February 27, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Chirkun, Lucido, Green, Dianda, Lasinski, Yanez and Jones and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 674 (MCL 257.674), as amended by 2000 PA 268.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 674. (1) A vehicle shall not be parked, except if
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-
control device, in any of the following places:
(a) On a sidewalk.
(b) In front of a public or private driveway.
(c) Within an intersection.
(d) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(e) On a crosswalk.
(f) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk, or if there is not a
crosswalk, then within 15 feet of the intersection of property
lines at an intersection of highways.
(g) Within 30 feet of the approach to a flashing beacon, stop
sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a highway.
(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30
feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the end of a
safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by an official
sign or marking.
(i) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(j) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station
and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire station
within 75 feet of the entrance if properly marked by an official
sign.
(k) Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction,
if the stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
(l) On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of a street.
(m) Upon a bridge or other elevated highway structure or
within a highway tunnel.
(n) At a place where an official sign prohibits stopping or
parking.
(o) Within 500 feet of an accident at which a police officer
is in attendance, if the scene of the accident is outside of a city
or village.
(p) In front of a theater.
(q) In a place or in a manner that blocks immediate egress
from an emergency exit conspicuously marked as an emergency exit of
a building.
(r) In a place or in a manner that blocks or hampers the
immediate use of an immediate egress from a fire escape
conspicuously marked as a fire escape providing an emergency means
of egress from a building.
(s) In a parking space clearly identified by an official sign
as being reserved for use by disabled persons that is on public
property or private property available for public use, unless the
individual is a disabled person as described in section 19a or
unless the individual is parking the vehicle for the benefit of a
disabled person. In order for the vehicle to be parked in the
parking space the vehicle shall display 1 of the following:
(i) A certificate of identification or windshield placard
issued under section 675 to a disabled person.
(ii) A special registration plate issued under section 803d to
a disabled person.
(iii) A similar certificate of identification or windshield
placard issued by another state to a disabled person.
(iv) A similar special registration plate issued by another
state to a disabled person.
(v) A special registration plate to which a tab for persons
with disabilities is attached issued under this act.
(t) In a clearly identified access aisle or access lane
immediately adjacent to a space designated for parking by persons
with disabilities.
(u) On a street or other area open to the parking of vehicles
that results in the vehicle interfering with the use of a curb-cut
or ramp by persons with disabilities.
(v) Within 500 feet of a fire at which fire apparatus is in
attendance, if the scene of the fire is outside a city or village.
However, volunteer fire fighters responding to the fire may park
within 500 feet of the fire in a manner not to interfere with fire
apparatus at the scene. A vehicle parked legally previous to the
fire is exempt from this subdivision.
(w)
In Except as otherwise
provided in this subdivision, in
violation of an official sign restricting the period of time for or
manner of parking. A motorcycle that is part of a motorcycle
procession and that is parked in violation of an official sign
restricting the period of time for parking is exempt from this
subdivision.
(x) In a space controlled or regulated by a meter on a public
highway or in a publicly owned parking area or structure, if the
allowable time for parking indicated on the meter has expired,
unless the vehicle properly displays 1 or more of the items listed
in section 675(8).
(y) On a street or highway in such a way as to obstruct the
delivery of mail to a rural mailbox by a carrier of the United
States
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(z) In a place or in a manner that blocks the use of an alley.
(aa) In a place or in a manner that blocks access to a space
clearly designated as a fire lane.
(2) A person shall not move a vehicle not owned by the person
into a prohibited area or away from a curb a distance that makes
the parking unlawful.
(3) A bus, for the purpose of taking on or discharging
passengers, may be stopped at a place described in subsection
(1)(b), (d), or (f) or on the roadway side of a vehicle illegally
parked in a legally designated bus loading zone. A bus, for the
purpose of taking on or discharging a passenger, may be stopped at
a place described in subsection (1)(n) if the place is posted by an
appropriate bus stop sign, except that a bus shall not stop at such
a place if the stopping is specifically prohibited by the
responsible local authority, the state transportation department,
or the director of the department of state police.
(4) A person who violates this section is responsible for a
civil infraction.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 4919 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into
law.