The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health,
safety and general welfare of the city’s residents and motorists.
These regulations are designed to promote safe access to city streets,
to reduce road accidents, to protect public investment in streets,
to establish a safe and reasonable balance between street access and
traffic mobility, and to assure safe and convenient access to and
circulation of emergency and service vehicles within developments.
Further, it establishes minimum design standards for access and parking
lots and minimum requirements for off-street parking.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A small, open motor vehicle having one seat and three or
more wheels fitted with large tires. It is designed chiefly for recreational
use over roadless, rugged terrain.
A vessel not more than 30 feet in length, measured from end
to end over the deck, excluding sheer, and manufactured or used primarily
for noncommercial use.
A trailer or semitrailer which is designed and constructed
to carry a sailboat, motorboat or other vessel used upon any body
of water.
A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled,
designed to travel on not more than three wheels, designed for off-road
use.
A small, light, one-horse carriage usually having four wheels
in the United States and two wheels [sic]; also, a passenger or recreational
vehicle, usually with oversized tires, designed for off-road use.
A large transport conveyance designed for moving, storing,
or transporting.
For purposes of this article, “heavy truck” means
any truck or tractor-trailer combination that has dual wheels or tandem
rear axles and which has a rated capacity of 12,000 pounds gross vehicle
weight (GVW). The term does not include a passenger car used to deliver
the United States mail, as stated under the Uniform Act Regulating
Traffic on Highways, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 501.002.
A trailer or semitrailer which is designed, constructed and
equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place (either
permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use as a conveyance
on streets and highways, and shall include those vehicles commonly
known as recreational vehicles.
Any motor driven or propelled vehicle required to be registered
under the laws of this state;
A trailer or semitrailer, other than manufactured housing, that
has a gross vehicle weight that exceeds 4,000 pounds;
A house trailer;
A four-wheel all-terrain vehicle designed by the manufacturer
for off-highway use that is not required to be registered under the
laws of this state; or
A motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped that is not required
to be registered under the laws of this state, other than a motorcycle,
motor-driven cycle, or moped designed for and used exclusively on
a golf course, under the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways,
V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 501.002.
A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled,
designed to travel on not more than three wheels.
A motor vehicle that is equipped with a saddle for the use
of the rider, designed to propel itself with three or four tires in
contact with the ground, designed by the manufacturer for off-highway
use by the operator only, and not designed by the manufacturer for
farming or lawn care.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight
and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty in section 1.01.009 of this code. Every violation and every day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
(a)
Parking certain vehicles for longer than four hours.
Any vehicle such as a haul trailer, house trailer, recreational vehicle,
semitrailer, trailer, boat trailer, all-terrain vehicle, dirt bike,
or boat parked upon a public street for more than four (4) consecutive
hours is hereby declared to be an obstruction in the public way.
(b)
Parking near cluster mailbox unit.
Any vehicle may not
park within fifteen (15) feet of a cluster mailbox unit.
(c)
Removal of vehicles.
A peace officer may request the
removal, at the owner’s expense, of any motor vehicle in violation
of this article.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
No person shall park, stop, or leave a vehicle unattended within an alley, except during the process of loading and unloading or service vehicles performing maintenance, excluding the authorized vehicles in section 22.04.006(b).
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
(a)
No heavy trucks shall be parked on any street in any residential district except during the process of loading and unloading or service vehicles performing maintenance, excluding the authorized vehicles in subsection (b).
(b)
Subsection (a) excludes the following authorized vehicles:
(1)
Maintenance vehicles and trailers owned and/or operated by or on
behalf of the city or any public utility or government entity.
(2)
Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Texas Transportation
Code section 541.201, or any amendments thereto, provided such vehicle
is conclusively identified.
(3)
School buses and/or commercial buses actually engaged in the receiving
or discharging of passengers.
(4)
Recreation vehicles and/or recreational trailers for a period of
not more than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours and not more than
fifteen (15) cumulative days in any one year.
(5)
Motor vehicles and/or trailers at or on an active jobsite. The active
jobsite must not be blocking the roadway.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the purpose
of:
(1)
Displaying such vehicle for sale.
(2)
Repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(3)
Parking or storing an inoperable or mechanically dismantled/disabled
vehicle.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
(a)
A vehicle may be removed from any public street to an approved storage
yard by a contracted service upon the city’s request, under
any of the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
(1)
When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct or causeway,
or where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
(2)
When any vehicle is illegally parked so as to block the entrance
to any private driveway and it is impracticable to move such vehicle
from in front of the driveway to another point on the street.
(3)
When any vehicle is found upon a public street and a report has previously
been made that such vehicle has been stolen or a complaint has been
filed and a warrant thereon issued.
(4)
When any such officer has reasonable grounds to believe that any
vehicle has been abandoned.
(5)
When a vehicle upon a public street is so disabled that its normal
operation is impossible or impractical and the person or persons in
charge of the vehicle are incapacitated by reason of physical injury
or other reason to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its
removal or custody or are not in the immediate vicinity of the disabled
vehicle.
(6)
When an officer arrests any person driving or in control of the vehicle
for an alleged offense and such officer is required by law to take
the person arrested immediately before a magistrate.
(7)
When a vehicle is parked on a public street in an area marked by
signs or markings indicating a “no parking zone.”
(8)
When a vehicle is parked or standing in or on any portion of a public
street when the vehicle constitutes a hazard, or interferes with a
normal function of a governmental agency, or by reason of any catastrophe,
emergency or unusual circumstances.
(9)
When an inoperable or mechanically dismantled/disabled vehicle is
parked on a public street for longer than 72 hours.
(b)
Once a vehicle is removed from a public street, the city shall give
notice of the removal to the registered owner and all lienholders
of record by telephone, in person, or according to the notice provisions
of Texas Transportation Code section 683.012. The notice shall indicate
the location of the impounded vehicle, the reason for the removal,
the means of securing its release, and the fact that the vehicle will
be subject to sale at public auction if it is not reclaimed within
twenty (20) days of the date notice is given.
(c)
An owner or registered lienholder of an impounded vehicle may reclaim
the vehicle upon payment of all towing, preservation, and storage
charges resulting from the removal of the vehicle, or upon payment
of garagekeeper’s charges, if notice is given under Texas Transportation
Code section 683.012.
(d)
The owner or lienholder of an impounded vehicle may obtain immediate
possession of the vehicle by requesting a hearing and posting an appearance
bond in the amount of the charges for the towing, preservation, and
storage of the vehicle.
(e)
The provisions of this section pertaining to reclaiming an impounded
vehicle shall not apply to vehicles impounded for evidentiary purposes
for possible criminal prosecution or to vehicles subject to forfeiture
under applicable laws.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person or any owner to park, stand,
or store or to permit the parking, standing or storing of any vehicle,
recreational vehicle, motor home, boat, farm equipment, motorcycle,
trailer, truck-tractor or any other type of vehicle on unimproved
surfaces including front yards and side yards of any residential district.
(b)
Improved surfaces for vehicle parking or storage in any residential
district shall not exceed 40% of the square footage of the yard areas
or 400 square feet. The improved surface area shall include the paved
area leading directly to the garage or carport area. Improved surfaces
shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt pad or other materials
approved by the city prior to installation.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
(a)
Restricted.
After written notice, it shall be unlawful
for the owner or operator of the below-listed vehicles to use outdoor
storage or overnight outdoor parking of tractor-trailers, semi-trucks,
semitrailers, or other vehicles, having a gross vehicle weight rating
of 12,000 pounds or more, in any commercial districts or undeveloped
property. Construction equipment and vehicles having a gross vehicle
weight rating of 12,000 pounds or more shall not be stored on lots
in residential [districts], commercial districts, or undeveloped land
except during the period of permitted construction, while loading/unloading
at a commercial business, commercial businesses who operate said described
vehicles that are kept on their property, or locations permitted by
zoning.
(b)
Definitions.
(1)
Written notice.
An official written
police warning to said described vehicles which is left in a conspicuous
place for the owner/operator to review. Information from the notice
will be entered into the record management system database maintained
by the police department.
(2)
Undeveloped property.
Those areas of
land that are located in the city limits, whether located in any commercial,
industrial or residential zone, upon which no certificates of occupancy
have been issued.
(Ordinance O-13-08-08-11A1 adopted 8/8/13)
The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health,
safety and general welfare of the city’s residents and motorists.
These regulations are designed to promote safe access to city streets,
to reduce road accidents, to protect public investment in streets,
to establish a safe and reasonable balance between street access and
traffic mobility, and to assure safe and convenient access to and
circulation of emergency and service vehicles within developments.
Further, it establishes minimum design standards for access and parking
lots and minimum requirements for off-street parking.
(Ordinance O-13-03-07-11A1 adopted 3/7/13)
Except as indicated in division 1 of this article, it shall
be unlawful for any person to stand or park a vehicle on the following
streets or portions of streets:
|
Street
|
Side of Street
|
From
|
To
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anthony St.
|
East side
|
U.S. Hwy. 79
|
Taylor St.
|
|
Austin Ave.
|
South side
|
100 block W. Austin Ave.
|
S. F.M. 1660
|
|
Brushy St.
|
West side
|
E. Austin St.
|
Evans St.
|
|
Church St.
|
West side
|
E. Pecan St.
|
N. F.M. 1660
|
|
East St.
|
East side
|
139 ft. north of Farley St.
|
Liberty St.
|
|
Evans St.
|
North side
|
Brushy St.
|
S. F.M. 1660
|
|
Farley St.
|
North side
|
Short St.
|
N. F.M. 1660
|
|
Front St.
|
North side
|
S. F.M. 1660
|
Iola St.
|
|
Hague St.
|
South side
|
Walker St.
|
S. F.M. 1660
|
|
Hutto St.
|
North side
|
Whitfield St.
|
N. F.M. 1660
|
|
Jim Cage Ln.
|
Both sides
|
Front St.
|
Austin St.
|
|
Liberty St.
|
North side
|
Whitfield St.
|
East St.
|
|
Live Oak St.
|
South side
|
West St.
|
Park St.
|
|
Mager Ln./C.R. 136
|
North side
|
N. F.M. 1660
|
C.R. 132
|
|
Main St.
|
East side
|
W. Live Oak St.
|
W. U.S. Hwy. 79
|
|
Metcalfe St.
|
North side
|
Whitfield St.
|
Church St.
|
|
Orgain St.
|
North side
|
Walker St.
|
S. F.M. 1660
|
|
Park St.
|
West side
|
E. Live Oak St.
|
E. U.S Hwy. 79
|
|
Pecan St.
|
South side
|
West St.
|
College St.
|
|
Redbud St.
|
West side
|
Ross St.
|
Taylor St.
|
|
Riverwalk Dr.
|
South side
|
F.M. 685
|
1,240 ft. east of F.M. 685
|
|
Ross St.
|
North side
|
College St.
|
Park St.
|
|
Taylor St.
|
North side
|
N. F.M. 1660
|
Park St.
|
|
Walker St.
|
Both sides
|
Orgain St.
|
Hague St.
|
|
West St.
|
West side
|
Hutto St.
|
W. U.S. Hwy. 79
|
(Ordinance O-13-03-07-11A1 adopted 3/7/13)
