Parking Rules in Evansville, IN (2026)

Evansville Municipal Code § 18.135.020(D)

Any vehicle requiring registration under IC 9-18.1 and IC 14-16, including but not limited to automotive vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, watercraft, off-road vehicles, and recreational vehicles such as motor homes, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel trailers, without proof of current registration displayed, shall not be parked or stored on any property zoned or used or for residential purposes o...

Evansville Municipal Code § 18.130.050(C)(8)

(8) With the exception of permitted driveways, all required front yards shall be planted and maintained in grass and/or other natural ground cover which establishes comparable aesthetic standards. (D) All required yards and setbacks are measured from the property line or the right-of-way line, whichever is more restrictive. (E) “Front yard” means the yard extending across the full width o...

Evansville Municipal Code § 10.15.080(A)

(A) No person shall park any motor vehicle which, in overall dimensions, is more than 21 feet long, more than eight feet wide, or more than nine feet high, nor any motor vehicle registered as having a gross vehicle weight of more than 11,000 pounds, on any street for more than 60 minutes per day, without written permission of the Board of Public Safety. This provision shall not apply to passeng...

Evansville Municipal Code § 10.15.050(A)(2), (A)(15) & (D)

(2) In front of a public or private driveway. ... (15) Within four feet of the edge of a driveway. ... (D) No person shall stand or park a vehicle on a street other than parallel with the edge of the street headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the street, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter.

Evansville Municipal Code § 18.135.085(A)(4)

(4) Electric Vehicle Charging Station Credit. Each parking space equipped with a separate electric vehicle charging station may be counted as two spaces toward the minimum number of required parking spaces. (B) Special Site Characteristics. (1) Closure of Curb Cut. The number of required off-street parking spaces may be reduced up to five percent for each driveway curb cut voluntarily rem...

Evansville Municipal Code § 8.10.100

(2) A vehicle left on public property without being moved for 24 hours. (3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way. (4) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than 48 hou...

Evansville Municipal Code § 10.15.030

Wherever by this chapter or any ordinance any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, it shall be the duty of the Traffic Director to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. No regulations shall be effective unless the signs are erected and in place at the time of the alleged offense or the curb is marked yellow. Yellow curb markings shall designate ...

Evansville Municipal Code § 10.15.200

No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle other than a truck for any purpose or length of time in any place marked as a freight curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to the zones are in effect. No person shall stop, stand, or park any truck for any purpose or length of time except for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pick-up and loading of materials in an...

Evansville Municipal Code § 10.55.020

Preferential resident parking areas are blocks which meet the following criteria: (1) The block or some part thereof shall fall within the areas generally bounded by St. Joseph Avenue on the west, Ninth Avenue on the east, West Virginia Street on the north, and West Indiana Street on the south; (2) A written petition signed by no less than 51 percent of the property owners of the block sh...

Evansville Municipal Code § 10.40.020

On a declaration by the Mayor or Board of Public Works that a snow emergency exists caused by heavy snowfall in the City, no parking shall be permitted on the routes listed below by any vehicle. After a declaration of a snow emergency, no parking shall be permitted on a snow route, and any vehicle found parked on a snow route may be towed by the City with the owner of the vehicle being responsi...

Evansville Municipal Code § 8.10.330

(B) When the Police Department orders that a vehicle be towed within the corporate limits of the City, the designated towing service authorized to tow the vehicle shall assess against the owner of the towed vehicle a City administrative fee of $100.00 which shall be collected in addition to any and all other applicable towing charges. (C) In addition, the designated towing service shall be auth...