[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of Cannon as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by Ord. No. 73-2]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PUBLIC PLACE
Any street, alley, park, public building, any place of business or assembly upon to or frequented by the public, and other place which is open to the public view, or to which the public has access.
A. 
No person shall:
(1) 
Commit an assault, or an assault and battery on any person.
(2) 
Engage in any disturbance, fight, or quarrel in a public place.
(3) 
Be drunk in any public place or under the influence of any narcotic drug in any public place.
(4) 
Engage in any indecent, insulting, immoral, or obscene conduct in any public place.
(5) 
Insult, accost, molest, or otherwise annoy, either by word of mouth, sign or motion, any person in any public place.
(6) 
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.
(7) 
Jostle or roughly crowd persons in any street, alley, park, or public building.
(8) 
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.
(9) 
Willfully destroy, remove, damage, alter or in any manner deface any property not his or her own.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2(j), Beg in any public place, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(10) 
Engage in peeping in the windows of any inhabited place.
(11) 
Swim or bathe in any public place without wearing proper apparel.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2(m), Make any immoral exhibition or indecent exposure of his or her person, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(12) 
Engage in any act of prostitution or gross indecency.
(13) 
Solicit or accost any person for the purpose of inducing the commission of any illegal or immoral act.
(14) 
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.
(15) 
Disturb the public peace by loud, boisterous or vulgar conduct.
(16) 
Permit or suffer any place occupied or controlled by him to be a resort of noisy, boisterous, or disorderly persons.
(17) 
Obstruct, resist, hinder, or oppose any member of the police force, or any police officer in the discharge of his duties as such.
(18) 
Knowingly furnish to any police officer or other official a false name, false address or false information in connection with any arrest or investigation.
(19) 
Knowingly make to any police officer a fictitious report of the purported commission of any crime or misdemeanor.
(20) 
Trespass or unlawfully remain upon the premises of another to the annoyance or disturbance of the lawful occupant or his agent.
(21) 
Prowl about on the private premises of any other person in the nighttime, without authority or the permission of the owner of such premises.
(22) 
Wrongfully throw or propel any snowball, missile or object from any moving automobile.
(23) 
Wrongfully throw or propel any snowball, missile or object toward any person or automobile.
(24) 
Minor in possession of alcoholic liquors. 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 their control in any motor vehicle any alcoholic liquor unless the person is employed by a person granted a license under Act 8 of the Public Acts of 1933 Ex. Sess.,[3] as amended, and is possessing, transporting or having such alcoholic liquor in a motor vehicle under their control during regular working hours and in the course of their employment.
[3]
Editor's Note: Act 8 of P.A. 1933, former MCL 436.1 et seq., was repealed effective 4-14-1998 by Act 58 of 1998. See now MCL 436.1101 et seq.
(25) 
Open liquor containers in vehicles on highways. No person shall transport or possess any alcoholic liquor in a container which is open, uncapped, or upon which the seal is broken, within the passenger compartment of a vehicle on the highways or any other public place within the Township. If the vehicle does not have a trunk or compartment separate from the passenger compartment, a container which is open, uncapped, or upon which the seal is broken shall be encased or enclosed.
(26) 
Consumption of alcoholic liquors. No alcoholic liquor shall be consumed on the public highways, in public parks, or other public places of amusement not licensed to sell for consumption on the premises.[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 3, Violations and penalties, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See now Ch. 70, Violations and Penalties.
[Adopted 6-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
No person shall engage in public nudity. No business establishment shall permit persons to engage in public nudity. For purposes of this article, the term "business establishment" shall include, but not be limited to, owners, officers, employees, and other persons in charge of or in control of a business premises or any part thereof.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PUBLIC NUDITY
Knowingly or intentionally displaying to another person(s) any individual's genitals, pubic area or anus with less than a fully opaque covering, or a female individual's breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple or areola 1) in a public place; or 2) for payment or promise of payment by any person, including, but not limited to, payment or promise of payment of an admission fee. Public nudity does not include a woman's breastfeeding of a baby, whether or not the nipple or areola is exposed during or incidental to the breastfeeding.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any premises which are open to the general public or any business, club, association, lodge, fraternal organization or other association, group or entity.
The Township may in its discretion enforce the terms of this article by any and all available remedies. Such remedies may include legal proceedings for the enjoining or prevention of violations, the issuance of municipal civil infractions and other enforcement means.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 6, Violations and penalties, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See now Ch. 70, Violations and Penalties.