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

Section 107.14 of Troy's Traffic and Motor Vehicles chapter (Chapter 107) opens with a flat prohibition: it is unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in three listed ways. Subsection 1 covers privately owned property. Nobody can park off the street or roadway on someone else's land without the express or implied consent, authorization, or ratification of the owner, holder, occupant, lessee, agent, or trustee. Subsection 2 applies the same idea to public property: parking off the street or roadway there needs the express or implied consent, authorization, or ratification of the authorized public authorities.

Subsection 3 is the rule most residents run into. No person may drive upon, park or stand any vehicle between the curb or curb line and the lot line nearest the street. The code calls that strip the lawn extension. The ban applies whether or not any sidewalk or curb is actually in place on the street, so a road with no curb, or a neighborhood with ditches instead of sidewalks, gets the same treatment. The rule covers driving upon the strip as well as parking or standing on it, which means a vehicle cannot be pulled onto the grass to make room for a passing car or a guest.

The rest of Chapter 107 fills in the on-street picture. Section 107.2 adopts the Uniform Traffic Code by reference, with all future amendments, and the City Clerk keeps a current copy. The chapter's citation-authority provision lets the Police Department use trained volunteers to write tickets for parking on a sidewalk, in front of a public or private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on a crosswalk, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, in a disabled-person space or its access aisle, where an official sign prohibits stopping or parking, and in a manner that blocks access to a fire lane. Volunteers must first complete police-run training that includes not less than 8 hours in parking enforcement. Section 107.15 adds temporary waivers for scheduled events, granted by the City Manager, and snow emergency parking bans.