Coral Springs, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Section 16½-2 defines abandoned personal property to include wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, and other articles left abandoned and unprotected from the elements, on either public or private property. Section 16½-6 declares all such property a public nuisance. Under Section 16½-7, an enforcement officer must post a weatherproof notice at least eight by ten inches on the item giving the owner five days to remove it, and must mail certified notice to both the property owner and, if identifiable, the article's owner.

Section 16½-8(a)-(b) allows the city, after that five-day window, to remove the property itself or have it towed and stored, retaining any salvage value against removal costs and charging the registered owner an administrative fee to reclaim it. It is separately unlawful under (c) to move abandoned property, including inoperative vehicles, from private to public property once it has been posted. Subsection (d) is the operative rule for driveways and yards: an inoperative vehicle cannot sit on private property unless fully enclosed in a building or in a designated storage area screened by a wall or hedge.

If the property poses an imminent health or safety hazard, (e) lets an officer remove it immediately, with the property owner later billed for removal and any required cleanup. 1 of the Land Development Code.