Ever wondered about the unique laws of local municipalities that are little known or rarely enforced?
The Daily has started a series highlighting such ordinances in Livingston County, providing a light-hearted look into local government or digging deep to find laws not common elsewhere.
Last week, we looked into an interesting ordinance in Pinckney This week, we’re looking at Brighton’s Code of Ordinances.
Don’t be annoying in Brighton
According to Chapter 54: Offenses Against Public Peace, Section 54-98, it’s “unlawful for any person in the city to insult, accost, molest or otherwise annoy, either by word of mouth, sign or motion, any person in any public place.”
The ordinance continues: “It shall be unlawful for any person to harass any person in any public place by striking, shoving, kicking or otherwise touching a person or subjecting them to unwanted physical contact or following a person in or about a public place or places.”
“It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts that alarm or seriously annoy another person and that serve no legitimate purpose.”
Calling back to Pinckney, the ordinance also states: “It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to harass or alarm another person, to communicate with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, mail or any other form of written or electronic communications, in a manner likely to harass or cause alarm.”
Brighton City Council approved the ordinance in December 2008. Anyone who violates the ordinance is guilty of a civil infraction punishable by a fine of $100, plus costs.
Do you know of any unique, little-known local ordinances? Share them at newsroom@livingstondaily.com.
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at esasiela@livingstondaily.com. Follow him on X @SalsaEvan.
This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Little-known ordinances: Being annoying in Brighton could cost you $100
Reporting by Evan Sasiela, Livingston Daily / Livingston Daily
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