On-street parking in Farmington Hills is governed by Chapter 30 (Traffic and Motor Vehicles) of the City Code, with Michigan Vehicle Code MCL 257.674-682 supplying the underlying distance setbacks and prohibited-place rules. MCL 257.674 prohibits stopping, standing, or parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, in any intersection, on a sidewalk, in front of a public or private driveway, or within thirty feet of a flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic-control signal at the side of a roadway. Posted local signs control where time limits, no-parking zones, or permit requirements apply. Enforcement is by the Farmington Hills Police Department.
Farmington Hills' on-street parking framework lives in Chapter 30 (Traffic and Motor Vehicles) of the City Code, administered by the Farmington Hills Police Department Traffic Safety Section. The City code adopts and supplements the Michigan Uniform Traffic Code, which incorporates the Michigan Vehicle Code provisions. The operative state rule is MCL 257.674 (Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places), which prohibits stopping, standing, or parking, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with a police officer's direction, in the following places: on a sidewalk; in front of a public or private driveway; within an intersection; within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant; on a crosswalk; within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection or any place where official signs prohibit stopping; within thirty feet of a flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway; between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings; alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic; on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; upon a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel; at any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or in such a manner as to obstruct the free use of a private driveway. Where posted signs establish time limits, no-parking restrictions, or permit zones, they control on top of the statewide baseline. Downtown commercial corridors like Twelve Mile Road, Orchard Lake Road, and Grand River Avenue rely on signed restrictions and store-frontage management for short-term shopping parking. Reports of parking violations go to the Farmington Hills Police non-emergency line at (248) 871-2600.
Stopping, standing, or parking on a Farmington Hills street within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, in any intersection, on a sidewalk, on a crosswalk, in front of a public or private driveway, within thirty feet of a flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic-control signal at the side of a roadway, or at any place where official signs prohibit stopping violates Michigan Vehicle Code MCL 257.674 as enforced through Farmington Hills Code Chapter 30. Exceeding a posted time limit, parking in a posted no-parking zone, or otherwise violating local signed restrictions is a separate Chapter 30 parking infraction enforced by the Farmington Hills Police Department.
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