Illegally parked or abandoned vehicles

Our parking officers patrol between 7am and 9pm.

When you report a parking issue:

• If possible, we’ll redirect a patrolling officer to attend and investigate.
• We’ll need to prove a parking offence is occurring. This can take time and may require more than one visit.
• We may not always issue fines. For example, if a vehicle has a permit, if signs are no longer in effect or if the driver follows an officer’s direction to move.
• We’ll update you on the outcome of your report by email or SMS.
• All community reports provide data that we use to update our patrol routes and schedules.

To speak with someone about a parking issue or to make an anonymous report, call us on 9658 9658.

If a vehicle on the street has not moved for two months, it may be considered abandoned.

We may impound an abandoned vehicle, even if it is registered.

Each year around 170 vehicles are considered abandoned in the City of Melbourne.

When you report a suspected abandoned vehicle, we investigate by:

• attempting to contact the last known owner to move the vehicle
• checking if the vehicle is registered and that it’s not stolen
• monitoring the vehicle while we wait to hear from the owner.

We can then remove and impound the vehicle if the owner takes no action.

This can take anywhere from 7 to 60 business days, depending on the registration status.

Resident vehicles

We understand that resident vehicles may be parked for longer periods of time than other vehicles (for example, if residents are using sustainable transport options as their primary form of transport and not often using their vehicle, or if they go on holidays) and we take this into account when undertaking our investigations. If a vehicle is currently registered and we confirm the owner is living in the area, we do not typically consider these vehicles to be abandoned.

If a bicycle has not moved for seven days in a public space, it may be considered abandoned and removed.

Each year around 150 bicycles are considered abandoned in the City of Melbourne.

When you report a suspected abandoned bicycle, we investigate by:

• placing a notice on the bicycle that asks the owner to remove it within seven days
• removing the bicycle after this time, if it hasn’t already been moved
• storing the bicycle for at least 14 days to provide the owner an opportunity to collect it.

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