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Muskegon City Commission adopts curfew change to align with state law, raising age threshold to 17
Summary
The commission approved a second-reading amendment to the city code to change the juvenile curfew threshold from 16 to 17 to align with a 2021 state law change; staff said the amendment is intended to mirror state requirements but some enforcement-hour details were not fully clarified at the meeting.
The Muskegon City Commission on Aug. 26 approved a second-reading amendment to the city ordinance that raises the curfew age threshold so that the local code applies to minors 17 years of age and younger. The motion was moved by Commissioner Jermaine German and seconded by Commissioner Keener and passed on a roll-call vote.
Tim Coles, Muskegon’s public safety director, told commissioners the change updates chapter 54, article 7, section 54-241 of the municipal code to reflect an earlier change at the state level. “We found…
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