Parking Rules in Tennessee (2026)

In unincorporated Shelby County, no recreational vehicle may be parked or left unattended on any residential street or…

Knoxville generally bars trailers, boats, and RVs from residential lots, but each household may keep up to two, capped…

Memphis code bars parking or storing boats, campers, trailers and other recreational equipment on any public street in…

Franklin bans parking trailers in residential front yards or streets; trailers up to 18 feet may sit behind the home's…

Hendersonville lets homeowners park RVs, campers, trailers, and boats in residential yards, but bars them from the…

Knox County zoning permits one camping/travel trailer, recreational vehicle, hauling trailer, and/or boat trailer per…

Murfreesboro caps outdoor residential storage to one boat, one camping trailer or RV, and two ATVs or jet skis per…

Metro Nashville bans front-yard storage of trailers and watercraft on single-family and two-family lots: they must sit…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, how many recreational vehicles, boats, ATVs, and trailers you can keep outside is…

Sullivan County's Zoning Resolution bars using a camper, RV, or other vehicle as a permanent residence or storage…

Sumner County caps outdoor storage of recreational equipment at one watercraft and trailer, two ATVs and trailer, one…

Chattanooga requires parking lots and driveways to be paved with all-weather material, but allows gravel if a 20-foot…

Franklin's 2026 zoning ordinance bars parking in the front yard except on an approved driveway or parking pad, with set…

In Hamilton County's Manufactured Home (MH) zoning district, off-street parking areas and driveways serving…

Hendersonville requires every driveway and off-street parking area to be paved in concrete, asphalt, or an approved…

Knox County zoning requires each residence to have its off-street parking (a lot, driveway, garage, or combination) on…

Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County share one zoning code, and its Access Management chapter caps residential…

Metro Nashville requires vehicles parked on private property to sit on a paved or graveled surface, not grass or dirt…

Chapter 24, Article V bars parking in front of any public or private driveway on unincorporated Shelby County streets…

In Sullivan County's unincorporated manufacturing districts, a driveway can cover no more than 50 percent of any…

Sumner County's off-street parking design standards set a two-foot minimum setback between a single-family or duplex…

In unincorporated Shelby County, no truck, truck trailer, tractor, or bus over 8,000 pounds may be parked or left…

Chattanooga limits large commercial vehicles, semis, box trucks, buses, tow trucks, and heavy equipment, to…

Franklin, Tennessee bars parking a commercial motor vehicle in a residential zoning district, on a public street or on…

Memphis Code § 11-40-11(B) bars trucks, truck trailers, tractors and buses from parking or sitting unattended on any…

Trucks over 18,000 lbs. gross weight, trailers and semitrailers can't park on any Murfreesboro street from 6 p.m. to 6…

Metro Nashville bans parking, stopping, or standing large commercial or heavy-duty vehicles in the public right-of-way…

Hendersonville residential lots may keep only one commercial vehicle up to 22 feet long or 30 feet with an attached…

Knox County zoning permits one commercial vehicle per household in a residential zone, and it may not exceed one and…

Knoxville bars trucks over 18,000 pounds gross weight and any trailer or semitrailer from parking on any city street…

Chattanooga bans stopping or parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within an intersection, within 15 feet of a…

Franklin bans stopping, standing, or parking on sidewalks, crosswalks, medians, driveways, and within set distances of…

Hendersonville bars parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within 15 feet of intersections or fire hydrants, in…

County traffic law bars stopping or parking within five feet of a driveway, fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, twenty feet…

Knoxville bars stopping or parking within 5 feet of any driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, and within 20 feet…

Memphis Code § 11-40-2 lists 16 places where a vehicle may never stop, stand or park: blocking a driveway, parking…

Code § 32-1301 bars parking within 5 ft. of driveways, 15 ft. of hydrants and mailboxes, 20 ft. of crosswalks, on…

Metro Nashville bars stopping or parking on sidewalks, in intersections, or within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, and bans…

In unincorporated Shelby County, no vehicle may be parked on a residential street for more than 24 consecutive hours…

Metro Nashville prohibits overnight parking, stopping, or standing by large vehicles, USDOT Class 4 and up, including…

Clarksville sets no citywide overnight street parking ban and no snow emergency route restrictions. Instead the Parking…

Franklin limits on-street and city-garage parking to posted time limits set by the city administrator, enforcing them…

Hendersonville bans parking on any public street or alley within the fire limits between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., and caps…

Knox County has no blanket overnight parking ban for ordinary cars, but heavy trucks over 18,000 pounds and vehicles…

Knoxville's department of engineering can post signs banning parking during specified hours, commonly overnight, on any…

Memphis Code § 11-40-11(A) makes it unlawful to park, or knowingly permit parking, of any vehicle on a residential…

Unincorporated Shelby County has no blanket overnight-parking ban, but Section 24-191(a) caps parking on any…

Franklin, Tennessee reserves marked public electric-vehicle charging spaces for vehicles that are actually plugged in…

Hendersonville allows EV charging equipment with six or fewer ports as an accessory use in commercial districts…

Knoxville lets the department of engineering post signed parking spaces reserved for electric vehicles connected to a…

Memphis regulates electric vehicle charging through the joint Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code. A…

In Metro Nashville parking lots with 10 or more spaces, marked EV charging spaces are reserved for plug-in electric…

Chattanooga's zoning code defines three EV charging infrastructure tiers and rewards installing them with extra credit…

Murfreesboro sets design standards for voluntary EV Capable, EV Ready, and EV Installed parking spaces, covering…

A sweep of the Clarksville Code of Ordinances and the separate Zoning Ordinance returns no provision on electric…

Tennessee Code Title 55 Chapter 16 governs abandoned vehicles statewide, defining when vehicles may be towed, requiring…

Clarksville forbids open storage of any inoperable motor vehicle on residential or commercial property, and a car…

When a motor vehicle is wrecked or abandoned in a street, highway, or alley in unincorporated Shelby County, Section…

Chattanooga treats an abandoned or discarded vehicle left on any lot in the city, occupied or vacant, public or…

Franklin, Tennessee makes it unlawful to leave a disabled or unlicensed vehicle on any public way for more than 24…

Hendersonville bars any in-operative or unlicensed motor vehicle from sitting on any premises, and a car left on a…

Metro Codes Administration can tag, tow and demolish an abandoned vehicle left on public streets, alleys or…

Sullivan County's Zoning Resolution outright bans keeping an inoperable vehicle, whole or in parts, outside in any…

Under Knox County Ordinance O-12-09-101, an abandoned or inoperable vehicle cannot be stored on public or private…

Knoxville treats a vehicle as abandoned if it sits unattended on public property over 30 days, stays illegally on…

When a vehicle is wrecked or abandoned in a Memphis street or alley and obstructs traffic, the police division can have…

Murfreesboro treats a motor vehicle illegally left on public property more than 48 hours as abandoned, and declares any…

Hendersonville bans parking alongside any curb the city has painted yellow or red, one of eleven specific no-parking…

When Knoxville bans parking near a school, on a narrow street, or at a hazardous or congested spot, the division of…

Metro Nashville treats a painted curb the same as a posted sign: Section 12.40.020 requires the Department of Public…

Curb colors and parking markings in unincorporated Shelby County are set by official traffic control devices under…

Chattanooga's city traffic engineer designates passenger and freight curb loading zones and posts the hours they apply…

Franklin, Tennessee lets the board of mayor and aldermen designate passenger and freight loading zones by sign, but…

In the C-5 Neighborhood Commercial District, unincorporated Hamilton County's Zoning Regulations require off-street…

Hendersonville reserves marked loading and unloading zones for exactly one purpose: getting passengers or merchandise…

Knox County requires commercial loading docks in its EC Employment Center Zone to sit at the rear or side of buildings…

Knoxville limits marked loading zones to the expeditious loading or unloading of freight or passengers during posted…

Memphis caps stops in a marked loading zone at 30 minutes unless a vehicle is visibly and continuously loading or…

Murfreesboro caps commercial loading zone stops at 30 minutes and bars leaving a vehicle unattended there for more than…

Metro Nashville's traffic and parking commission runs a curb loading zone management program that can reserve specially…

Any building in unincorporated Rutherford County built for industry, business or trade that receives or distributes…

Shelby County Code Chapter 24 defines a loading and unloading zone as street space designated by official signs, and…

Sullivan County's Zoning Resolution requires off-street loading berths at least 12 feet wide and 55 feet long, with 15…

Sumner County requires every industrial, business, or trade building that receives or distributes vehicles, materials…

Commercial, industrial, retail, office and institutional buildings in unincorporated Williamson County must provide…

Memphis lets the city council designate permit parking districts by resolution, exempting residents' vehicles…

Chattanooga's Transportation Department can designate residential streets as restricted on-street parking areas…

Metro Nashville lets residents petition the Traffic and Parking Commission to create Residential Permit Parking (RPP)…

Tennessee rewrote its towing law twice in two years. The Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight…

Chattanooga fixes the price of a non-consent tow in its own ordinance instead of leaving it to the wrecker company…

Hendersonville caps what a police-called wrecker may bill a driver at $125.00 for a standard vehicle, allows storage of…

Knoxville sets a hard price ceiling on tows taken without the owner's consent: $245 for a Class A vehicle, $320 for…

Memphis fixes the price of a non-consent tow by ordinance instead of leaving it to the tow company. Chapter 6-88 caps a…

Metro Code Chapter 6.80 puts nonconsent towing in Nashville under the Metropolitan Transportation Licensing Commission…