Parking Rules in Volusia County, FL (2026)
6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Volusia County, Florida.
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RV & Boat Parking
In unincorporated Volusia County, an RV, boat, or utility trailer counts as an accessory use on a residential lot, but it can't sit in the open strip between the front lot line and the house. Section 72-287 allows temporary front-yard driveway staging for loading, cleanup, or trip prep, capped at 36 hours a week, plus a disability exception for a handicap-placard holder.
Volusia County RV, Boat & Trailer Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsVolusia County Code § 72-287(c), (d)
(c)Mobile recreational shelters or vehicles in residential areas...mobile recreational shelters and vehicles, utility trailers, watercraft and other trailers are permitted as an accessory use in the RR, R-1 through R-6, R-9, MH-4, MH-5, MH-6 and the single- and two-family residential areas of the PUD classification...(2)Mobile recreational shelters or vehicles and watercraft may also be tempora...
Driveway Rules
In unincorporated Volusia County, you cannot park a car, RV, trailer, or boat anywhere in the strip of yard that runs the full width of your lot between the front lot line and your house. Code § 72-287(d) confines that parking to an actual driveway sitting between the house and the front-yard building setback line.
Volusia County Front-Yard Driveway Parking Rule
Some RestrictionsVolusia County Code § 72-287(d)
(d)Residential parking. In the RR, R-1 through R-6, R-9, MH-4, MH-5, MH-6, and the single- and two-family residential use areas of PUD classifications, motor vehicles, mobile recreational shelters or vehicles, trailers and watercraft, shall not be parked anywhere within that portion of the lot lying across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the principal structure. However...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Trucks and other commercial vehicles over 26,001 pounds GVW cannot park in Volusia County's R-1 through R-9 and most mobile-home residential districts except while actively loading or unloading. Smaller commercial vehicles are capped at two per lot elsewhere, under Code § 72-287(a).
Volusia County Commercial Vehicle Parking Limits
Significant RestrictionsVolusia County Code § 72-287(a)
(1)No truck tractor, semitrailer, commercial bus, cutaway van, (except for those allowed in subsection (b)(6), below, chassis cab truck, or any other commercial vehicle or commercial truck with a gross vehicle weight greater than 26,001 pounds (as determined by the greater of the vehicle registration or the manufacturer's specification) shall be parked, except while being actively loaded or unl...
Abandoned Vehicles
Unincorporated Volusia County bans inoperative, wrecked, partially dismantled, or unregistered vehicles from any public right-of-way and from private property unless inside a fully enclosed garage. Sec. 118-33 and 118-34 give owners 21 days after written notice to fix a violation before code enforcement acts.
Volusia County Abandoned Vehicle Ban
Some RestrictionsVolusia County Code §§ 118-33, 118-34(a)
It is hereby found by the county council that abandoned vehicles, defined for the purpose of this article as those vehicles that are inoperative, wrecked, partially dismantled or otherwise mechanically incapable of being operated in their present condition, or without current state license tags, if required, are a public nuisance... All vehicles which are inoperative as described in section 118...
Loading Zones
Volusia County's Sec. 72-286 requires dedicated off-street loading spaces sized to a use's floor area -- one space for 3,000 to 10,000 square feet of retail, restaurant or service space, two for up to 20,000, and an added space for each further 20,000 square feet. Off-street parking can't substitute for it.
Volusia County Off-Street Loading Requirements
Some RestrictionsVolusia County Code of Ordinances § 72-286(7)-(9)
(7) Required off-street loading. Off-street loading areas are required in order to provide adequate space for the loading and unloading of goods, without interfering with the public use of streets, or off-street parking spaces. Off-street parking spaces may not be used to meet off-street loading requirements. (8) Off-street loading space dimensional requirements. The dimensions, design, and loc...
Towing & Impound Rights
Volusia County caps what a wrecker may charge for a tow that starts inside the county, but since Ord. No. 2024-25 the dollar figures are no longer printed in the code. Sec. 118-98 defines four vehicle weight classes and sets each maximum "as adopted by resolution" of the county council. What the code does still fix is the shape of the bill: a flat, all-inclusive fee, the first six hours of storage free, no other fee of any kind for the first 12 hours, and an after-hours release fee capped at $35.00.
Volusia County Tow Caps: Six Free Hours, Rates Set by Resolution
Significant RestrictionsVolusia County Code §§ 118-98, 118-104
[Sec. 118-98:] (a)The maximum rates for towing a vehicle, for the storage of a towed vehicle... shall be as follows:(1)Class A vehicles (gross vehicle weight rating at 5,999 pounds or less...) as adopted by resolution...(4)Class D vehicles (gross vehicle weight rating at more than 26,000 pounds) as adopted by resolution... (d)The maximum rates established by resolution shall be a flat fee which...
Parking Rules by City in Volusia County
3 cities in Volusia County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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