7 rules for unincorporated Indian River County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Indian River County zoning keeps boats, RVs, and trailers off front yards and street rights-of-way, generally allowing them on a driveway or screened to the side or rear. On the boating-heavy Treasure Coast, HOA and CDD covenants often go further.
Driveway and yard parking in Indian River County is set by county code. Vehicles kept in open view must be operable and validly tagged, inoperable or unlicensed vehicles must be enclosed, and HOA covenants add surface and screening rules.
Indian River County limits parking heavy commercial vehicles, tractor-trailers, and oversized equipment in residential zones, while Florida's 2024 HOA law protects a resident's right to keep a personal work truck in the driveway.
On-street parking in Indian River County follows county rules and Florida traffic law, which bars parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and on sidewalks or crosswalks. Most of the county is unincorporated.
Fla. Stat. 316.1945
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places: ... On a sidewalk. ... On a crosswalk. ... Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
Indian River County has no blanket overnight street-parking ban, but a vehicle cannot obstruct traffic or sit long enough to be treated as abandoned. HOA and CDD communities post their own overnight limits.
EV charging rules in Indian River County are enabling. A home charger needs only an electrical permit, and Florida law protects condo and HOA residents' right to install charging for their own use.
Under Fla. Stat. 705.103, abandoned and derelict vehicles on public or private property can be taken into custody and removed after notice. Indian River County code separately bars storing inoperable, unlicensed, or junk vehicles in open view.
Fla. Stat. 705.103
Whenever a law enforcement officer ascertains that an article of lost or abandoned property is present on public property and is of such nature that it can be easily removed, the officer shall take such article into custody and shall make a reasonable attempt to ascertain the rightful owner or lienholder pursuant to the provisions of this section.
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