The City of Pensacola has no general overnight ban on passenger cars but treats a vehicle left in one spot over 72 hours as prohibited storage (24 hours downtown). In unincorporated Escambia County, overnight camper, boat and trailer parking on public property is banned midnight to 6:00 a.m.
Pensacola Code § 11-2-24 bars parking a vehicle on a street or public lot for the principal purpose of storage for more than 72 hours, with a 24-hour limit in the downtown core; the same section bans parking to display a vehicle for sale, wash or repair it. In unincorporated Escambia County, § 94-7 makes it a violation to leave any camper, house trailer, motor home, recreational vehicle or boat/boat trailer on a public parking facility or public property between midnight and 6:00 a.m. on Santa Rosa Island and county public property. There is no county-wide overnight ban on ordinary cars parked on private property.
Pensacola storage violations may be ticketed and towed after 72 hours; county overnight camper/boat violations are misdemeanors and the vehicle may be removed from public property.
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