Parking Rules in Michigan (2026)

Farmington Hills bans outdoor storage of unlicensed RVs, boats, campers and trailers in residential zones unless kept…

Warren bars parking or storing any recreational vehicle, boat, trailer, or snowmobile in a residential front or side…

Clinton Township allows up to two recreational vehicles, boats, or trailers per residential lot under Section…

Detroit limits RVs, trailers and boats in residential yards to the garage or rear yard, caps counts, and sets a…

Flint restricts parking of travel trailers, campers, motor homes and boat trailers on residential property to specific…

Grand Rapids limits residential lots to one 25-foot recreational vehicle, generally stored in the rear yard, with…

Kent County sets no countywide rule on where you may store an RV, camper, or boat on a private lot; that is decided by…

Lansing limits residential lots to two recreational vehicles or boats, requires oversized units on a paved driveway or…

Livonia's Zoning Ordinance lets homeowners store one unit of recreational equipment, RVs, boats, or trailers, in the…

Sterling Heights limits RVs, boats and utility trailers in residential yards to specific setback distances, driveway…

Troy limits outdoor RV and boat storage in single-family districts to 48 hours unless the vehicle sits fully enclosed…

Westland keeps boats, campers, and RVs off residential lawns and easements and bans them in front of the front building…

Wyoming, Michigan bans parking or storing recreational vehicles, boats and trailers on public streets, rights-of-way or…

Clinton Township requires every residential off-street parking space to be a paved driveway, garage, or combination of…

Dearborn's traffic code bars parking on lawns or unpaved ground on both public and private property, closing off the…

Detroit limits residential off-street parking to garages, one approved side-yard driveway, or a paved rear-yard pad…

Flint bans parking any vehicle in a residential lot's setback area, the front or side yard, unless the vehicle sits on…

Grand Rapids bans parking motor vehicles anywhere in a residential front yard and requires driveways to be surfaced…

Lansing requires off-street parking areas and driveways to be paved with concrete or asphalt; gravel is allowed only as…

Every parking area and driveway covered by Livonia's Zoning Ordinance must be hard-surfaced regardless of size, with…

Sterling Heights requires single-family driveways to be poured concrete or another approved hard surface: unpaved…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance allows off-street parking, including driveways, in a home's front yard, but Section 13.06…

Every driveway in Warren must be hardsurfaced, connecting a required off-street parking space to a street or alley for…

Westland's zoning ordinance bans parking in a required front yard beyond 40 percent of that yard's area and requires…

Home driveways in the City of Wyoming, Michigan must be paved and at least eight feet wide under Zoning Ordinance Sec…

Wyoming, Michigan bars parking or storing any vehicle over three-quarters-ton load capacity that isn't primarily a…

Dearborn bars commercial trucks and other commercial vehicles from parking on any city street or on private property in…

Detroit bans parking commercial vehicles, trailers, buses, motor homes, and recreational equipment on residential…

Flint bars parking or storing commercial vehicles, construction equipment, and trailers on public property citywide…

Lansing zoning bars residential storage of any vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross weight, or exceeding 12 feet in height…

Recreational vehicles, boats, campers, and utility trailers can't sit on a Sterling Heights public street beyond 48…

Warren bans parking any truck, truck tractor, or truck trailer on a residential street entirely, not just overnight…

Ann Arbor caps parking of trucks and buses over 5,500 pounds or 22 feet on residential streets at 3 hours between 8…

Clinton Township caps commercial vehicle parking in residential areas at one truck rated no more than three-quarter…

Grand Rapids caps on-street parking for commercial vehicles over one ton at two hours, and limits angled loading or…

Livonia bans parking trucks over 4,000 pounds or 30 feet long, or any truck with a trailer attached, on residential…

Troy bars parking a commercial vehicle, truck, or trailer on any residential street for more than one hour under…

Westland bars parking or storing a commercial vehicle over 10,001 pounds GVWR in any residential or business district…

Wyoming, Michigan's zoning ordinance bars parking or storing any recreational vehicle, boat, trailer, or similar…

Ann Arbor bars parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within 15 feet of hydrants, and in a dozen other spots…

Clinton Township bans parking in front of or across any driveway, public or private, and requires vehicles to park…

Dearborn requires every vehicle parked on a street to sit parallel and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, which…

Detroit requires vehicles parked on public streets to sit parallel to the curb, curb-side wheels within 12 inches, with…

In the City of Flint, standing or parking a vehicle in front of a public or private driveway is prohibited except for a…

Street parking is regulated by the city, village, or township whose road it is, not by Genesee County. County roads are…

Grand Rapids bars parking in front of driveways and alleys, and separately lets the city restrict or prohibit parking…

Lansing requires vehicles to park parallel to the roadway with their right-hand tires no more than 12 inches from the…

Livonia prohibits parking any motor vehicle in a front or side yard on residential property outside an approved…

Macomb County has no county-level street ordinance. State law MCL 257.674 sets the baseline on every street: no parking…

Oakland County has no county-level street parking ordinance. State law MCL 257.674 (Michigan Vehicle Code) sets…

Shelby caps on-street parking at 48 consecutive hours anywhere in the Village and bans parking entirely on First…

Warren bars commercial vehicles from parking on any city street for more than 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00…

Westland bans using a public street to park a vehicle for sale, repairs, advertising, or vending, restricting streets…

On Lansing streets placed under a specified overnight parking restriction by traffic control order, only a City-issued…

Detroit bans parking on signed streets within a large no-parking zone bounded by the Detroit River and three freeways…

The City of Flint doesn't allow a vehicle to sit on a public street past twenty-four consecutive hours, the rule that…

On streets marked as snow routes, Grand Rapids bans overnight parking from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. between November 1 and…

There is no county-wide overnight parking ban in Kent County; cities and townships set their own. The most common local…

Ottawa County bars overnight parking, defined as 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., in any County Parking Area, meaning courthouse…

From November 15 through April 1, Shelby bars parking on any Village street, alley, or in Municipal Lot A between 2:00…

On streets posted with the required signage, Warren bans parking any vehicle between 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. every day…

Westland forbids parking a vehicle on any street for storage purposes beyond 48 hours, so a car cannot sit on the…

Clinton Township allows electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every zoning district under Zoning…

Dearborn bars gas-powered cars from parking in a posted EV charging space and bans electric vehicles from squatting…

Occupying a working Lansing EV charging space with anything other than a plugged-in electric vehicle is a civil…

Livonia allows electric vehicle charging equipment as an accessory use in every zoning district, but caps commercial…

Warren lets a new development count electric vehicle charging spaces toward its required parking minimums under Zoning…

Farmington Hills lets any building, structure or improved area set aside parking spaces reserved for charging electric…

Westland allows electric vehicle parking spaces to count toward required parking, but caps that credit at 10 percent of…

Wyoming, Michigan lets developers count electric-vehicle charging spaces toward the minimum off-street parking a use is…

In the Van Dyke Mixed Use District, EV charging stations are allowed by right as an accessory use tied to the…

Michigan's Vehicle Code establishes uniform statewide procedures for declaring, towing, and disposing of abandoned…

Abandoned vehicles in Macomb County are processed under statute MCL 257.252a, enforced by the Sheriff in townships it…

Dearborn bans abandoning a vehicle on public or private property, presumes the last titled owner responsible, and fines…

Detroit bans keeping, parking, or storing inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles on any premises, including cars…

Farmington Hills bans storing junk or inoperative vehicles on residential property outside a completely enclosed…

Westland treats storing a junked or unlicensed automobile on private property as a blight factor the owner must remove…

Ann Arbor lets the City Administrator tag a vehicle that appears abandoned on public or private property; if it's not…

Any vehicle left on a Clinton Township street, road, or parking lot for more than forty-eight straight hours is…

Flint bans dismantled, wrecked, or junked vehicles on any street, and allows them on private property for only 15 days…

Michigan state law, not a county ordinance, defines abandoned vehicles. Under MCL 257.252a, a vehicle left on public…

Grand Rapids deems a vehicle abandoned after 48 hours parked in one spot on a public street, on private property…

Abandoned vehicles are governed statewide by the Michigan Vehicle Code. Under MCL 257.252a, a vehicle left on public…

Lansing police may impound any abandoned vehicle or transportation device left on a public way or public property…

Livonia police may remove any automobile, bicycle or other personal property parked, stored or left unattended on a…

Sterling Heights declares it a public nuisance to keep an abandoned vehicle -- one tagged by police and left 48-plus…

Troy bans keeping an inoperable vehicle outside a fully enclosed building for more than 14 days. A vehicle counts as…

Warren treats any vehicle left on private property without the owner's consent as abandoned. Sec. 22-72 lets property…

Wyoming, Michigan bars keeping an unregistered vehicle outdoors for more than seven days and bans outdoor storage of…

Parking next to any yellow-painted curb is illegal anywhere in Dearborn, whether or not a meter sits nearby: the same…

Genesee County has no countywide curb-painting rule. Curb markings that designate no-parking or loading areas are…

Grand Rapids prohibits painting or marking any curb or roadway surface unless the Proper Authority has authorized it…

Ann Arbor lets personal mobility vehicles like e-scooters park curbside anywhere motor vehicles may park, but the city…

Clinton Township requires every commercial, office and industrial building that receives or ships goods to provide…

Dearborn limits how long any vehicle can sit in a marked loading zone: only as long as it takes to actually load or…

Detroit bars vehicles from standing or parking in a marked loading zone except for the brief loading or unloading of…

In the City of Flint, a commercial vehicle using a designated loading zone may stop only to load or unload merchandise…

Grand Rapids caps loading zone use at 20 minutes without active loading or unloading, and lets the Proper Authority…

On Jackson County Parks and Recreation Commission property, Chapter VII, Section 1(A) bars parking in any place marked…

Loading zones on local streets are designated by each city or township, not the county. Kent County does directly…

Lansing requires off-street loading and unloading areas to be sized and screened: docks may not face the front yard or…

Loading and unloading a truck, or opening and breaking down boxes and crates, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. in a way that…

Macomb County has no countywide loading-zone ordinance for residential streets; loading zones are set and enforced by…

In county-owned parking areas, courthouse and park lots included, Ottawa County limits loading-zone parking to 30…

Sterling Heights requires off-street loading docks wherever the Planning Department finds a building or use needs one…

Troy's zoning ordinance requires on-site loading and unloading space for any use that receives or ships goods, sized at…

Manufacturing, warehouse, retail, hotel, hospital, and similar uses in Warren must provide on-site loading and…

Westland's zoning ordinance sets siting, size, and access standards for commercial loading berths, barring them within…

Any building in the City of Wyoming, Michigan used for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, retail sales or a similar…

Property owners inside Dearborn's downtown-adjacent residential parking district can get free permits so they aren't…

Grand Rapids can designate Residential Parking Permit zones where only vehicles displaying a valid city-issued permit…

Ann Arbor's City Administrator can designate residential parking districts where excessive non-resident parking is a…

Detroit residents can petition the City Clerk to designate their block as a residential parking permit area, requiring…

Dearborn's mayor may declare a citywide snow-emergency parking ban that bars all street parking except on posted snow…

Parking on a designated snow emergency route in Detroit is automatically banned once 2+ inches of snow or ice…

When Lansing declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on affected roadways, from limited downtown hours at Level 1…

Sterling Heights bans street parking citywide once the Director of Public Services declares a snow emergency, with…

When the mayor declares a snow alert, every vehicle must be off the affected streets within six hours or face towing…

Westland's mayor can declare a weather emergency and ban parking on both sides of every city street once snow or ice…

Ann Arbor's City Administrator can declare an on-street snow parking ban on some or all streets ahead of snow or…

Bay County's Ice and Snow Removal Ordinance bars anyone from shoveling, plowing or blowing snow and ice from private…

When the city manager declares a snow emergency for falling or forecast snow, sleet or freezing rain, parking is banned…

On streets posted as snow routes, Grand Rapids bans parking from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. whenever the City Manager restricts a…

When Livonia's mayor or mayor pro tem declares a snow alert, parking any motor vehicle or trailer on a city street…

Between November 15 and April 1, Shelby directs drivers to park in Municipal Lot B exactly as posted signage instructs…

When snow makes plowing necessary, Troy's City Manager can declare a snow emergency and ban parking on specific streets…

From December 1 through March 31, and during any declared snow emergency, Wyoming, Michigan allows on-street parking on…

Michigan regulates nonconsensual towing through the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300. MCL 257.252k makes an owner or…

Dearborn regulates non-consent towing through its own wrecker ordinance, Article VI of Chapter 18, not just through…

Detroit prints no tow rates in its code. Chapter 46, Article II, Division 5, rewritten in full by Ordinance No. 2021-34…

Wayne County sets no tow or storage rate anywhere in its code. Its impound law is a seizure and forfeiture scheme: Sec…

Flint police may tow on eight listed grounds under City Code § 28-38, including six or more unanswered parking tickets…

Westland Code Sec. 98-6 treats any vehicle parked contrary to the Code as a nuisance that the Westland Police…