Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009.
(Ordinance 98-032, sec. 1, adopted 7/13/98; 1988 Code, sec. 31-96; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle owned by him to stand or park in any street in the city in violation of any provision of this chapter or other ordinance regulating the standing or parking of vehicles.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-124; 1988 Code, sec. 31-94)
If a vehicle is found unattended or unoccupied upon a street, highway, alley or other public place, in violation of any provision of this chapter or other ordinance regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles, the same is hereby declared a nuisance per se, and the fact that such vehicle is unattended or unoccupied by any person shall be prima facie evidence that the owner unlawfully stopped, placed or parked such vehicle. Proof that any such vehicle is registered in the name of any person shall be prima facie evidence that the registered owner is the actual and legal owner of such vehicle.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-125; 1988 Code, sec. 31-95)
(a) 
Trucks and commercial vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, park or stand any truck tractor, road tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, bus or any commercial motor vehicle with a rated capacity of one and one-half (1-1/2) tons or more according to the manufacturer’s classification, or the equivalent thereof, upon any public street, alley, parkway, boulevard or public park within or adjacent to any area zoned as either a One-Family Dwelling District (SF-1, SF-2 or SF-3), Two-Family Dwelling District (2F) or Multiple-Family Dwelling District (MF-1 or MF-2) under the zoning ordinance of the city, as amended. This section shall not prevent the parking or standing of the above-described vehicles in such zoned areas for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, freight or merchandise; and provided this section shall not apply to trucks, rollers and other repair or maintenance equipment used for street construction, maintenance or repair in the public right-of-way, to equipment, trucks, trailers and vehicles used by public service utility companies engaged in repairing, maintaining or extending public service utilities, and to motor buses when taking on or discharging passengers at the customary bus stops.
(b) 
Recreational vehicles and trailers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, park, or stand any motor home, camper trailer, travel trailer, utility trailer, fifth wheel trailer, horse or livestock trailer, all-terrain vehicle, utility vehicle, boat or boat trailer, or any other recreational type vehicle or trailer upon any public street, alley, parkway, boulevard, or public park located within any area zoned as either a One-Family Dwelling District (SF-1, SF-2 or SF-3), Two-Family Dwelling District (2F) or Multiple-Family Dwelling District (MF-1 or MF-2) under the zoning ordinance of the city, as amended. This section shall not prevent the parking or standing of the above-described vehicles or trailers in such zoned areas for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, equipment or supplies.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-109.1; Ordinance 1941, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/70; Ordinance 2008-014, sec. 2, adopted 4/14/08; 1988 Code, sec. 31-81)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any street or right-of-way for the principal purpose of:
(1) 
Displaying such vehicle for sale.
(2) 
Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-110; Ordinance 2008-014, sec. 2, adopted 4/14/08; 1988 Code, sec. 31-82)
No person shall stop, stand, or park any motor vehicle, commercial or recreational vehicle or trailer of any nature whatsoever in such a manner that any portion of the vehicle or trailer rests within the unimproved public right-of-way adjacent to a roadway or on a public sidewalk or curb. This provision is not intended to prohibit the lawful parking of motor vehicles fully within the street.
(Ordinance 2008-014, sec. 2, adopted 4/14/08; 1988 Code, sec. 31-83.1)
A traffic parking system for the city is hereby established, consisting of a traffic-control map as adopted in section 11.02.005 for the city, said map being a part of this section as fully as if the same were set forth herein in detail. All parking spaces and prohibited parking areas shall be placed and marked only in accordance with this traffic-control map and amendments thereto.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-112; Ordinance 2264, sec. 2, adopted 12/8/75; Ordinance 2343, sec. 1, adopted 7/11/77; Ordinance 87-017, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/87; Ordinance 88-025, sec. 2, adopted 7/11/88; Ordinance 2015-009, sec. 2, adopted 3/23/15; Ordinance 2015-012, sec. 1, adopted 4/27/15; 1988 Code, sec. 31-84)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his name or owned or operated by him or in his possession or under his control to be or remain in any space or area in which parking is prohibited on the traffic-control map adopted in section 11.05.008, by signs clearly visible, or by both.
(b) 
No person shall park, stop, or stand any motor vehicle, boat, trailer, recreational vehicle, or camper in any currently marked time-limit parking area for a longer period of time than that designated by either or both markings on the street or by signs clearly visible and placed by the city public works department, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturdays; or in a loading zone for a longer period of time than that designated on the traffic-control map, by the markings on the street, by signs clearly visible, or by any combination thereof.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-114; Ordinance 2343, sec. 2, adopted 7/11/77; Ordinance 2016-030, sec. 1, adopted 10/10/16; 1988 Code, sec. 31-85)
(a) 
Angle parking of vehicles shall be allowed and permitted on both sides of the roadway along and around the Plaza, and on the east side of First Southwest Street opposite and for the length of the Market Square and for three (3) handicapped parking spaces on the west side of Fourth Southwest Street in the 400 block. The director of public works, with the approval of the city council, may designate other streets or portions of streets on which angle parking shall be permitted, but such angle parking shall not be permitted upon any federal-aid or state highway within the city, unless the state highway engineer has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic. Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street or upon any railroad tracks.
(b) 
Where normal curbs are moved from the edge of any street for angle parking, such parking areas shall have a minimum depth of twenty (20) feet from the normal curbline, and a sidewalk shall extend the length of such parking area and shall be a minimum of four (4) feet in width in residential areas, and six (6) feet in width in business areas, in addition to such twenty (20) feet. The property owner so moving the curb shall install suitable permanent markers, clearly designating the parking spaces so provided, in the entire parking area. Such markers shall be installed in such a manner that drivers of any vehicle, proceeding in the direction of the normal regulated flow of traffic, will not be required to execute more than a forty-five-degree angle turn from the direction of the normal regulated flow of traffic, when preparing to park or parking any vehicle in such parking area. The Holy Cross Episcopal Church is permitted to provide ninety-degree angle parking in the 300 block of First Southeast Street and is permitted to protect the sidewalks at the perimeter of such angle parking with prefabricated concrete stoppers in lieu of the above requirements for curb and gutter. Booker T. Washington Homes is permitted to provide ninety-degree angle parking in the 1300 block of Eighth Northeast Street and is permitted to protect the sidewalks at the perimeter of such angle parking with prefabricated concrete stoppers in lieu of the above requirements for curb and gutter. George Wright Homes is permitted to provide ninety-degree angle parking in the 500 block of Ninth Southwest Street and in the 600 and 700 blocks of Tenth Southwest Street and is permitted to protect the sidewalks at the perimeter of such angle parking with prefabricated concrete stoppers in lieu of the above requirements for curb and gutter. Texas Department of Human Services is permitted to provide three (3) forty-five-degree angle handicapped parking spaces adjacent to the west curbline of Fourth Southwest Street in the 400 block, with such parking area being enclosed with curb and gutter and having constructed on the west side immediately adjacent thereto a four-foot wide sidewalk and with each of the three (3) handicapped spaces having constructed adjacent to the parking spaces a handicapped ramp leading to such sidewalk.
(c) 
Whenever parking spaces are marked by lines on the pavement, whether for parallel or angle parking, a vehicle must be parked entirely within the lines of the parking space.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-115(b)–(d); Ordinance 85-029, sec. 1, adopted 5/18/85; Ordinance 85-041, sec. 1, adopted 7/8/85; Ordinance 85-066, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/85; Ordinance 86-007, secs. 1, 2, adopted 4/14/86; 1988 Code, sec. 31-86)
(a) 
The director of public works is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any public or private school, playground, park, or other property where children congregate, when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(b) 
When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon that side of a street adjacent to any public or private school, playground, park, or other property where children congregate, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-116; 1988 Code, sec. 31-87)
(a) 
The director of public works is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty (20) feet, or upon one (1) side of a street when the width of the street does not exceed thirty (30) feet.
(b) 
When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-117; 1988 Code, sec. 31-88)
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave parked or standing, in any public street, alley, or other public place, any vehicle for a longer continuous period of time than seventy-two (72) hours unless continuous parking over seventy-two (72) hours is otherwise permitted by the traffic-control map, by the markings on the street, by signs clearly visible, or by any combination thereof.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-118; Ordinance 2018-043, sec. 2, adopted 12/10/18; 1988 Code, sec. 31-89)
All freight trucks shall be, and are hereby required to be, loaded and unloaded from the alley entrance, if practicable. Where conditions are such as to make the loading or unloading thereof from an alley impracticable, such trucks shall be parked on the street in accord with all applicable provisions of this article.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-119; 1988 Code, sec. 31-90)
The chief of police is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-120; 1988 Code, sec. 31-91)
(a) 
The city council shall authorize the establishment of curb loading zones in locations where, in its opinion, the dimension of the streets and sidewalks, the flow of traffic and the use of property abutting the streets are such that loading zones are necessary for the free flow and expeditious handling of traffic and the safety of persons and property.
(b) 
The director of public works shall place and maintain appropriate signs and markings indicating loading zones established under this section. The signs so placed must state the maximum time limit for concluding such loading.
(c) 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any loading zones except for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or materials and must not occupy such loading zones for more than the maximum lawful time posted for such zone.
(d) 
All loading zones lying in a lane of traffic shall be limited to fifteen (15) minutes, and all other loading zones shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes.
(e) 
Nothing in this code or the ordinance adopting this code shall be deemed to affect the validity of any ordinance establishing a passenger or freight loading zone, and all such ordinances are hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out in full in this code.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-121; Ordinance 2302, sec. 1, adopted 10/11/76; 1988 Code, sec. 31-92)
(a) 
The city council shall establish bus stops and taxicab stands on such public streets in such places and in such number as it shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop and taxicab stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
(b) 
The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not park upon any street in any business district at any time other than at a bus stop or taxicab stand, respectively, except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
(c) 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand, when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(d) 
Nothing in this code or the ordinance adopting this code shall be deemed to affect the validity of any ordinance establishing any bus stop or taxicab stand, and all such ordinances are hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out in full in this code.
(1970 Code, sec. 29-122; 1988 Code, sec. 31-93)