Palm Coast, FL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Sec. 44-34(c) of Palm Coast's Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to park or store a motor vehicle overnight in a residential zone unless it is a "passenger vehicle" as the code defines the term: an automobile, motorcycle, moped, passenger van, sport utility vehicle, or pickup truck. A qualifying pickup truck is one designed primarily to carry property or cargo in a permanently attached open cargo box with a carrying capacity of one ton or less; a standard flatbed topper that does not rise more than 12 inches above the cab height still counts as a passenger vehicle rather than a commercial one. Permitted overnight vehicles must be parked in a garage, a carport, a driveway, or a designated residential parking lot, not left standing loose on the lot or lawn.

Separately, Sec. 44-34(g) bans the overnight parking and storage of any motor vehicle, of any kind, on a road right-of-way, and Sec. 44-34(f) requires that parking otherwise occur only on paved, City-approved driveways. Read together, these provisions mean an ordinary car can stay overnight in a driveway or garage, but nothing, passenger or otherwise, can be left overnight in the street or unpaved swale. The rules sit within Article II, Division on Stopping, Standing and Parking, and are enforced citywide regardless of whether a homeowners' association also restricts street parking.