, or knowingly
possess or transport any alcoholic liquor, or knowingly possess, transport,
or have under his control in any motor vehicle any alcoholic liquor
unless said person is employed by a licensee as defined in Public
Acts 1952, No. 227, as amended, and is possessing, transporting or
having such alcoholic liquor in a motor vehicle under his control
during regular working hours and in the course of his employment.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings provided in this subsection, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
Approaching or speaking to a person in such a manner as could
cause the reasonable person to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission
of a criminal act upon his person, or upon property in his immediate
possession.
Means and includes, without limitation, the spoken, written
or printed word or such other acts as are conducted in furtherance
of the purpose of obtaining donations.
Continuing to ask, beg or solicit from a person after that
person has made a negative response, blocking the passage of the individual
addressed or otherwise engaging in conduct which could reasonably
be construed as intended to compel or force a person to accede to
demands.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ask, beg or solicit for money
of other things of value:
(1)
On private property if the owner, tenant or lawful occupant has asked
the person not to solicit on the property or has posted a sign clearly
indicating that solicitations are not welcome on the property.
(2)
Within 15 feet of the entrance to or exit from any public toilet
facility.
(3)
Within 15 feet of an automated teller machine, provided that, when
an automated teller machine is located within an automated teller
machine facility, such distance shall be measured from the entrance
or exit of the automated teller machine facility.
(4)
Within any public transportation vehicle, or within 15 feet of any
bus stop, taxi stand or public carpool lot.
(5)
From any operator of a motor vehicle that is in traffic on a public
street or right-of-way; provided, however, that this subsection shall
not apply to services rendered in connection with emergency repairs
requested by the owner or passengers of such vehicle.
(6)
From any operator of a motor vehicle waiting to exit a private driveway
onto a public roadway if the motor vehicle is within 50 feet of the
intersection of the private driveway and public roadway.
(7)
From any person who is waiting in line for entry to any building,
public or private, including, but not limited to, any residence, business
or athletic facility.
(8)
Within 15 feet of the entrance or exit from a building, public or
private, including, but not limited to, any residence, business or
athletic facility.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be interpreted
to prohibit related parties from asking for money or other things
of value from one another.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit money or other
things of value by: