Logan, UT Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Logan Municipal Code § 8.38.020(F) makes it unlawful to cause or permit any inoperable, junked or unused vehicle to be in or upon any public or private property. The one business exception covers an enterprise lawfully situated, licensed and permitted for that use. Subsection (G) adds a household allowance: up to, but no more than, two (2) such vehicles on a person's own property, kept behind a six foot (6') opaque fence or structure that blocks the view of the vehicles from public or private property.

Section 8.32.010 defines the term in three parts. A vehicle qualifies if parts are in disrepair or removed so that it is incapable of being safely or legally operated, if it has been wrecked or damaged so that in its present condition it cannot safely or legally be operated, or if it is a motor vehicle that has not been registered for any time in excess of one year. An unregistered motor vehicle can therefore fall inside the definition on registration status alone.

Towing runs through § 10.52.040(B). A vehicle can be impounded with notice when it is an abandoned or junked vehicle, and the section prints that state code 41-6a-1408 defines abandoned as left unattended for 48 hours on a highway or road. Notice of the proposed impoundment must be securely attached to and conspicuously displayed on the vehicle for forty eight (48) hours before the tow. Where the owner is ascertainable, verbal notice must be attempted by telephone or at the registered owner's address if possible. After the tow, notice is mailed within twenty four (24) hours, Sundays and holidays excluded, and describes the vehicle by make, model, color, year, license and vehicle identification number.

For a vehicle sitting on private property, § 8.38.060 routes violations of chapter 8.38 into the written notice, hearing and appeal steps of §§ 8.32.060 through 8.32.090.