Pontiac, MI Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Pontiac rewrote its commercial-vehicle parking rules in 2021 under Ord. No. 2383, now Division 6 of Chapter 114 at §§ 114-162 through 165. Section 114-162 makes it unlawful to park a commercial vehicle, bus, taxicab, trailer, pole trailer, semi-trailer, motor home, pickup camper, trailer coach, recreational equipment or limousine on any residential street or service drive in the City at any time, including Sundays and holidays. The lone exception lets the owner or lessee of a taxicab park one operable taxicab on the residential street within the block of their own one- or two-family residence, but only if that residence has no front-yard driveway.

Section 114-163 governs commercial streets instead: the same list of vehicle types may park there where parking is otherwise allowed, but for no longer than two hours, including Sundays and holidays. Section 114-164 carves out exceptions to both sections: expeditious loading, unloading, delivery or pickup at an address within the block; a licensed contractor performing a service at an address within the block, provided the vehicle displays a written notice of the service location; emergency service or government or utility vehicles; construction or public-works vehicles actively working a site; disabled vehicles; and vehicles moved to avoid a conflict with law enforcement or a traffic control device.

The division exempts private passenger vehicles with commercial plates, short trailers coupled to a permitted vehicle, and pickup trucks or vans with commercial plates unless substantially modified for a commercial task, such as adding a hoist, crane or glass rack; a snowplow blade or a standard tool rack does not count as a substantial modification. A related section, § 114-165, lets motor homes, pickup campers and coupled trailer coaches park on a residential street for up to 24 hours solely while loading or unloading for a trip.