CHAPTER 72: PARKING REGULATIONS

Section

Special Parking Prohibitions

   72.01   Parking during snow season; prohibited during snow emergency

   72.02   Parking restrictions

   72.03   Signs to be installed

   72.04   Violations

Handicapped Parking

   72.15   Ordinance adoption

   72.16   Definitions

   72.17   Spaces required

   72.18   Accessibility

   72.19   Prohibited parking

   72.99   Penalty

Cross-reference:

   Parking Schedules, see Ch. 77

SPECIAL PARKING PROHIBITIONS

§ 72.01 PARKING DURING SNOW SEASON; PROHIBITED DURING SNOW EMERGENCY.

   (A)   Pursuant to Uniform Traffic Code, Public Act 62 of 1956, it is hereby declared to be improper for any vehicles to be parked on the streets of the village between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from December 1 through March 30 of each year.

   (B)   During the period from December 1 through March 30 of each year, vehicles may be parked in the area between the sidewalk and the street between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., but such parking is prohibited at all other times.

(1984 Code, § 2-04-010) (Ord. 144, passed 11-13-1984; Ord. 226, passed 8-11-1992; Ord. 238, passed 8-3-1993; Ord. 400, passed 5-17-2009; Ord. 452, passed 5-8-2018; Ord. 461, passed 10-13-2020) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.02 PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

   No person shall park a commercially licensed vehicle or a trailer with a load capacity greater than 9,000 pounds or both on any street where parking of vehicles is permitted for a period of time longer than one hour, except when loading or unloading a delivery.

(1984 Code, § 2-04-030) (Ord. 256, passed 7-25-1995) Penalty, see § 72.99

§ 72.03 SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED.

   Traffic signs shall be installed at all public street accesses to the village indicating said prohibitions with regard to the parking of vehicles on public street and at the designated areas within village-owned parking lots.

(1984 Code, § 2-04-040) (Ord. 144, passed 11-13-1984; Ord. 238, passed 8-3-1993; Ord. 256, passed 7-25-1995)

§ 72.04 VIOLATIONS.

   Violators of this chapter shall be responsible for a civil infraction.

(1984 Code, § 2-04-080) (Ord. 149, passed 10-29-1985; Ord. 194, passed 10-24-1989; Ord. 238, passed 8-3-1993; Ord. 256, passed 7-25-1995) Penalty, see § 72.99

HANDICAPPED PARKING

§ 72.15 ORDINANCE ADOPTION.

   Pursuant to Public Act 235 of 1969, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.941 et seq., as amended, an ordinance shall be adopted to regulate and control traffic in parking areas; and to provide a penalty for violations thereof.

(1984 Code, § 2-03-010) (Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984)