Flint, MI Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 28-94(a) opens with its exceptions: a driver is excused only when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer, or under an official traffic-control device. Otherwise, subsection (a)(1) bars stopping, standing or parking on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street (double parking), on a sidewalk, within an intersection, and on a crosswalk. It also bars it on a bridge or elevated structure, on railroad tracks, within five hundred (500) feet of fire apparatus answering an alarm, and wherever official signs prohibit stopping.

Subsection (a)(2) is the driveway and hydrant rule. No one can stand or park, occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers, in front of a public or private driveway, within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant, within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, or within thirty (30) feet upon approach to a flashing signal, stop sign or traffic-control signal at the side of a roadway. Fire stations get twenty (20) feet from the driveway entrance, plus the opposite side of the street within seventy-five (75) feet of the entrance when properly sign-posted. Subsection (a)(3) adds a fifty (50) foot buffer from the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

Several neighboring sections govern how a car sits. Section 28-88 says a vehicle must be parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of travel, with the curb side wheels within twelve (12) inches of the edge of the roadway or curb; on one-way streets where parking is permitted, either side works if the vehicle is headed in the direction of travel. Section 28-87 bars leaving less than sixteen (16) feet of roadway width for moving traffic. Section 28-93 bars parking in the parkway, the strip between the roadway edge and the nearest street lot line, unless official regulations allow it, and then parallel only. Section 28-89 keeps vehicles from standing in front of the entrance or exit of theaters, churches and buildings where large numbers of people gather, except to take on or discharge passengers or merchandise. Section 28-97 bars parking on a highway for the principal purpose of displaying a vehicle for sale or washing, greasing or repairing it, except for emergency repairs.

Section 28-90 lets the Traffic Engineer designate hazardous or congested places by sign. Section 28-94(c) bars moving a vehicle not lawfully under your control into a prohibited area.