There is no blanket Knox County ban on parking a vehicle overnight on a residential street or driveway in the unincorporated county. The main limits are the abandoned/inoperable-vehicle 48-hour rule and zoning limits on RVs and commercial vehicles. Knoxville and Farragut set their own overnight rules.
The unincorporated county has no ordinance prohibiting overnight parking generally. What triggers enforcement is a vehicle that becomes abandoned or inoperable: under county Ordinance O-12-09-101, such a vehicle cannot be stored on public or private property for more than 48 hours. Recreational vehicles and trailers are also capped at one per household and must sit behind the front building line. Overnight commercial-truck storage in residential zones is limited to one vehicle. Municipalities such as Knoxville and Farragut may impose stricter overnight-parking limits within their limits.
An abandoned or inoperable vehicle is tagged by a Codes Enforcement Officer and must be removed within 48 hours; if not, Knox County removes it at the owner's expense.
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