Manitou Springs, CO Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

28, Junk Automobiles, Debris, restricts more than dead cars. 010(A) bars accumulating junk, debris or stored material in residentially zoned areas, with a narrow allowance for construction building materials kept no longer than three months. 010(B) allows accumulation only with a permit issued by the city council, and whatever is stored has to be shielded from public view and from neighboring properties by an opaque fence or enclosure. 010(C): it is illegal to keep or store on any premises in the city a car, motorcycle or similar machine that is inoperable, unlicensed, or being dismantled or partially dismantled, unless it sits inside an enclosed building.

Two exceptions apply: a vehicle kept in a storage yard the city council has approved is exempt, and a single inoperative vehicle may be worked on in a yard or driveway for up to fourteen days if no enclosed space is available and both the vehicle and the work area are kept neat and orderly. Past fourteen days, with more than one inoperative vehicle outside, or without keeping the area orderly, the exception no longer applies and the vehicle becomes a code violation regardless of the owner's intent to repair it.