Miami, FL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

City Code § 35-10(a) does not work like a posted hourly limit. It asks why the vehicle is there. No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or within the public right-of-way for the principal purpose of any activity on its list, and item (5) on that list is storage, or junkage or dead storage for more than 24 hours. For a Miami resident who parks on the street, the practical effect is that an overnight stay is allowed, while a car left at the curb as a place to keep it becomes a violation once it passes 24 hours.

The phrase principal purpose carries the rule. A car that is driven and happens to be parked on the street between trips is not there mainly to be stored. A vehicle that sits because the street is serving as its storage space fits the words storage, junkage or dead storage. The rule names any street and also the public right-of-way, so it is not limited to marked parking spaces.

The other items in § 35-10(a) use the same principal purpose test. They prohibit street parking for (1) displaying the vehicle for sale, (2) washing, greasing or repairing it, except repairs necessitated by an emergency, (3) displaying advertising, and (4) selling merchandise from the vehicle, except in a duly established marketplace or when so authorized or licensed under the Code or other ordinances of the city. The 24 hour allowance appears only in item (5). Items (1) through (4) state no time allowance.

The same section separately bars parking commercial vehicles, oversized trucks, construction equipment, and RVs, boats and trailers on residential-district streets. The Miami Parking Authority, which is the Department of Off-Street Parking, and designated city personnel enforce the section, citing F.S. § 316.640(3)(c) as their statutory authority.