Washington County, MN Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

1(4)(D). It applies to any property in unincorporated Washington County and its townships, whether the vehicle sits in a driveway, yard or field; the only way to keep an inoperable vehicle on site longer than a week is to store it fully inside an enclosed building or to hold a license as an authorized vehicle reduction yard. The Development Code does not separately define "inoperable," so enforcement turns on whether the vehicle can move under its own power. This standard governs unincorporated county land only; Stillwater, Woodbury, Oakdale, Cottage Grove, Forest Lake and the county's other cities enforce their own junk or abandoned vehicle ordinances within their city limits.