Full Notification

City Council passed a resolution on February 19th which will raise the annual parking permit from $35 to $45. This resolution also includes a fee being required for the issuance of temporary parking permits which are good for 30 days. The fee for a temporary permit will be $10.

Temporary permits will only be issued for:

(1) residents with out of town visitors where the parking of the visitors’ vehicles cannot be accommodated in the resident’s driveway.

(2) to persons who demonstrate temporary circumstances which would make compliance with this section impossible or unduly harsh. Such circumstances shall include but not be restricted to situations involving home improvement work, property maintenance projects, and other specific events. There will be no fee for residents in these circumstances.

The Parking Pass Fee increase goes into effect April 1, 2020. Applications for annual passes or temporary passes can be made at the Harper Woods Police Department front desk anytime beginning March 16.

The complete ordinance is listed below:

Sec. 25-4. - On-street overnight parking prohibited.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any street in this city between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

(b) The chief of police or his designated representative may issue an annual permit for on-street parking to any person who demonstrates that the physical requirements of his property or other circumstances of a permanent nature would make compliance with this section impossible or would impose an extreme hardship upon such person.

(c) In the event the chief of police or his designated representative shall determine that any person shall be entitled to a permit for on-street parking in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, such permit shall be in the form of a sticker which shall be affixed by such person to the lower left front windshield of his vehicle. Such permits shall be issued for specific vehicles only and shall not be transferable. Annual permits shall expire on March 31 and shall be renewable upon the showing of continued need.

(d) April 1 of each year there shall be a fee for each annual permit for on-street parking. The amount of the fee shall be established by resolution of the city council.

(e) The chief of police or his designated representative may issue temporary permits for a fixed period not to exceed thirty (30) days to persons who demonstrate temporary circumstances which would make compliance with this section impossible or unduly harsh. Such circumstances shall include but not be restricted to situations involving home improvement work, property maintenance projects, and other specific events, provided, however, that the chief of police or his designated representative may, for good cause shown, suspend the requirement of a temporary permit for a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours.

(f) The temporary permits shall be in the form of a card which shall be affixed to the sun visor and be displayed so as to be visible through the front windshield while such vehicle is parked on any street of this city between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

(g) The possession of any permit shall not be construed to allow parking which is otherwise prohibited.