Southfield, MI Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Chapter 126's traffic-control subchapter gives Southfield's traffic engineer two related powers over curb loading. Section 10.716S lets the traffic engineer determine where passenger and freight curb loading zones sit and requires posting signs stating the hours each zone is restricted for loading. Section 10.716T covers a curb loading zone created at a private party's request: the traffic engineer cannot designate or sign such a zone unless the requesting person applies for a permit and for the two signs marking each end of the zone, pays a service fee set by council resolution for the year or partial year, and agrees to reimburse the city if the signs are lost or damaged; every such permit expires after one year.

Two companion sections cover angled loading: Section 10.716U lets the traffic engineer issue special permits allowing a vehicle to back at an angle to the curb to load or unload merchandise, available to either the property owner or lessee or to the vehicle's owner, and Section 10.716V has the city clerk actually issue that permit, subject to the traffic engineer's approval, expiring at the end of each calendar year but renewable. Section 10.716W similarly has the clerk issue the underlying curb loading zone permits under Section 10.716T, again subject to the traffic engineer's sign-off.

As with the rest of Chapter 126's parking scheme, Section 10.717O bars enforcing any of these zone restrictions unless the required sign is actually posted and legible at the location.