Parking Rules in Kentucky (2026)
42 rules on the books across Kentucky, 6 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
RV & Boat Parking
Where you can park recreational vehicles and boats on your property, including front yard restrictions, screening requirements, and size limits.
Boone County
Significant RestrictionsBoats, campers, travel trailers and motor-homes can't be parked on a Boone County road, street or county-maintained lot…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Significant RestrictionsKenton County bans leaving a recreational vehicle or trailer, including travel trailers, camping trailers, and motor…
Read full rule →Campbell County
Some RestrictionsCampbell County limits outdoor storage of trailers, mobile homes, RVs, campers, and boats to the rear yard of the lot…
Read full rule →Daviess County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Daviess County, a boat trailer, camping trailer, watercraft, trailer or motor home can't sit on an…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsLexington-Fayette forbids parking any vehicle, including an RV, trailer, or boat, in a residential front, side, or back…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro caps how many trucks and RVs a household can park outdoors and bans staging them in front of the…
Read full rule →Driveway Rules
Requirements for driveway width, materials, and whether you can park on unpaved surfaces or grass in your front yard.
Louisville
Significant RestrictionsMetro Government requires a permit before any driveway is installed or modified, and bans parking pads or parking areas…
Read full rule →Campbell County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Campbell County's single-family zones, front-yard parking areas cannot exceed 400 square feet, about…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsParking a vehicle anywhere in a Lexington-Fayette residential front, side or back yard is unlawful unless it's on an…
Read full rule →Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Rules about parking work trucks, vans with commercial lettering, and vehicles over a weight or length threshold in residential areas, the thresholds, the exemptions, and the fines.
Boone County
Significant RestrictionsCommercial vehicles can't sit parked on Boone County roads, streets or county-maintained lots except while actively…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Significant RestrictionsKenton County outright bans leaving a motor truck, semitrailer, or truck tractor parked at any time on any county…
Read full rule →Lexington
Significant RestrictionsLexington-Fayette Urban County Government makes it unlawful to park any vehicle that is carrying or has carried cattle…
Read full rule →Louisville
Significant RestrictionsLouisville Metro prohibits parking any trailer coach or motor home on a street, alley, or public place unless actively…
Read full rule →Daviess County
Some RestrictionsFarm equipment, full-size trucks, utility and truck trailers, boats, RVs and buses can't sit on a public way in a…
Read full rule →Street Parking Limits
Time limits for parking on public streets, permit parking zones, and rules about moving your car to avoid tickets.
Boone County
Some RestrictionsBoone County's parking chapter bars parking within 20 feet of an intersection, five feet of a driveway or mailbox, 15…
Read full rule →Campbell County
Some RestrictionsCampbell County Code § 72.02 lets the Judge/Executive, with Fiscal Court approval, post no-parking signs on county…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Some RestrictionsKenton County bars parking within 38 feet of a street-intersection center line, seven feet of a mailbox near a…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsLexington-Fayette bans stopping, standing or parking in front of any driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on a…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro requires vehicles to park flush and parallel to the curb on the correct side of the street, and bars…
Read full rule →Overnight Parking
Whether cars can be left on the street overnight, including any permit programs and restrictions during street sweeping hours.
EV Charging
Rules about installing home EV chargers, running cables across sidewalks, and any incentives or permits required for charging stations.
Abandoned Vehicles
How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.
Kentucky: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsKentucky law presumes any vehicle left on a county road or city street for three consecutive days to be abandoned…
Read full rule →Boone County
Significant RestrictionsA disabled vehicle can't sit on a Boone County road shoulder more than 24 hours, and once a towed vehicle sits…
Read full rule →Lexington
Significant RestrictionsLexington-Fayette's nuisance code makes it unlawful to keep a junked, wrecked, unlicensed or inoperative vehicle on any…
Read full rule →Louisville
Significant RestrictionsLouisville Metro deems a vehicle abandoned after three days parked in one spot with a warning tag, and any junked…
Read full rule →Campbell County
Some RestrictionsCampbell County zoning bars storing any inoperable motor vehicle outdoors on a lot in any zone unless it sits inside a…
Read full rule →Daviess County
Some RestrictionsParking an inoperable motor vehicle outdoors, or more than one unlicensed vehicle, on a Daviess County lot under an…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Some RestrictionsKenton County Code § 91.02 bans keeping a dilapidated or inoperable motor vehicle on private property for more than…
Read full rule →Curb Color Rules
What red, yellow, white, green, and blue painted curbs mean in your city, who can paint them, and how parking restrictions are enforced.
Loading Zones
Yellow and white loading zone rules, time limits for commercial and passenger loading, and which vehicles qualify as commercial loaders.
Campbell County
Some RestrictionsCommercial, industrial, and institutional buildings in unincorporated Campbell County must provide dedicated off-street…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsLexington-Fayette bans truck parking in central-district loading zones between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. unless posted…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro caps loading zone use at 30 minutes and requires flashers on, with the Director of Public Works…
Read full rule →Preferential Parking Districts
Permit-only residential parking districts, how they're established, who qualifies for permits, and how visitor passes work.
Lexington
Some RestrictionsWhere LFUCG's urban county council has designated a residential parking permit area and posted signs, only vehicles…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro lets neighborhoods petition PARC to create a Residential Parking Zone, restricting on-street parking…
Read full rule →Snow Removal Parking Rules
On-street parking bans during declared snow events, alternate-side rules for plow access, and tow/fine schedules in snow-belt cities.
Campbell County
Significant RestrictionsCampbell County Code § 72.07 lets the Judge/Executive declare a three-level snow emergency after consulting the County…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Significant RestrictionsWhen the County Judge/Executive declares a snow emergency in Kenton County and accumulation reaches two inches or more…
Read full rule →Lexington
Significant RestrictionsWhen the mayor declares a Stage 3 snow emergency, Lexington-Fayette bans all parking on designated snow emergency…
Read full rule →Louisville
Significant RestrictionsWhen the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on designated snow emergency routes across Louisville…
Read full rule →Boone County
Some RestrictionsWhen Boone County declares a snow emergency, parking on any county road right-of-way is banned outright once…
Read full rule →Towing & Impound Rights
What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.
Kentucky: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsIf you reach your car while it is being towed from a private lot in Kentucky, KRS 281.924(5) requires the towing…
Read full rule →Louisville
Significant RestrictionsLouisville Metro impounds vehicles at its own yard, the Vehicle Impoundment Division, and Chapter 72 of the…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsLexington-Fayette Urban County Government can tow a car off any street in Fayette County that carries outstanding…
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