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

Pontiac City Council adopted the citywide stopping-standing-parking code at City Code § 114-56, enforced through the Police Department's Parking Violations Bureau. The section lists 22 places where a vehicle cannot stop, stand or park unless avoiding conflicting traffic or following a police officer's direction: blocking a public or private driveway, sitting on a sidewalk, sitting within an intersection, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant measured from either side, over or within 20 feet of a crosswalk, within 30 feet of a stop sign or signal, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing or fire station driveway, alongside a street excavation that would obstruct traffic, double-parking in the roadway, on a bridge or in a tunnel, in a disability space without the required MCLA 257.19(a) certificate displayed on the windshield, blocking a curb-cut ramp, within 200 feet of an active accident, blocking an emergency exit or a mail carrier's route, blocking an alley, ignoring a posted sign, or overstaying a metered space.

Subsection (f) treats any vehicle left standing continuously for 48 hours on a City street as prima facie abandoned. Subsection (h) makes each period of illegal parking a separate violation, and once a vehicle has racked up more than five parking citations still unresolved, the City may tow it under this article. Ownership of the license plate displayed on the vehicle is treated as prima facie proof that the registered owner is the person responsible for the violation, including for vehicles rented or leased from a commercial company, where the lessee named on the agreement is presumed responsible instead.