Jupiter, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Town Code § 13-9 governs everyday driveway storage: an inoperative motor vehicle (one that cannot legally be driven due to mechanical failure, missing tags, insurance or similar problems) may sit in a residential zoning district for up to 30 days. " Section 13-69 covers the more serious category, a "junked vehicle," meaning one that is inoperative, unregistered, wrecked or dismantled, abandoned, or inoperative for 30 continuous days after a notice of violation. The location of a junked vehicle on any lot, tract or parcel, private, improved or unimproved, occupied or unoccupied, within the town is deemed a public nuisance, and it is unlawful for an owner to let one exist on his own property or dump it on someone else's.

Section 13-69 carves out three exceptions: a vehicle fully enclosed inside a building and not visible from outside, a vehicle lawfully parked at a licensed dealer or junkyard, and an unlicensed inoperable vehicle undergoing continuous repair that is screened from public view by a fence, trees or shrubbery. Section 13-70 separately bars placing or leaving any junked vehicle or abandoned property on public or private property outright. 00 fine under § 13-78.