Jupiter, FL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- General limit
- 24 continuous hours on any street
- Designated spaces
- 72 continuous hours maximum
- A1A overnight ban
- 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Repeat fine
- $100 after a warning citation
- Driveway exemption
- Residential driveways exempt from time limits
- Appeal deadline
- 10 days to code compliance magistrate
Summary
Jupiter Town Code § 19-25 bars parking a vehicle, trailer, boat, or RV on public streets for more than 24 continuous hours (72 hours in marked spaces) in residential and mixed-use zones, and separately bans using any vehicle for overnight living or sleeping on A1A between midnight and 5 a.m.
(b)It shall be unlawful for any person or entity who owns or is in possession of a recreational vehicle, including semi-trucks, to permit the vehicles to be parked overnight in on-street parking spaces, public roadways, rights-of-way, or easements and used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes. This limitation shall apply solely to areas having zoning designations of residential, public institutional and mixed use or to areas which immediately abut areas having these zoning designations and are within the limits of the town. ... (c)It shall be unlawful for any person or entity who owns or is in possession of a vehicle to permit the vehicle to be parked or used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes from the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. in on-street parking spaces, public parking lot areas, or rights-of-way. This limitation shall apply solely to areas of A1A within the limits of the town as depicted on figure 1, below. The town may elect to issue a warning citation before it issues a citation imposing a fine. Any violations after a warning citation shall impose a fine of $100.00.
Full Breakdown
Section 19-25(a) makes it unlawful to leave a motor vehicle, trailer, boat, watercraft, or recreational vehicle parked on a public roadway, right-of-way, or adjacent easement for more than 24 continuous hours, or more than 72 continuous hours in a designated on-street parking space, anywhere zoned residential or mixed use in the town. A vehicle parked in a residential driveway is exempt from both limits. Subsection (b) adds a standalone rule for recreational vehicles and semi-trucks: it is unlawful to park one overnight in an on-street space, public roadway, right-of-way, or easement and use it for living, sleeping, or housekeeping, in any area zoned residential, public institutional, or mixed use, or that abuts those zones.
, as mapped in the code's figure 1. The town gives first-time offenders a warning citation before issuing one carrying a fine, and the fine for any violation after that warning is $100. Subsection (d) defines 'obstruction' broadly, as anything that hinders or impedes the free, convenient, normal use of a right-of-way, street, alley, road, or sidewalk. The rules trace to Ord. No. 20-09 (2009) and were amended by Ord. No. 15-21 (2021), which added the A1A overnight-living ban and its $100 escalated fine.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of the overnight or 24/72-hour limits draws a warning citation rather than a fine. Any violation issued after that warning carries a $100 fine under subsection (c). Fines under the section may be appealed to the town's code compliance special magistrate; the appeal must be filed with the clerk of the town's code compliance division within ten days of the citation date.
Frequently Asked Questions
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