Georgetown, KY Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Section 26-2(10) of the Georgetown Code is titled junked, wrecked or inoperative motor vehicles and automobile parts. It prohibits the storage of motor vehicles unfit for further use, a motor vehicle in inoperative condition, or automobile parts within the city limits, except where permitted by KRS 65.8840. The rule applies across the city and is not limited to the street: it is part of the list of conditions the code declares to be public nuisances.

Item (11) supplies three definitions. A motor vehicle in an inoperative condition is any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property which is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts, and which has remained in that condition for not less than ten consecutive days. A motor vehicle unfit for further use is any motor driven vehicle for conveying persons or property that is in a dangerous condition, has defective or missing parts, or is in such a condition generally as to be unfit for further use as a conveyance. Automobile parts are any portion or parts of any motor driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.

Notice goes to more than one person. Section 2-835(e) requires notices of violation or citations involving motor vehicles to be sent to the property owner or other person having control or management of the premises, and to the motor vehicle owner if known. Under § 26-4, the property owner or operator does not have to have created the problem, and a vehicle left by a guest or licensee can still count against the owner. The code's state law reference after § 26-2 points to KRS 189.751 and 189.753 on the presumption that certain motor vehicles are abandoned.