Livonia, MI Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight/length trigger
- Over 4,000 lbs or 30 feet
- Time limit
- 1 hour, except loading/repairs/police
- Overnight ban
- 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- First offense
- $100 civil fine plus costs
- Repeat offense
- Misdemeanor charge
- Exempt vehicles
- Unmarked family pickups and vans
Summary
Livonia bans parking trucks over 4,000 pounds or 30 feet long, or any truck with a trailer attached, on residential streets or near a church, school or alley for more than one hour, and bars such vehicles entirely between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Family pickups and vans without commercial markings are exempt.
No person shall park any truck weighing more than four thousand (4,000) pounds or measuring more than thirty (30) feet in length, or any truck having a trailer or semi-trailer attached, nor permit any such truck or any trailer or semi-trailer, whether coupled or not, to stand upon any residential street or near any church or school or alley of the city for a period exceeding one (1) hour... No such vehicle may be parked between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. except when necessary to make emergency repairs at the premises; provided further, however, that this section does not apply to pick-up trucks and vans, utilized as family vehicles or pleasure vehicles, and which bear no commercial message, logo or any symbol relating to a commercial or business venture.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 64 | Zoning: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
030 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, adopted by Ordinance No. 3035, Section 2, in 2017, prohibits parking or standing any truck weighing more than 4,000 pounds or measuring more than 30 feet in length on a residential street, or near any church, school or alley in the city, for longer than one hour. The same restriction covers any truck with a trailer or semi-trailer attached, whether coupled or not. The one-hour window does not apply while the vehicle is actively loading or unloading, while the operator is on the premises performing commercial services, while emergency repairs are being made, or when a police officer directs otherwise.
, with only an emergency-repair exception. The ordinance carves out an exemption for pickup trucks and vans used as family or pleasure vehicles that carry no commercial message, logo, or symbol relating to a business, so a contractor's personal truck without markings is not swept in merely because of its size. 020, and it carries its own escalating penalty structure for repeat offenders.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of Section 10.48.030 is a civil infraction carrying a $100 fine plus costs. A second or subsequent violation is elevated to a misdemeanor, a criminal charge rather than a civil ticket, reflecting the city's tougher stance on repeat commercial-vehicle parking violations compared with the flat civil fine under the general yard-parking rule in 10.48.010.
Frequently Asked Questions
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