Smithtown, NY Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Beyond outright abandonment, Section 293-2 separately bars parking or abandoning a vehicle on a public highway during a snowstorm, flood, fire or other emergency, leaving a vehicle unattended where it obstructs traffic, and displaying or parking a vehicle for sale on nine named roads, including State Routes 25, 25A and 347, Smithtown Boulevard, Veterans Memorial Highway, Terry Road, Indian Head Road, Motor Parkway and Route 111, or within 250 feet of any intersecting street. Section 293-3 authorizes the Superintendent of Highways, or other Town personnel the Town Board designates, to remove vehicles under any of those conditions and administers state Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1224.

After removal, Section 293-4 lets the Town store the vehicle at the owner's expense and redeem it for the Town's actual removal cost, capped at $250 for a passenger car, truck, bus or other motor vehicle, plus storage not exceeding $10 per day. Section 293-5 requires the Town to promptly report the removal to the Suffolk County Police Department so it can locate and notify the owner. Section 293-6 lets the Town convert unclaimed vehicles worth more than $750 to Town use, up to 1% of unclaimed vehicles or two vehicles a year, whichever is greater. Police, fire, ambulance and government vehicles on official business, including snow removal and flood control, are exempt under Section 293-7.