Boynton Beach, FL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Right-of-way parking
- Banned at all times
- Social-event exception
- Up to 12 hours per 24 hrs
- Short-term rental exception
- Not available (§ 14-5(a)(4)b)
- Enforcement tools
- Fine, boot, or towing
- Governing section
- City Code § 14-5(a)(4)
Summary
Boynton Beach bans parking a vehicle on any public right-of-way, yard, swale, or easement adjacent to a street at any time under City Code Sec. 14-5(a)(4). A narrow exception allows temporary parking for a residential social event, but only for up to 12 hours in any 24-hour period, and it never applies to short-term rentals.
(4)No person shall at any time stop, stand, park, or allow to be parked a vehicle on public right-of-way, a public or private yard, swale, or easement adjacent to a paved or unpaved road or street. This provision shall not apply during an "open house" or other special or social event in areas where temporary parking is permitted by the host or neighbors and is parked in a manner that does not obstruct traffic flow.a.Temporary parking of vehicles in a yard is permitted for social or other events held at a residence, provided such parking shall not exceed twelve (12) hours in a twenty-four (24) hour period.b.The foregoing exception does not apply to short-term rentals.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 2 Update 4).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 14-5(a)(4) provides that no person shall at any time stop, stand, park, or allow to be parked a vehicle on public right-of-way, a public or private yard, swale, or easement adjacent to a paved or unpaved road or street. Read together with the rest of Sec. 14-5(a), that ban functions as a year-round restriction on parking in the street-side swale or shoulder in front of a home, not just an overnight rule, though it is most often enforced against vehicles left parked on the right-of-way overnight.
The section carves out one exception: temporary parking during an open house or other special or social event in areas where temporary parking is permitted by the host or neighbors, provided it does not obstruct traffic flow, and even then the parking cannot exceed 12 hours in any 24-hour period under Sec. 14-5(a)(4)a. That exception is unavailable to short-term rental properties under Sec. 14-5(a)(4)b, which instead must keep vehicles in an approved off-street space or driveway under the separate short-term rental parking rule in Sec.
13-95(b). Sec. 14-5(a) also lists related prohibitions in the same section, including parking on a sidewalk, within an intersection, in front of a driveway, or within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Sec. 14-5(l) sets the penalty framework: any violation of the chapter's parking regulations exposes the owner to a fine, immobilization with a boot, or towing, with fine amounts set by City Commission resolution.
Violations & Fines
Parking on a public right-of-way, swale, or easement outside the narrow 12-hour social-event exception violates Sec. 14-5(a)(4) and is punishable under Sec. 14-5(l) by a fine set by Commission resolution, vehicle immobilization with a boot, or towing. Failing to pay a resulting fine within 14 days adds a service charge, and unpaid balances after 90 days go to a collection agency.
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