December 15, 2015, Introduced by Senator GREEN and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A bill to control noise; and to prescribe civil sanctions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. A person shall not make or cause or assist in the
making or causing of loud noise that disturbs, injures, or
threatens the peace, comfort, health, or safety of an individual.
Sec. 2. A person shall not do any of the following:
(a) Sound any horn or other audible signaling device on any
motor vehicle on a public road or street or other public property
except as a danger warning; create by means of such a device an
unreasonably loud or harsh noise; sound such a device for an
unreasonable period of time; or sound such a device because traffic
is held up.
(b) Use, play, operate, or authorize to be used, played, or
operated a radio receiver, musical instrument, digital or analog
audio player, loudspeaker, amplifier, or other device for producing
or reproducing sound on private property or in or from a vehicle on
a public road or street or other public property at a volume that
disturbs the peace or comfort of an individual of reasonable
sensitivity who is not on the private property or not in or on the
vehicle. The operation of such a device between 12 midnight and 5
a.m. at a volume that is plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet
from the private property or vehicle where the device is located is
prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection.
(c) Use, operate, or authorize to be used or operated a radio
receiver, musical instrument, digital or analog audio player,
loudspeaker, amplifier, or other device for producing or
reproducing sound for the purpose of commercial advertising at a
volume that disturbs the peace or comfort of an individual of
reasonable sensitivity on a public road, street, or sidewalk.
(d) Keep an animal or animals that, by causing frequent or
long continued noise, disturb the peace or comfort of any
individual of reasonable sensitivity who is not on the property
where the animal or animals are kept.
(e) Blow a locomotive steam whistle or steam whistle attached
to a stationary boiler, except to give notice of the time to begin
or stop work, as a warning of fire or other danger, or upon the
request of proper government authorities.
(f) Discharge into the open air the exhaust of a steam engine,
stationary internal combustion engine, or motor vehicle, except
through a muffler or other device that effectively prevents loud or
explosive noises.
(g) Use a motor vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or in
such a manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding,
rattling, or other noise.
(h) Screech tires of a motor vehicle intentionally or by
immoderate operation.
(i) Create noise on a public road or street adjacent to a
school other than a home school, to an institution of higher
education, to a church or other house of worship, or to a court
while in use, or adjacent to any hospital, that unreasonably
interferes with the function of the entity or disturbs staff or
patients in the hospital. This subdivision does not apply unless a
conspicuous sign visible from the road or street indicates the
presence of the institution.
(j) Use a musical instrument or other device to create
unreasonably loud noise for the purpose of attracting attention to
any commercial performance, commercial show, or sale.
(k) Operate between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. a pile driver,
steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist,
or other machine, if the operation causes loud or unusual noise.
Sec. 3. A person who violates this act is responsible for a
state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of
not more than $100.00.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.