Parking Rules in Indiana (2026)

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, residentially used property can store no more than two recreational vehicles…

Fort Wayne allows operable RVs, campers and boats in residential districts only on an approved parking surface tied to…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana limits where and how long recreational vehicles, campers, travel trailers, boats and…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, § 72.011 of the Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to park or store any automobile…

In unincorporated LaPorte County, a recreational vehicle or travel trailer cannot stay on a residential lot for more…

Where you can park an RV, boat, or trailer at home in the City of Noblesville depends on your zoning district. Section…

In unincorporated Allen County, licensed and operable recreational vehicles, campers, boats and pull-behind trailers up…

Anderson's Zoning Ordinance lets you keep an RV, boat, or travel trailer on a residential lot with an occupied home. It…

In the City of Bloomington, vehicles and trailers cannot be stored or parked on an unimproved surface, and campers or…

Carmel lets residents keep recreational vehicles, boats and boat trailers on their own property, but they must sit well…

Evansville requires trailers, RVs, watercraft and other registrable vehicles kept on residential property to display…

Fishers, Indiana caps RV, trailer and boat parking on the public right-of-way at 72 continuous hours, then bars return…

Gary limits how long any trailer, including a boat or camping trailer hitched to a vehicle, can sit within city limits…

Rules come from each city, not the county. Noblesville requires campers, RVs and boat trailers be stored in a building…

Howard County Code Section 70.08(B)(8) bars leaving a recreational vehicle or trailer of any kind parked on a public…

The Indianapolis-Marion County Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance (Sec. 731-219(b)(5)) lets residents park or store…

In the City of Kokomo, a recreational vehicle or trailer cannot sit parked on any street for more than 72 continuous…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a trailer, camper or boat trailer parked on a public street cannot exceed eight feet…

Lake County's UDO sets no blanket ban on keeping an RV, camper, or boat at your home in unincorporated areas, but a…

St. Joseph County limits where a stored recreational vehicle, trailer or mobile home can sit on residential and…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, the Unified Zoning Ordinance treats a stored recreational vehicle, boat, or boat…

Vanderburgh County requires an unlicensed camper or motor home, along with any other automotive vehicle lacking current…

Westfield, Indiana bars parking any trailer, a vehicle without its own motive power, on a public street unless it stays…

Residential vehicles in unincorporated Allen County may only be parked in a driveway or on an improved surface directly…

You may not stop, stand, or park across a public or private driveway on Anderson streets. Zoning rules require most…

In the City of Bloomington, parking on dirt, sand, or grass is banned outright under Bloomington Municipal Code Section…

Vehicles must be parked on a driveway or hard surface: you may not park or store a vehicle or trailer on your lawn or…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, no front yard area other than a driveway or parking area can be used to store or park…

Evansville zoning requires every required front yard to be kept in grass or comparable natural ground cover, with…

Floyd County requires a driveway permit before building or improving a driveway onto a county road in the…

Fort Wayne bans parking cars, trucks, RVs, campers and boats on grass or yard areas in residential districts: they must…

Gary prohibits parking any vehicle, whether operable or inoperable, on a front or rear lawn unless the property has a…

Greenwood's Unified Development Ordinance requires every driveway and parking area to be paved with concrete, asphalt…

Cities generally require vehicles to be parked on an improved driveway rather than a lawn, and limit yard storage…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, vehicles cannot be parked in front yards at all, except within the specific area the…

Any driveway or approach connecting to a county road in unincorporated Hendricks County needs a right-of-way permit…

Indiana Code 9-21-16-5 prohibits stopping, standing, or parking in front of a public or private driveway. Under the…

In the City of Kokomo, vehicles and trailers on residential property must sit on a hard surface such as concrete…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a vehicle in a residential district can only sit on a driveway or another parking…

In unincorporated Lake County, off-street parking is prohibited in front and street-side setback areas in residential…

Cutting a new driveway onto a county road or building one to serve a residence in unincorporated LaPorte County…

Anyone constructing or improving a driveway, entrance or approach that connects to a county road in unincorporated…

One-family, two-family, and agricultural driveways in Noblesville are limited to a width of 20 or 30 feet, one driveway…

Porter County requires every driveway and off-street parking area to be paved with concrete, asphalt or brick pavers…

South Bend bans parking any motor vehicle, including RVs and trucks, on the front, side or rear yard of a residentially…

St. Joseph County requires every off-street parking area and connecting driveway to be hard surfaced with asphalt…

Building or paving a private driveway onto a county highway in unincorporated Tippecanoe County requires a permit from…

Vanderburgh County's zoning code, Section 17.24.040, requires off-street parking areas and access drives to have a…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, § 73.05 of the Code of Ordinances bars parking a truck of 5,000 pounds or more, or any…

Code of Indianapolis & Marion County Sec. 621-118 bars commercial vehicles and trucks with more than two axles from…

Vanderburgh County bans parking or storing commercial vehicles and equipment on property zoned A, R-1 through R-5…

In the City of Bloomington, the Unified Development Ordinance bars parking a commercial vehicle or trailer overnight at…

Fishers, Indiana bars parking any commercial vehicle, truck, trailer or semitrailer weighing 10,000 pounds or more on…

Fort Wayne bans parking construction equipment, large trucks, semi-trucks, truck-tractors, farm tractors and buses in…

Gary bars trucks over three-fourths ton capacity, buses, semitrailers and trailers from residential-zoned streets and…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bans parking commercial vehicles, trailers and heavy trucks on public streets and…

In the City of Kokomo, a commercial vehicle, truck, or tractor registered over 7,000 pounds, along with any semitrailer…

Porter County makes it unlawful to park a truck, trailer, or commercial-type motor vehicle on the paved portion of a…

St. Joseph County bars parking any tractor, tow truck, dump truck, flatbed, semitrailer or similar vehicle of one and…

Westfield, Indiana's city code bars large commercial vehicles from parking in residential or business districts on…

Oversized vehicles - buses, semi-trailers, semi-trucks, trucks over one ton, and pull-behind trailers over 100 sq ft…

Anderson bars trucks and commercial vehicles from parking or standing on any street or alley in a residential district…

Large commercial vehicles, semis and construction vehicles cannot be parked in a residential district for more than…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, no commercial vehicle can be stored on a city street, sidewalk, public right-of-way…

Evansville bars parking any vehicle over 21 feet long, eight feet wide, nine feet high, or 11,000 pounds GVW on a…

In unincorporated Howard County, you cannot park an oversized truck, semitrailer, or bus on a public street. Howard…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a commercial vehicle or truck with more than two axles cannot sit on a residential…

The Lake County UDO restricts storing oversized and heavy vehicles at homes: parking trucks or tractors with dual rear…

In the City of Muncie, Sec. 78.10 of the city code confines trucks, defined as vehicles whose body weight or combined…

In the City of Noblesville, commercial vehicles of two tons capacity or more, or longer than 20 feet, cannot park on…

South Bend bars trucks with an empty gross vehicle weight over 11,000 pounds from parking on any street next to an A…

Tippecanoe County caps how big a truck, semitrailer or bus can be before it is illegal to park on any county highway…

In residential (R) districts of unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, Wayne County Code § 156.230 bars parking a moving…

The Allen County Traffic Ordinance bans parking on sidewalks, within intersections, within 5 feet of any driveway…

Anderson requires vehicles parked on a street to be parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed with traffic, with…

In the City of Bloomington, Municipal Code Section 15.32.140 keeps a full travel lane open: no vehicle may park on a…

Unincorporated Boone County has no blanket on-street parking rule; instead the Board of Commissioners designates…

Cars must be parked parallel to the curb, facing the direction of traffic, with the right-hand wheels within twelve…

Clark County's traffic code bars parking on the traveled portion of any county road and within five feet of it…

The City of Columbus, Indiana bars stopping, standing or parking on sidewalks, painted yellow curbs, in front of…

Evansville bars parking in front of any driveway, within four feet of a driveway edge, or facing the wrong way…

Fishers, Indiana bans stopping or parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within intersections or crosswalks, and…

Fort Wayne requires vehicles on its streets to park parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of…

Gary bans stopping, standing or parking in specific spots citywide: on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bars parking in specific street locations, blocking a driveway, sidewalks…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the Common Council requires vehicles parked on a roadway to sit parallel to the curb…

Hendricks County's Chapter 73 parking schedule bans parking at all times on specific named streets and road segments…

Howard County Code Section 70.08(B)(1) bars parking on any street or alley in unincorporated Howard County if it leaves…

Indianapolis requires parallel-to-curb parking within twelve inches of the curb (Code of Indianapolis & Marion County…

In the City of Kokomo, a parked vehicle cannot leave less than five feet of width from the street centerline, and it…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, drivers cannot stop or park on a sidewalk, within five feet of a driveway, in a…

Lake County's UDO does not regulate resident on-street parking; it only lets nonresidential uses count striped street…

LaPorte County prohibits parking any motor vehicle on county road rights-of-way, shoulders, or along the side of county…

In the City of Muncie, Muncie City Code § 77.07 bars parking on a street or in an alley in a way that leaves less than…

Noblesville's parking code keeps 18 feet of roadway clear for traffic flow and separately bars stopping, standing, or…

South Bend prohibits parking anywhere posted as a no-parking, time-limited or hour-restricted zone, and caps…

In unincorporated St. Joseph County it is illegal to park or stop on the traveled portion of any road except for…

Tippecanoe County posts no-parking signs and pavement markings to control stopping, standing and parking on county…

Indiana's state parking laws govern county streets by default, but Vanderburgh County's board of commissioners can post…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, § 70.03 bars parking outside the painted lines or markers the County Highway…

Wayne County Code § 72.02 bars parking on any county road in a way that leaves less than ten feet of roadway width open…

In the City of Westfield, Indiana, City Code section 58-211 makes it unlawful to park on a street, other than an alley…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County has no general on-street parking code. Chapter 73's only enacted no-parking zones are…

Allen County sets no general overnight street-parking ban. But an illegally parked vehicle that stays ticketed for more…

Anderson has no blanket ban on parking a passenger car on a residential street overnight. It does bar trucks and…

In the City of Bloomington, city parks and recreation parking lots close to parked vehicles between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00…

Fishers, Indiana posts overnight no-parking hours, typically 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., on specific signed streets under…

Fort Wayne bans parking on designated streets from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. under Code § 72.06, with exceptions only for…

Gary bars large trucks, four-plus-wheel vehicles, trailers and semitrailers from city streets and alleys between 2:00…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bars leaving a vehicle overnight in an on-street space marked no-overnight-parking or in…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, § 72.019 bars parking any vehicle or motorized device in a city-owned or…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a commercial vehicle or truck with more than two axles cannot sit on any city street…

Lake County's Unified Development Ordinance sets no overnight on-street parking prohibition for residents. Overnight…

In the City of Muncie's Central Business District, Muncie City Code § 77.09 bars parking a vehicle on any street for…

Noblesville's Code of Ordinances caps any vehicle parked on a public street at 72 consecutive hours under § 72.47, the…

South Bend bans overnight street parking downtown twice over: § 20-61 clears vehicles from the central commercial area…

Westfield, Indiana does not impose a blanket overnight parking ban in its city code. Instead, section 58-243 lets the…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, no vehicle can be parked on Washington Street between 1st and 8th Streets from three…

Indianapolis has no blanket overnight street-parking ban for ordinary passenger vehicles, but Code Sec. 621-117 caps…

In the City of Bloomington, any parking area with fifty or more spaces must dedicate one electric-vehicle space for…

Fort Wayne reserves marked electric vehicle parking spaces for vehicles that are plugged in and actively charging; any…

Any Indianapolis development with 500 or more required off-street parking spaces must install at least two electric…

In the City of Kokomo, only a vehicle actually capable of charging and actively engaged in the charging process may…

Lake County's UDO permits private EV charging stations as an accessory use in all zoning districts, and public charging…

Evansville lets any development count an EV-charging parking space as two spaces when calculating required off-street…

Indiana Code Title 9, Article 22, Chapter 1 establishes a uniform statewide framework for identifying, towing, storing…

In the City of Gary it is unlawful to abandon a vehicle on public or private property, or to leave a partially…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, it is unlawful to keep, park, or store a wrecked, junked, or abandoned vehicle on…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, keeping an unlicensed or inoperable vehicle on private or public property in…

Boone County's zoning code bars inoperable, unplated cars and trailers from open storage on residential lots. Under…

Fort Wayne makes it unlawful to keep a partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, non-operating, or unplated vehicle on…

Hamilton County bans accumulating junk or "prohibited vehicles," including abandoned, inoperable and excess vehicles…

Hendricks County treats discarding a scrap-value, inoperable, unlicensed, or abandoned vehicle as illegal dumping…

In the City of Muncie, Sec. 77.37 of the city code bans parking any disassembled, inoperable, unlicensed vehicle, or…

Porter County's UDO bans storing unlicensed or inoperable vehicles in the front or side yard of any property, with a…

South Bend declares abandoned vehicles a public nuisance and lets the Board of Public Works tag, tow and dispose of…

Vanderburgh County bans keeping an abandoned, unlicensed, or junked vehicle exposed to public view, whether on public…

Westfield, Indiana treats a vehicle as abandoned under seven tests drawn from IC 9-9-1.1, from sitting on public…

It is unlawful to leave any abandoned, partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked vehicle on public or…

In Anderson it is unlawful to allow an abandoned, inoperable, or unlicensed vehicle on your property (unless inside a…

In the City of Bloomington, an officer or parking enforcement officer who finds a vehicle believed abandoned must tag…

An abandoned, unlicensed, inoperable or wrecked vehicle is a nuisance if left on the street or public property more…

In unincorporated Clark County, parking an abandoned vehicle or abandoned mobile home on land that has not been zoned…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, the Common Council declares abandoned, unlicensed and inoperable vehicles a public…

Section 70.05 of the Dearborn County Code lists vehicles, trailers, and watercraft among the obstructions that no one…

Elkhart County enforces Indiana's abandoned-vehicle statute, I.C. 9-22-1, through Chapter 73 of the county code…

Evansville can tag, tow, and dispose of vehicles left on public property over 24 hours or on private property without…

Fishers police can tag and tow vehicles left unmoved on public property for three days, or on private property without…

Hammond, Indiana treats a car left on public property for 3 days, or on private property without the owner's consent…

In unincorporated Howard County, leaving an abandoned vehicle, garbage, or junk on your property is a declared public…

Code of Indianapolis & Marion County Sec. 621-127 makes it a violation to store, maintain, or keep any inoperable…

In the City of Kokomo, a vehicle counts as abandoned under Kokomo Code of Ordinances § 73.01 if it sits illegally or…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a junked, wrecked, disassembled or unlicensed vehicle cannot sit on a street, alley…

Storing inoperable or abandoned vehicles or vehicle parts in an unincorporated Lake County zoning district that doesn't…

LaPorte County bans keeping, parking, or storing any wrecked, junked, or abandoned vehicle in the unincorporated county…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, a motor vehicle at least three model years old that is mechanically…

Noblesville declares abandoned and junk vehicles a public nuisance under Code § 99.03. A vehicle can't sit unmoved on…

Under Indiana Code 9-13-2-1 a vehicle is abandoned once it sits on public property for 24 hours, blocks traffic, or…

Leaving a vehicle on someone else's private property without permission, or parking it where it blocks traffic or…

Warrick County treats an abandoned vehicle, one at least three model years old, mechanically inoperable and visible…

Wayne County Code § 72.09 authorizes the Sheriff's Department to remove abandoned vehicles from unincorporated county…

Fishers marks fire lanes with yellow curb striping and 'No Parking Fire Lane' signage, not red paint, and bars stopping…

Anderson has no ordinance assigning meanings to painted curb colors (red/yellow/etc.). The city itself paints or marks…

In the City of Bloomington, a yellow-painted curb is legal notice that parking is prohibited there under Bloomington…

Evansville uses yellow curb paint, not signs alone, to mark 24-hour no-parking zones; either a posted sign or a yellow…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a curb loading zone is not just a sign, it is a painted curb. City code defines a…

In the City of Muncie, Muncie City Code § 77.35 makes a yellow-painted curb formal notice that parking any part of a…

Section 72.14 lets the Noblesville Board of Public Works & Safety designate hazardous or congested spots where parking…

Gary paints curbs yellow in two settings grounded in its own code: the reserved space next to a resident's home once…

The Allen County Traffic Code defines curb loading zones - passenger curb loading zones reserved for vehicles while…

In Anderson, the Police Department's traffic section, with the Chief of Police and Board of Public Safety, sets loading…

In the City of Bloomington, marked loading zones under Bloomington Municipal Code Section 15.32.100 run twenty-four…

Commercial and industrial uses in unincorporated Boone County, Indiana must provide dedicated loading berths under Code…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, curb loading zones are designated by the Board of Public Works and Safety with posted…

Evansville limits standing in a passenger curb loading zone to five minutes and a freight curb loading zone to 30…

Fishers designates loading zones by resolution of the Board of Public Works and Safety and caps any stop in a marked…

Fort Wayne caps passenger loading at 3 minutes and freight loading at 30 minutes in marked curb loading zones, with…

Gary designates certain curb areas as bus stops or loading zones under Municipal Code § 40-126, reserved for receiving…

Greenwood's UDO regulates where commercial loading berths can sit: not within 200 feet of a residential property, not…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the Police Department issues freight and passenger loading zone permits under § 72.065…

Howard County's parking ordinance carves out a bus loading zone along County Road 200W, covering the stretch from 130…

Downtown Regional Center vehicle loading zones run 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays only, with a strict 20-minute loading…

In the City of Kokomo, a vehicle stopped in a marked loading zone can only load or unload freight, and that stop cannot…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, trucks and commercial vehicles may only load or unload from a marked zone, alley, or…

For developments in unincorporated Lake County, off-street loading areas must be designed so all vehicle maneuvering…

In the City of Muncie, a marked passenger curb loading zone under Muncie City Code § 77.18 allows stopping only to load…

Noblesville's Board of Public Works & Safety designates and signs loading zones under § 72.25, and § 72.26 limits any…

Commercial and industrial buildings in Porter County must provide loading berths sized to gross floor area under the…

South Bend limits any street space marked as a loading zone to the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or…

St. Joseph County requires every commercial, mixed-use or industrial development needing an improvement location permit…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance requires new or substantially altered buildings that receive or distribute…

Trucks in Vanderburgh County may stop, stand, or park on a county highway only inside a freight-loading zone…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, any industrial, warehousing, wholesale, retail, service or commercial building…

Westfield, Indiana's city council designates loading zones by resolution under section 58-266 and posts signs stating…

In the City of Bloomington, eleven numbered residential neighborhood permit parking zones let residents and their…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a neighborhood squeezed by commuter or nonresident parking cannot get relief…

In the City of Muncie, Muncie City Code § 77.32 creates residential neighborhood permit parking zones that exempt…

In designated residential areas of the City of Columbus, Indiana, parking is limited to two hours unless the abutting…

Evansville lets a block become a preferential resident parking area if 51% of property owners petition and it falls…

Fishers, Indiana lets residents on streets inside a designated Residential Parking Permit Zone apply through the Police…

Residents of a Gary neighborhood can petition the board of public works and safety to create a residential parking zone…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, § 72.013 of the Code of Ordinances creates resident-only parking areas set out in…

Indianapolis residents living on a street inside a designated residential permit parking zone can apply for a one-year…

Noblesville's Code of Ordinances lets residents of restricted-parking residential streets who lack off-street parking…

When the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on Fort Wayne's designated Schedule 18 emergency routes…

When the mayor declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on all first priority streets in Indianapolis and Marion…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, when the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking becomes illegal on signed…

Once two inches or more of snow has fallen, it's unlawful to park on the paved portion of any county-maintained street…

When South Bend declares a 'snow route clearance condition,' parking is banned entirely on every street posted as a…

Once the Board of Commissioners or the County Highway Department declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on every…

In the City of Bloomington, on-street parking is banned every night from 3:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. in the downtown area on…

In unincorporated Boone County, the Royal Run subdivision carries its own snow-parking rule: once at least two inches…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, the Mayor declares a snow emergency and the city traffic engineer marks snow…

When Evansville's Mayor or Board of Public Works declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on signed snow routes…

When the mayor declares a snow emergency in the City of Gary, parking is banned on designated snow routes entirely, and…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, the Mayor or a designee can declare a snow emergency under Section 8-29 whenever…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the Mayor may declare a snow removal emergency once main artery streets get 2 inches…

Once the city's Snow Removal Coordinator declares a snow removal condition, parking is banned on every street the Board…

In the City of Muncie, the mayor can declare a snow emergency by proclamation to local radio, TV, and news outlets…

Porter County bans parking on the paved portion of any county-maintained street or highway after a snowfall of two…

When the Board of Commissioners declares a travel watch or travel warning for snow, ice or storm debris, county…

When the Wayne County Board of Commissioners declares a snow emergency under the county's Snow Emergency Ordinance…

Indiana regulates nonconsensual towing through IC 24-14, the towing services article, backed by the abandoned vehicle…

When the Evansville Police Department orders a tow, the designated towing service must add a $100.00 City…

A non-consensual tow off a private lot in Indianapolis is capped at $150, with storage limited to $30 per…