Titusville, FL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Sec. 13-56 defines an 'inoperative vehicle' as any self-propelled vehicle that is dismantled, partially dismantled, discarded, wrecked or demolished, or any highway-design vehicle without a current tag and registration. Sec. 13-71 flatly bars abandoning a vehicle anywhere in the city, and Sec. 13-72 separately bars leaving a partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked or junked vehicle on any street or highway, or parking any untagged vehicle on a street, highway or right-of-way. Sec. 13-73 caps how long an inoperative vehicle may sit on private property at seventy-two hours, and allows only one inoperative vehicle on a property during that window.

Four exceptions apply: a vehicle inside a fully enclosed structure; a vehicle under a commercially made, weatherproof, opaque cover that screens it from view; a vehicle stored on a lawfully operating business's premises when necessary to that business, kept in an approved screened storage area; and an off-road vehicle that is intact and operable even if not street-legal. An inoperative vehicle parked on a licensed truck or trailer does not qualify for any exception. Under Sec. 13-74, the city manager can post a removal notice on a violating vehicle, giving ten days to remove it, or just twelve hours if the vehicle sits on a public street or highway and poses a hazard, in which case it may be impounded immediately.

An owner can appeal by filing with the city clerk within four hours of the removal order, with the city council deciding at its next meeting; a denied appeal gives the owner twenty-four hours to remove the vehicle at their own expense. The city holds an impounded vehicle for twenty days, during which the owner can reclaim it by showing proof of ownership and paying towing, storage and a twenty-dollar administrative fee.