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.
Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to
a penalty not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for
a period not to exceed 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.