Pitt County, NC Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 2 of the Pitt County Cultural Arts & Recreation Parks & Facilities Ordinance, adopted January 13, 2025, lists nineteen acts that are unlawful for any visitor to the county's outdoor recreation sites: Alice F. Keene District Park, the Pitt County Office Park Recreation Complex, and Lake Glenwood Park. Item 2 bars permitting a vehicle to be left unattended for more than 12 hours or overnight anywhere on that property. The rule sits next to a related restriction in item 3, which bars parking a vehicle in any area not designated for parking, so the ordinance separately controls both where a vehicle sits and how long it stays.

Section 4 reinforces the vehicle rules by confining all riding or driving to roads designated for that purpose and barring vehicles, except strollers, wheelchairs, and park service vehicles, from grassed areas or walking trails unless those areas are designated for vehicle use. Normal park hours are posted on-site and shift with the season and daylight saving time under Section 3(A), so a vehicle parked past closing and left overnight falls squarely within the 12-hour or overnight prohibition. Section 5 gives the Cultural Arts & Recreation Director and park staff the authority to enforce the ordinance and to eject from the park any person acting in violation, which reaches a vehicle owner who leaves a car unattended past the 12-hour mark.