Flint, MI Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Private property limit
- 15 days
- Street/highway limit
- 0 days (banned outright)
- Enforcement
- Director of Public Works or police
- Expired plate
- presumed a violation
Summary
Flint bans dismantled, wrecked, or junked vehicles on any street, and allows them on private property for only 15 days before they must be removed.
No person shall leave any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked or junked vehicle on any street or highway within the City. (Ord. 2420, passed 12-27-1973) § 28-207 ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; ON BUSINESS PREMISES; IN STORAGE. No person in charge or control of any property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicle to remain on such property longer than 15 days; and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within the City for a longer time than 15 days; except that this ordinance shall not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the operation of the business enterprise, or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the City. (Ord. 2420, passed 12-27-1973)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2016 Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 3821, passed 3-1-2012).
Full Breakdown
Under Chapter 28, Article XVII of the Flint City Code, no one may leave a partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, or junked vehicle on any street or highway in the City of Flint. On private property, an owner, tenant, occupant, or lessee may not let such a vehicle sit longer than 15 days. Exceptions apply for vehicles inside an enclosed building, on active business-enterprise premises where the vehicle is necessary to operations, or in a City-maintained storage depository. A vehicle without a current-year state license plate is presumed to violate the ordinance. The rule is enforced by the Director of Public Works, a Community Service Officer, or any City of Flint police officer, separate from the distinct § 28-31 through § 28-36 procedure for towing vehicles abandoned on public property after a 48-hour notice.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a wrecked, junked, or dismantled vehicle on a street, or on private property beyond 15 days; violations are enforced by the Director of Public Works or Flint police.
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