HB 5643

HOUSE BILL NO. 5643
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 674 (MCL 257.674), as amended by
2021 PA 43.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 674. (1) A vehicle must 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 must 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 violation of
an official sign restricting the period of time for or manner of parking.
(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 Postal Service.
(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.
(bb) On a streetcar
track or in a manner that blocks, delays, or otherwise interferes with the
movement of a streetcar on a streetcar track.
(cc) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a center median.
(2) A person shall
not move a vehicle not owned by the person into a prohibited area under
subsection (1) 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) In addition to the exceptions provided in subsection (1), a vehicle
may be parked in a center median if it is temporarily necessary for a delivery
driver of any kind to safely complete the pickup or delivery of goods or
services and if no reasonable alternative parking location is available. For
the purposes of this subsection, a center median is considered part of the
roadway.
(5) (4) A
person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.