Cambridge, MA Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

' The 72-hour clock runs whether the vehicle sits on a public street, a private driveway, a parking lot or any other property, so long as whoever owns or leases that property has not agreed to let the vehicle stay. The same section addresses disposal directly: 'any person who wishes to junk such a vehicle must contract with a private disposal agency,' meaning a resident cannot simply abandon a vehicle in place to be scrapped and must instead arrange removal through a licensed junk or towing company.

020 sets the enforcement path outside the local code itself: 'any person who violates this chapter shall be prosecuted in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 22B,' the state statute covering abandoned and unregistered motor vehicles, rather than under a locally set Cambridge fine. 08 sits within Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, immediately after the chapter adopting the City's general traffic regulations by reference.