257.942 Local ordinances.
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257.942 Local ordinances.
Sec. 2.
The governing body of a city or village, or the board of a township, may, upon the request of either the owner or the person in charge of the general operation and control of the parking area, by local ordinance:
(a)Order stop signs, yield signs, or other traffic control devices erected at specified entrance or exit locations to a parking area or at an intersection in the parking area.
(b)Regulate traffic in the parking area, including regulation by means of traffic control signals.
(c)Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations in the parking area.
(d)Regulate the crossing of a roadway in the parking area by pedestrians.
(e)Designate a separate roadway, drive, or lane in the parking area for 1-way traffic.
(f)Prohibit, regulate, restrict, or limit the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in specified areas of the parking area.
(g)Designate safety zones, loading zones, and other restricted area in the parking area.
(h)Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned in the parking area during snowstorms, floods, fires, or other public emergencies, or found unattended in the parking area, if the vehicles constitute an obstruction to traffic or if stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited, and for the payment of reasonable charges for the removal and storage by the owner or operator of the vehicle.
(i)Adopt additional reasonable rules with respect to traffic and parking in a parking area as local conditions may require for the safety and convenience of the public or of the users of the parking area.
History: 1969, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 630, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979