Longmont, CO Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- General limit
- 48 hours on public property
- Sleeper vehicles
- No unattended parking without permit
- Permit duration
- 7 days, § 11.12.045
- Enforcement
- Impoundment, § 11.12.010
Summary
Longmont makes it unlawful to leave most vehicles parked on any street, alley, or other public right-of-way for 48 hours or longer, treating them as abandoned or publicly kept.
Abandoned or publicly kept vehicle means:
1.Any vehicle left on private property for 48 hours without the consent of the owner or lessee of such property or his or her legally authorized agent;2.Any vehicle left on private property without the consent of the owner or lessee of the property or his or her legally authorized agent when such private property has been posted to give notice that any vehicles left on the private property without permission may be towed at the owner's expense. Such notice shall be posted with signs visible to ordinarily observant persons on the property;3.Any sleeper vehicle parked on public property, including any portion of a highway, street, alley or other right-of-way, except as provided in section 11.12.040; or4.Any vehicle, other than a sleeper vehicle, left on public property, including any portion of a highway, street, alley or other right-of-way for 48 hours or longer, except as follows:
Full Breakdown
LMC § 11.12.030 defines an 'abandoned or publicly kept vehicle' to include any vehicle, other than a designated sleeper vehicle, left on public property, including any street, alley, or right-of-way, for 48 hours or longer. Section 11.12.040 makes abandoning or publicly keeping such a vehicle unlawful. Sleeper vehicles (campers, motor homes, trailer coaches, and similar) face a stricter rule: they may not be left unattended on a public way at all except under a temporary parking permit issued through § 11.12.045.
Violations & Fines
A vehicle left on a public street for 48+ hours may be impounded under LMC § 11.12.010 and its owner charged under § 11.12.040 for unlawful abandonment or public keeping.
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