Parking Rules in Clay County, FL (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Clay County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Clay County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Street Parking Limits

Clay County bans parking or stopping in a long list of spots on unincorporated county roads and in the City of Keystone Heights: on sidewalks, in intersections, on crosswalks, in front of driveways, and within set distances of fire hydrants and crosswalks. Every parked vehicle also has to sit within 12 inches of the curb, and violations draw a same-day parking ticket.

Clay County Rules for Stopping and Parking on Streets

Some Restrictions

Clay County Code of Ordinances § 13-53

(a) Within the unincorporated areas of Clay County, Florida, and within the City of Keystone Heights, Florida, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or other directions of the sheriff or his deputy or official traffic-control device, no person shall: (1) Stop, stand or park a vehicle: a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the ...

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Abandoned Vehicles

Keeping a junk or abandoned vehicle on public or private property anywhere in Clay County is against the code, and the process is the same either way: the enforcement officer posts a notice on the vehicle, mails a copy to the owner, and the owner gets 15 days to remove it or face a misdemeanor charge and county-ordered destruction.

Clay County Junk Vehicle Removal on Any Property

Some Restrictions

Clay County Code of Ordinances §§ 14-17, 14-19

No person shall abandon or keep any junk vehicle on any public property or on any private property in the county. ... Whenever the enforcement officer of the county ascertains that a junk vehicle is present on private property in unincorporated areas of the county, he shall cause a notice of sufficient size and weather-proofing to be placed upon the junk vehicle. In addition to said posting, he...

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