Harnett County, NC Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

108(B) of the Unified Development Ordinance has governed junked motor vehicles on private property since November 15, 2004, in the county's RA-40, RA-30, RA-20R, and RA-20M zoning districts, for property not associated with a business. The vehicles cannot be stored within 30 feet of any adjoining property line, side street, or right-of-way, must be positioned so no vehicle or parts are visible from adjoining properties, and can never sit in the front yard of the lot's primary building. They must also be entirely concealed year-round from the public right-of-way and neighboring properties, either inside a structure or under a secured automobile cover or tarpaulin kept in good repair, and the county caps the total at three junked vehicles outside any enclosed building; an owner of multiple tracts within 500 feet of each other is held to that same three-vehicle limit across all of those tracts combined.

A narrow repair exception lets a household work on one vehicle for personal use without meeting the screening, concealment, or setback rules, provided a household member owns the vehicle, the repair happens inside a building or in the rear yard, it doesn't become a health or safety nuisance, and the whole job wraps up within 180 days. 321 gives owners just 5 calendar days to correct a junked or abandoned vehicle violation once notified, far shorter than the 30-day window for most other zoning violations.