Chandler, AZ Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Storage time limit
- 48 consecutive hours
- Must relocate at least
- 300 feet
- Pre-tow requirement
- written notice posted on vehicle
- Transit-stop lots
- no overnight parking without permit
- Transit-stop violation class
- Class 1 misdemeanor, § 49-8(E)
- First transit-stop offense
- requires prior warning
Summary
Chandler bars storing a vehicle on any street, road or public thoroughfare for more than 48 consecutive hours without moving it at least 300 feet, under City Code § 12-4.3. Vehicles left overnight in a transit-stop parking lot without a permit face the same tow process under § 49-7(D) and § 49-8(C).
Stored vehicle means a vehicle left on any street, highway, road or other public thoroughfare for more than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours without being moved at least three hundred (300) feet. ... 12-4.3. Storing vehicles. No person shall store a vehicle upon any street, highway, road, other public thoroughfare or any other public property except for vehicles owned by the City that are parked on public property. A. When a law enforcement officer or duly authorized agent has reason to believe that a vehicle has been stored in violation of this section, a written notice shall be placed upon the vehicle in a conspicuous place. ... D. Park any vehicle at a transit station or transit stop parking lot overnight without a permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 79).
Full Breakdown
Section 12-1 defines a "stored vehicle" as one left on a street, highway, road or other public thoroughfare for more than 48 consecutive hours without being moved at least 300 feet. 3 makes storing a vehicle that way on any street, road, thoroughfare or public property a violation, exempting only City-owned vehicles parked on public property. Before towing, a law enforcement officer or authorized agent must place a written notice on the vehicle stating that it will be in violation if not moved within 48 hours of the notice; only after that window passes without the vehicle moving may it be removed, and the officer must then give the registered owner written notice of the removal, the reason, and where the vehicle was taken, or, if the owner can't be identified, send that notice to the state motor vehicle department instead.
3 process. Chapter 49 violations carry their own penalty track, a Class 1 misdemeanor under § 49-8(E), though § 49-8(F) requires a prior warning or posted signage before a first citation, mirroring the camping ordinance's warning requirement.
Violations & Fines
A vehicle stored on a public street past the 48-hour notice period may be towed by law enforcement under § 12-4.3(B), after the officer first posts written notice and, once removed, gives or mails the registered owner notice of the removal and its reason under § 12-4.3(C), or notifies the state motor vehicle department if the owner can't be identified under § 12-4.3(D). An unpermitted overnight vehicle at a transit stop is towed the same way, and under § 49-8(E)-(F) a repeat violation there is a Class 1 misdemeanor after a prior warning.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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