Noblesville, IN Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Chapter 99 of the Noblesville Code of Ordinances targets abandoned and junk vehicles as a public nuisance, finding in § 99.03 that they shelter vermin, create confined spaces like trunks that can trap people, and produce a 'scenic blight' harmful to the city's economic welfare. The time limits in § 99.04 turn that nuisance finding into enforceable rules: a vehicle cannot sit on public property, unmoved, for more than three days, or in any position that blocks pedestrian or vehicle traffic in the right-of-way, under § 99.04(A); a vehicle left on private property without the owner's or controller's consent cannot stay past 48 hours under § 99.04(B); and any wrecked, junked, partially dismantled or apparently inoperable vehicle, licensed or not, cannot sit on private property for more than 20 days unless it is fully enclosed in a building or connected to a lawfully operating business, under § 99.04(C).

The definitions in § 99.01 sweep in more than cars, covering travel trailers, mobile homes, motorcycles, boats, buses and semi-trucks that are inoperable, unregistered, partially dismantled, wrecked, or worth only their scrap value. On public property, § 99.05(A) has a city officer tag the vehicle and try to notify the owner, then have it towed by a junk, salvage or wrecker service at the owner's expense if it isn't removed within three days. On private property, § 99.05(C) requires certified-mail or personal notice to the property owner with ten days to abate before the city pursues removal.