Rockville, MD Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- No junk vehicle outside a junkyard
- Related limit
- 1 unlicensed vehicle per residential lot
- Enforced by
- City Code Official
- Governing code
- IPMC § 302.8.3, City-amended
Summary
Rockville bans keeping a junk vehicle anywhere in the city unless it sits in a lawfully licensed junkyard, under its Property Maintenance Code.
302.8.3 Junk vehicles. No junk vehicle shall be kept or maintained, except in an area lawfully licensed as a junkyard.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 5-287 adds IPMC § 302.8.3, stating flatly that no junk vehicle may be kept or maintained on any property except in an area lawfully licensed as a junkyard. It sits alongside a companion rule, § 302.8.4, capping any residential lot at one currently unlicensed motor vehicle and barring that vehicle from being in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or stripping unless it complies with the code's repair-window rule. Together the two sections give Rockville's Code Official the tool to order a derelict or wrecked vehicle removed from a yard, driveway, or street frontage without a separate junk-vehicle licensing process.
Violations & Fines
Keeping a junked or wrecked vehicle outside a licensed junkyard is a straight violation; the Code Official can issue a notice of violation and order the vehicle removed from the property.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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