Homestead, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Section 19-71, in Chapter 19's Article IV on abandoned vehicles, bars anyone from parking or placing "any abandoned or mechanically incapacitated motor vehicle or boat on any public or private property within the city," or letting one remain on private property, unless it sits inside a building or behind walls tall enough to block it from view of neighboring property. On public property, Section 19-72 requires the code enforcement officer to post a weatherproof notice at least 8 by 10 inches directly on the vehicle, giving the owner five days to remove it before the city can remove and destroy it.

On private property, Section 19-73 routes enforcement through the citation procedure in Section 7-31 instead of the five-day tag. Once the city seizes a vehicle, Section 19-75 lets it hold the property in a storage garage or lot for up to 90 days. During that window, Section 19-76 requires the code enforcement officer to try to notify the owner and lets the owner reclaim the vehicle on proof of ownership plus payment of storage and seizure costs. If nobody claims it within the 90 days, Section 19-77 authorizes the city or its designee to sell it.

Section 19-74 backs the officer's authority: obstructing or resisting a code enforcement officer carrying out this article is itself unlawful, while the officer is immune from civil or criminal liability for good-faith trespass while enforcing it.