No Parking Between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.

[cruel_nv]

Hello. I live in Southfield, Michigan (Oakland county). Last night I received a ticket for a parking violation in which my car was parked on a residential street between the hours of 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. I didn't realize that it was prohibited, and no signs were posted that stated I couldn't. I understand that I'd have given tacit consent by parking there, but I was wondering if there was anything in Michigan's laws that states that it must be posted on the street in order to give the ticket. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.


On a side note, is there any reason that on the ticket where "Officer's Name (printed)" is, it appears to be a signature and unreadable? Shouldn't they have to make it legible?

[CaliforniaMom]

I can't answer your question, but I will say that I worked in a traffic court for 5 years in Los Angeles, and most of our officers should have been doctors because their handwriting (and especially their signatures) were downright illegible -- and it was allowed.

[cruel_nv]

I can't answer your question, but I will say that I worked in a traffic court for 5 years in Los Angeles, and most of our officers should have been doctors because their handwriting (and especially their signatures) were downright illegible -- and it was allowed.

Thanks for the info.

After doing some research, I found this under Michigan laws:

(3) An ordinance or regulation enacted under subsection (1)(a), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), or (j) shall not be enforceable until signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or street or part of the highway or street affected, as may be most appropriate, and are sufficiently legible as to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. The posting of signs giving the notice shall not be required for a local ordinance which does not differ from the provisions of this act regulating the parking or standing of vehicles; nor to ordinances of general application throughout the jurisdiction of the municipalities enacting the ordinances which prohibit, limit, or restrict all night parking or parking during the early morning hours, if signs, approximately 3 feet by 4 feet, sufficiently legible as to be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of these ordinances relating to all night parking or parking during the early morning hours, are posted on highways at the corporate limits of the municipality.

So, according to that, if there is not a 3 ft by 4 ft sign at the "corporate limits of the municipality" (city limits?) then the ticket can't be enforced, right? Any idea how I find out the corporate limits of the municipality?

[seniorjudge]

Q: So, according to that, if there is not a 3 ft by 4 ft sign at the "corporate limits of the municipality" (city limits?) then the ticket can't be enforced, right?

A: Plead not guilty. Have a trial and use this as your defense.



Q: Any idea how I find out the corporate limits of the municipality?

A: Yes. Ask the municipality.