Oregon, OH Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

11(a) defines a "junked or abandoned motor vehicle" as one that is both left outside, meaning kept on the owner's own private property for 48 hours or longer, left on someone else's private property for 24 hours or longer without permission, or parked on a public street or within a road right-of-way for 18 hours or longer, and extensively damaged, meaning it has deflated, wrecked or missing tires or rims, missing or wrecked body parts, broken or missing headlights, taillights or brake lights, broken or missing windows or windshields, or a missing motor or transmission.

Subsection (b) separately bars outside storage of any vehicle that is simply "incapable of being operated" in the City, whether because it isn't currently registered, isn't mechanically operable, or is extensively damaged by the same criteria, even without meeting the time thresholds. Enforcement follows subsection (c): a violation is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, and once the Mayor or the Chief of Police sends written notice to the property's record owner and to the vehicle's owner, both must remove the vehicle or correct the condition within the time the notice states; if they fail to do so, the Mayor or Chief of Police can have the work done at the City's direction.

The section exempts commercial garages, scrap processors, automobile wreckers and repair shops, along with vehicles actually undergoing repairs there. 07 separately classifies a residentially-zoned vehicle used mainly for storage, stripped or dismantled, parked off an approved surface, or exceeding 12,000 pounds gross weight with more than two axles as a public nuisance subject to the Chapter 1341 abatement process.