Common Parking Ordinances

Ordinance 410.04, Section D

As per local ordinances:

410.04(d)(i) From November 16 through the following April 14, vehicles found parked on any street or alley between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. may be towed away at the owner’s expense.

410.04(d)(ii) From April 15 through November 15, overnight parking between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. is allowed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings only on any street where parking is otherwise allowed, but excluding Bay Street during the National Cherry Festival, and the central business district 

Overnight parking (3am – 6am) is not allowed on any street in the downtown area. We do offer overnight parking in both of our garages at the current rates. Additionally, overnight parking is allowed in downtown parking lots P & T . These lots are permit lots and are enforced Monday through Friday 7am – 4pm. Anyone parked in these lots after 7am without a permit would be subject to a citation.

If you park in a surface lot during the winter, you may be towed to allow the contractor to properly remove the snow.

410.04(d)(ii)…and the central business district which, for purposes of this section, is described as follows: Bounded by Grandview Parkway on the North; Union Street south to the River; Boardman River west, south and east back to Union Street; Union Street north to the alley south of State Street; alley east to Cass; Cass south to Washington, Washington east to Boardman; Boardman north to Front Street; Front Street east to Wellington; Wellington north to Grandview Parkway.

Ordinance 484.04, Sections A-C

(a)…whenever a vehicle is parked in the space adjacent to a parking meter, the operator of the vehicle shall activate the meter by depositing in the meter a United States coin of a denomination indicated on the parking meter legend… The parking meters must be activated from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday except holidays and except such other times or circumstances as designated by the City Manager.

(b) Overtime parking. No person shall leave any vehicle in any metered parking place when the meters must be activated for longer than the time indicated on the parking meter…. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter coin for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which had been established for the parking space adjacent to the parking meter. It shall be a separate offense to park at a metered space for each period of time equal to the maximum allowed on the meter.

(c) A person who violated this section is responsible for a civil infraction subject to the fine indicated in Section 488.06.

(38) Parking beyond time allowed on meter – 12 or more violations within one-year period (Codified Ordinance Section 484.04) will result in a fine of $75.00 per violation for the remainder of that calendar year.

Per local ordinance 480.06 Parking garage regulations. Any person who parks a motor vehicle in any Public Parking Facility, shall pay the rates duly established for such parking before removing said vehicle from the parking facility. Parking a vehicle in a parking garage without use of access control device for entrance and exit shall be a violation of this code, unless the driver shall pay the regular hourly rates.

488.06 Schedule of Fines (39) Parking Garage Short Money violation

Per local ordinance 480.05 Access controlled parking facilities. When it is deemed appropriate for operating efficiency, patrons of public parking facilities may be assigned and granted a temporary possession of an access control device (See 483.01(7)). Any person to whom an access control device is assigned may employ the device to gain access to a public parking facility only if he or she is an occupant of the entering vehicle, and further provided that no person shall permit more than one vehicle, admitted by the same access control device, to be parked in a public parking facility at the same time.

Per local ordinance 485.03 In order to be eligible for a parking permit, the following shall be supplied by the registered vehicle owner: (1) Motor vehicle registration issued by the State of Michigan Secretary of State’s Office, (2) Other relevant information requested to verify eligibility.