Nassau County, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Nassau County Code § 18¼-4 bars owners, lessees and occupants of real property in the OR (three acres or less), RS-1, RS-2, RM, RT, RG-1, RG-2, RMH, CN, CG, CI, recreation and open space, and PUD zoning categories from storing more than one inoperable vehicle on the lot at a time. The chapter's definitions section, § 18¼-1, defines an inoperable vehicle as one required to be licensed or registered in Florida that is in such condition it cannot be started and moved under its own power, a standard that catches a car up on blocks, missing an engine, or simply dead and unlicensed sitting in a yard.

The single vehicle that is allowed may stay for no more than 30 days before it becomes a violation in its own right. The exceptions are narrow: a vehicle stored completely inside an enclosed building, or one on the grounds of a properly zoned junkyard or vehicle repair/storage business, doesn't count against the one-vehicle cap. Owners of larger OR-zoned parcels of four acres or more get additional flexibility under the same section, but with conditions attached: the vehicle must sit at least 300 feet from any property boundary, and if it's visible from an adjoining property or road as determined by a code enforcement officer, it has to be screened inside a pole barn or fully enclosed permitted building. Inoperable vehicles are never allowed on public property or rights-of-way for any length of time. chapters 125 and 162.