Plantation, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Private-property threshold
- 24 hours without owner consent
- Removal notice period
- 10 days to request a hearing
- Hearing venue
- Code Enforcement Board or Special Master
- Post-hearing compliance window
- 48 hours
- Unpaid-cost fine
- $250 per violation
- Reclaim window before sale
- 2 months
Summary
Plantation bans storing an abandoned vehicle in the open on public or private property under Code of Ordinances Sec. 12-22. A vehicle is legally abandoned if unlicensed, left unmoved on public property 24+ hours, blocking traffic, left on private property without consent 24+ hours, or inoperative from missing or defective parts.
Abandoned means: (1)Any vehicle located on public property or private property that does not have lawfully affixed thereto or displayed thereon a valid, unexpired license plate that permits its operation upon the highways of the State of Florida.(2)Any vehicle or part thereof that is left on public property continuously without being moved for a period of twenty-four (24) hours or more...(4)Any vehicle or part thereof that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of such private property, for a continuous period of twenty-four (24) hours or more...No person shall deposit, store or keep, or permit to be deposited, stored or kept, in the open upon public or private property an abandoned vehicle.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 30 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Once the code enforcement officer identifies an abandoned vehicle under Sec. W. 73rd Avenue. A copy is mailed to the vehicle's owner and, for private-property vehicles, to the property owner listed on Broward County's tax rolls under Sec. 12-23(c)-(d). If no hearing is requested within 10 days, or the owner fails to comply within 48 hours of a hearing decision, the enforcement officer may tow the vehicle and have it stored, destroyed, traded, donated, or sold, with proceeds going to the city's general fund. Private-property removals additionally require a specific finding such as a fire hazard, traffic hazard, attractive nuisance to children, unsafe wind-hazard condition, use for habitation, or criminal activity under Sec.
12-23(f). Under Sec. 12-24, an owner may reclaim a stored vehicle within two months by paying all removal, storage, and fine charges; unclaimed vehicles may then be sold as junk under Sec. 1, with any balance after costs deposited into the general fund.
Violations & Fines
Owners who fail to pay removal, storage, and destruction costs after notice face a $250 fine under Sec. 12-23(e)-(f), on top of liability for the underlying towing and storage charges. Interfering with an enforcement officer carrying out a removal is a second-degree misdemeanor under the state trespass-interference statute adopted by reference in Sec. 12-26, punishable per F.S. §§ 775.082-775.083.
Frequently Asked Questions
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