What is considered an abandoned vehicle?
A vehicle that is damaged or missing parts to the extent that it cannot be moved under its own power. This would include flat tires, up on blocks, missing or damaged windows that would prevent safe operation of the vehicle.
A vehicle on public property that has not been moved for 3 consecutive days (72 hours).
A vehicle on private property that is not parked on a designated driveway or parking area that has not been moved for 3 consecutive days (72 hours).
A vehicle that does not have current registration.
View ordinance 8-5-2-3 for more information.

https://www.cabq.gov/report-abandoned-vehicles/abandoned-vehicles-faqs

Parked legally on a designated driveway. Two cars are inoperable and can be parked there for 36 hours only for time to fix. Two cars are inoperable parked on the side of the house which is not a designated driveway. Any vehicle that does not have a current registration is inoperable and falls under abandoned.

8-5-2-9 INOPERABLE VEHICLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(A) Any inoperable vehicle parked, stored or left or permitted to be parked, stored, or left upon any private property within the city for a period longer than three consecutive days constitutes a public nuisance. Inoperable vehicles parked, stored or left on public property or upon private property without the consent of the owner of such property are governed by § 8-5-2-3. Nothing in this section applies to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business that services and repairs vehicles, a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained for impounded vehicles, or to a vehicle that is in compliance with §§ 66-11-1 through 66-11-5 NMSA 1978.

8-5-2-0 PURPOSE.
Sections 8-5-2-1 et seq. are intended to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the people of the city by preventing inoperable and abandoned vehicles from littering property and creating health hazards. Sections 8-5-2-1 et seq. are also intended to protect the integrity and aesthetic importance of neighborhoods in the city by preventing the use of private and public property as a disposal area for inoperable and abandoned vehicles.
(Am. Ord. 25-2003)