Flagler County, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Flagler County's Litter Control article (Ch. 27, Art. II) defines litter broadly to include unused, unusable, unwanted, rejected, discarded, abandoned, neglected or scattered materials or property, and its illustrative list under Sec. 27-29(k) names 'Abandoned vehicles' alongside discarded appliances, tires and building materials. Sec. 27-29(b) defines an 'act of litter' as growing, accumulating, maintaining, storing, transporting, discarding or disposing of litter on any public or private property, right-of-way or easement, or in any canal, lake or river the county has jurisdiction over, in a way that constitutes a nuisance.

Sec. 27-30(1) makes it a violation for any person to cause, create, permit, allow or contribute to an act of litter, which reaches a vehicle left abandoned in a yard, lot or right-of-way in the unincorporated county. Litter that is 'controlled,' meaning screened or blocked from public view and smell by fencing, walls or coverings pending transportation and disposal, is exempted under Sec. 27-31(3), so a vehicle actively awaiting pickup behind an enclosure is treated differently than one simply left to accumulate. The article applies countywide but only within the unincorporated area (Sec.

27-28); Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach, Bunnell and Marineland each enforce their own junk-vehicle or nuisance ordinances inside city limits. A person who cannot afford to remove nuisance litter, including a vehicle, may petition the county for removal assistance if they can establish a lack of financial means, though the county has sole discretion to grant it (Sec. 27-32(b)).