Loudoun County, VA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Traffic Code § 482.02(h) bars overnight parking in County-owned or leased parking garages and surface lots outright, carving out only employees and officials engaged in County business, and requiring even they display a parking permit issued by the County Administrator or a designee. This sits inside § 482.02's broader rules for those garages and lots, which also cover maximum stay lengths posted on official signs, a ban on commercial activity, and the skateboarding/in-line-skating prohibition in the same section. Section 482.01 confirms the chapter's reach: all County-owned or leased garages and surface lots plus School Board lots used for public school purposes, separate from on-street parking under Chapter 480 and from park/recreation-area lots under Chapter 1092.

Permits are defined in § 482.011(g) as a printed sticker, hang tag, or dash card issued by the County Administrator's office to authorize parking at a designated space, and the County Administrator is empowered under § 482.02(a) to post official signs specifying allowable parking duration and restricted areas. Enforcement runs through the Sheriff or a designee under § 482.04, who can tag a vehicle found parked overnight without a valid permit; abandoned vehicles left more than 48 hours may also be removed under the abandoned-vehicle definition in § 482.011(a).

This rule is specific to County-owned facilities like the Ashburn South and Government Center garages, it does not set an overnight limit for parking on public streets generally, which is governed separately under Chapter 480.