I have bought a project vehicle, a S10 pickup. I live in a single family house with a big fenced-up backyard. I parked it on my own drive-wa...

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I have bought a project vehicle, a S10 pickup. I live in a single family house with a big fenced-up backyard. I parked it on my own drive-way for about 10 days. Recently the city of Ocoee in Florida gave me a violation notice, saying I have an abandoned vehicle, need to have it removed from the property. I don't have a garage to house it. Can I still keep it in my property to work on or in the backyard without the disturbance from the code enforcement people?

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Probably not. You would have to look into the City of Ocoee municipal code (https://www.municode.com/library/fl/ocoee/codes/code_of_ordinances) for guidance.

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Whoops. I hit submit too soon. http://dms.ocoee.org/DMS/DocView.aspx?id=123703&page=1&dbid=1 has the information you need.

So if the vehicle is left for 48 continuous hours, and does not have a current license plate & registration, the presumption is that it is abandoned. (165-4)

Review the entire section of code as there may be other relevant provisions.