Knox County, TN Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 62-188, titled "All-night parking prohibited," targets specific vehicle classes rather than parking generally. ; the restriction lifts only while the vehicle is actually engaged in loading or unloading, or while the driver stays with the truck. Subsection (b) applies the same overnight window to any truck or motor vehicle used to transport an explosive or more than 50 gallons of kerosene, gasoline, benzol, naphtha, or other volatile liquids, regardless of whether the vehicle is loaded or empty at the time. Ordinary passenger vehicles and lighter trucks are not covered by this overnight window and may generally remain on a county street overnight, but they are not left completely unregulated: Sec.

62-87 lets the sheriff's department or Code Administration Department impound any vehicle left unattended on a roadway for 48 hours without current registration or while inoperable, or left in one place unattended for seven consecutive days, and Sec. 62-189 separately bars parking on any roadway for display, sale, washing, repair, or storage for more than 48 continuous hours regardless of vehicle size. The heavy-vehicle overnight ban traces to Ord. No. O-90-9-112, § 9-5, adopted September 10, 1990, and sits within Article IV's stopping, standing and parking rules enforced by the Department of Engineering and Public Works and the county sheriff's office.