440.01 Definitions.
440.02 Parking within the Downtown District.
440.03 Downtown District parking regulations.
440.04 Residential District parking regulations.
440.05 Tampering with parking signs.
440.06 Erasure or removal of control marks or devices.
440.07 Overtime parking.
440.08 Parking on private property.
440.09 Loading/unloading permits. (Repealed)
440.10 Odd/even parking.
440.11 No parking zone.
440.12 Blocking a driveway.
440.13 Not parking within parking spaces.
440.14 Parking in an alley.
440.15 Parking in front yard and on/over a sidewalk.
440.16 Parking in a prohibited zone.
440.17 Parking for a prohibited purpose.
440.18 Authority of the Public Safety Director.
440.99 Civil infraction; impounding.
CROSS REFERENCES
Traffic rules and regulations in home rule cities - see M.C.L.A. § 117.4h
Traffic rules and regulations generally - see M.C.L.A. §§ 257.601 et seq., 257.634 et seq.
Parking generally - see M.C.L.A. §§ 257.672 et seq.
Uniform Traffic Code - see M.C.L.A. §§ 257.951 et seq.
Municipal violations in counties of 100,000 or more - see M.C.L.A. § 725.301
Fees - see ADM. 214.02 (c),(d),(e)
Off-street parking and loading - see P. & Z. Ch. 1282
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Holiday," as used on the parking instruction, means only those legal holidays as established by the State of Michigan on which a majority of the business places in the parking zones are closed for the transaction of business. These shall include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
(b) "Downtown District" means the Central Business District of the City and is commonly referred to the area bound by Dexter Street on the west, Washington Street on the north, Adams Street on the south and Library Street/Church Alley on the east.
(c) "Residential District" means all areas within the City not within the Downtown District.
(d) "Parking" means the standing of a vehicle upon any street or public place, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading passengers or when obeying traffic signals or regulations.
(e) "Parking lots" means those lots owned, leased, under option to purchase, or contracted for by the City, on which vehicles are parked.
(f) "Vehicle" means any device by which any person or property may be transported upon a highway.
(Ord. 349. Passed 12-3-91; Ord. 448. Passed 4-10-07.)
Enforcement. The enforcement of parking regulations in the Downtown District shall be in accordance with the following:
(a) Parking will be enforced in the downtown area beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
(b) Parking hours in the Downtown District will not be enforced on holidays or Sundays as otherwise specified in this chapter.
(c) Enforcement shall include the following:
(1) Washington Street;
(2) Main Street;
(3) Adams Street;
(4) Steele Street;
(5) Kidd Street;
(6) Depot Street;
(7) Hudson Street;
(8) Library Street; and
(9) Public parking lots located with the Downtown District.
(d) Parking enforcement shall be made by the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee(s).
(e) No person shall cause or permit any vehicle, truck, or trailer, whether it is operable or inoperable, to be abandoned within the Downtown District. "Abandonment" as used in this subsection, means being parked on public property for a continuous period in excess of seventy-two hours in the same location.
(Res. 09-2001-05. Passed 9-4-01; Ord. 448. Passed 4-10-07; Ord. 577. Passed 8-2-23.)
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