[Adopted 2-28-1984 by Ord. No. 895 as
Art. III of Ch. 340 of the 1984 Code]
[Amended 8-3-1993 by Ord. No. 1040; 5-28-1996 by Ord. No.
1080]
Whenever, by this article or any other ordinance
of this City, any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited
on designated streets, no such regulations shall be effective unless
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected and in place at
the time of any alleged offense, except that no such signs need be
erected to make effective ordinances regulating the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles when these ordinances do not differ from the
provisions of Act No. 300, Public Acts of 1949, as amended. Further,
there shall be no requirement for the posting of signs prohibiting
commercial vehicles from being parked or stored on residentially zoned
property.
[Amended 8-3-1993 by Ord. No. 1040; 5-28-1996 by Ord. No.
1080; 2-11-1997 by Ord. No. 1089]
A.Â
A commercial vehicle may be parked on any street in
the City, subject to the following conditions:
[Amended 7-13-2021 by Ord. No. 1322]
(1)Â
The vehicle is used solely as a commercial vehicle
for business purposes.
(2)Â
The driver of the vehicle is an occupant of the residential
property where the vehicle is parked and is an employee of the business
for which the vehicle is used for commercial purposes.
(3)Â
The vehicle is that occupant’s principal means
of transportation to and from the business where they are employed.
(4)Â
The
vehicle is not a stake truck (with or without stakes in place), a
flatbed truck, a semitrailer-tractor or semitrailer, dump truck, tow
truck (wrecker), car hauler, step van, ice cream truck, vendors truck,
catering truck, cube van, or trailer, regardless of size, whether
attached or unattached, that is used for the storage of tools, boats,
vehicles, equipment, machinery, merchandise, inventory, supplies,
or waste by-products, including, but not limited to, leaves, clippings,
paper and/or building materials.
B.Â
The Chief of Police or his/her designee, for good
cause, may grant special parking permits permitting additional parking
of commercial vehicles during the above hours, provided that each
permit is granted for a definite period of time.
[1]
Editor's Note: At the request of the City,
former § 340-7, Parking on residentially zoned property,
added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1080, was deleted as being covered in
the Zoning Ordinance.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1080]
In any proceeding for violation of this article
where a motor vehicle displays a commercial license registration plate,
such registration shall constitute a prima facie presumption that
it is a commercial vehicle at the time of any alleged violation. In
any proceeding for violation of the weight-limitation provisions of
this article, the indicated weight on the vehicle's registration shall
constitute a prima facie presumption of the weight of the vehicle
at the time of any alleged violation, and any gross vehicle weight
classification indicated on the vehicle's registration or plate shall
constitute a prima facie presumption that the weight of the vehicle
was within such classification at the time of any alleged violation.
This article shall not become effective until
such signs as are required by the Michigan State Motor Vehicle Code
are posted at the appropriate places on highways at the corporate
limits of the City, indicating that the parking of commercial vehicles
is limited to 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
