Port St. Lucie's property maintenance code bars keeping any inoperative motor vehicle on a property unless inside an enclosed structure, and prohibits vehicles in major disassembly. Unincorporated St. Lucie County treats junk, wrecked, or unregistered vehicles left outside as a code violation.
Under Port St. Lucie's Property Maintenance Code, Section 41.08(e), no inoperative motor vehicle may be parked, kept, or stored on any premises unless in an enclosed structure, and no vehicle or parts may be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or being stripped. Vehicle painting is limited to approved spray booths. On the public right-of-way, Section 72.01(i) prohibits abandoning a vehicle for more than 24 hours. Unincorporated St. Lucie County code compliance treats an unserviceable, wrecked, or unregistered vehicle (flat tires, missing parts, not road-worthy) left in the open as a violation. Florida Statute 705.103 governs removal and disposal of abandoned or lost property, including vehicles.
Inoperable-vehicle violations are enforced by code compliance after notice; unresolved cases go to a special magistrate or nuisance abatement with daily fines and possible towing.
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