No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the roadway.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-241)
(a) 
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave such vehicle off such part of such roadway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such street.
(b) 
This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on a roadway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-242)
(a) 
An operator may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(1) 
On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(2) 
On a sidewalk;
(3) 
In an intersection;
(4) 
On a crosswalk;
(5) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the council designates a different length by signs or markings;
(6) 
Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction if stopping, standing, or parking the vehicle would obstruct traffic;
(7) 
On a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or in a highway tunnel;
(8) 
On a railroad track;
(9) 
Where an official sign prohibits stopping; or
(10) 
Within a fire zone where curbs are painted red color background with four-inch high white color letters which read “Fire Zone No Parking.” The city council hereby designates as a fire zone these curbs of the traffic lanes which are adjacent to the commercial structures, which are so painted red and marked as described above and located in parking areas at the following locations:
701 Capital of Texas Highway
925 Capital of Texas Highway
1101 Capital of Texas Highway
1201 Capital of Texas Highway
1203 Capital of Texas Highway
3300 Bee Cave Road
3663 Bee Cave Road
3701 Bee Cave Road
3736 Bee Cave Road
3801 Bee Cave Road
3811 Bee Cave Road
3839 Bee Cave Road
3939 Bee Cave Road
4051 Bee Cave Road
4101 Bee Cave Road
4201 Bee Cave Road
5524 Bee Cave Road
4300 Westbank Drive
Village at Westlake
Westway Office Park
Westlake Oaks Exec. Ofc. Park
Valley View Elementary
Forest Trail Elementary
Westbank Market
Westlake Court
The Oaks
The Forum
Cornerstone
Bank One
B.B.S. Building
Westlake Village
Crenshaw School
Eanes Elementary School
The Schoolyard
Westland Office Park
Ben Hur Shrine.
(b) 
An operator may not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger, stand or park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle:
(1) 
In front of a public or private driveway;
(2) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4) 
Within 30 feet on the approach to a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(5) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire station within 75 feet of the entrance, if the entrance is properly marked with a sign; or
(6) 
Where an official sign prohibits standing.
(c) 
An operator may not, except temporarily to load or unload merchandise or passengers, park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle:
(1) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
(2) 
Where an official sign prohibits parking.
(d) 
A person may stop, stand, or park a bicycle on a sidewalk if the bicycle does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic on the sidewalk.
(e) 
A private vehicle operated by an elevator constructor responding to an elevator emergency shall be exempt from subsections (a)(1), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(9), (b), and (c) of this section.
(f) 
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section do not apply if the avoidance of conflict with other traffic is necessary or if the operator is complying with the law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
(g) 
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-243)
Nothing in this division shall prohibit a person from parking on a public street if such person is an invited guest of a resident where there is not sufficient space on the resident’s property for the guest to park such guest’s vehicle. Such parking shall be allowed for a period of time not to exceed eight hours and shall be permitted only if such parking results in at least one lane of the street being unobstructed and open to passing vehicles. Any vehicle parking under this provision of this section shall otherwise comply with other applicable restrictions and limitations on the parking of vehicles contained in this division.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-244)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the righthand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the righthand curb or edge of the roadway.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-245)
No person shall park on any public street within the city for a period longer than 72 continuous hours any trailer or other nonmotorized device or equipment designed or intended to be towed upon the public streets by means of attachment to a motor vehicle, or self-propelled vehicle or equipment; nor any motorized, self-propelled motor home, or recreational vehicle, or other motor vehicle containing or intended to contain permanent installed sleeping facilities and/or sanitary treatment or disposal facilities.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-246)
No person shall park a commercial motor vehicle on any property zoned R-1 (one-family residential) district except when necessary to perform work authorized by a permit issued under chapter 22, article 22.03.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-247)
(a) 
[Reserved]
(b) 
The parking of any vehicle on Beaver Trail, Camp Craft Road, or Konstanty Circle is prohibited.
(c) 
The parking of any vehicle on Westlake Drive from the 101 Block of Buckeye Trail to #5 Downie Place (both sides of street) and along the east side of Westlake Drive from Hull Circle Drive to Hidden Cove is prohibited.
(d) 
The parking of any vehicle in the 100 Block of Westwood Terrace (both sides of street) is prohibited.
(e) 
The parking of any vehicle on Reveille Road is prohibited as follows:
(1) 
The west side of Reveille Road within 600 feet of the Bee Cave Road intersection; and
(2) 
The east side of Reveille Road (entire length of street).
(f) 
Parking on any of the following city streets between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. is prohibited:
Basin Ledge.
Bee Cave Road.
Buckeye Trail.
Caravan Circle.
Circle Ridge Road.
Double Bend Back Road.
Eanes School Road.
Harbor View.
Las Lomas Court.
Las Lomas Drive.
Laurel Valley Cove.
Laurel Valley Road.
Little Bend Road.
Live Oak Circle.
Live Oak Ridge.
Lost Canyon Drive.
Madrone Road.
Nob Hill Circle.
North Peak Road.
Redbud Trail.
Reveille Road.
Ridgewood Road (between Rollingwood and Gentry Drive).
Roadrunner Road.
Rocky Ledge Road.
Rocky River Cove.
Rocky River Road.
Skyline Drive.
Spiller Lane.
Terrace Mountain Drive.
Westbank Drive.
Westlake Drive.
Wildcat Hollow.
Yaupon Valley Road.
(Ordinance 2022-008 adopted 8/10/22; Ordinance 2024-010 adopted 8/28/2024; Ordinance 2025-006 adopted 7/23/2025)
It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following while a vehicle is parked upon any street or roadway of the city:
(1) 
Display such vehicle for sale.
(2) 
Wash, grease, repair or service such vehicle, except repairs and service necessitated by an emergency.
(3) 
Display advertising on such vehicles in violation of chapter 32.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-249)
The city council shall authorize the erection of signs prohibiting parking upon that side of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would in its opinion interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-250)
The city council shall authorize the erection of signs prohibiting parking upon any streets when the width of the roadway would, in its opinion, not otherwise permit safe passage of traffic flow under existing conditions.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-251)
The city council shall authorize the placement of appropriate signs in areas not exceeding 100 feet in length in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would, in its opinion, create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-252)
(a) 
No person who is not temporarily or permanently disabled nor transporting a temporarily or permanently disabled person shall park a vehicle with a special device or displaying a disabled person identification card as specified in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code chapter 681, in a parking space or parking area designated specifically for the disabled by the city or by a person who owns or controls private property.
(b) 
No person shall park a vehicle not displaying a special device nor displaying a disabled person identification card as specified in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code chapter 681, in a parking space or parking area designated specifically for the disabled by the city or by a person who owns or controls private property.
(c) 
No person shall park a vehicle so that the vehicle blocks an access or curb ramp or any other architectural improvement designed to aid the disabled.
(d) 
No person shall lend or furnish an identification card issued to him under V.T.C.A., Transportation Code chapter 681, to a person who uses the identification card in violation of this section.
(e) 
The provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code section 681.011, are adopted and made applicable to handicapped parking spaces or areas designated for the disabled on private property and property owned or controlled by a political subdivision.
(f) 
A parking space or a parking area designated specifically for the disabled by a person who owns or controls private property or so designated by the city shall be identified and reserved for the disabled by vertically mounted signs incorporating the symbol of accessibility and placed so that they will not be obscured by parked vehicles. There shall be a sufficient number of signs so that each space is clearly identified. The signage shall be of such size that it is legible from a distance that would be reasonable for the condition. Signs may be mounted on posts, walls, fences, columns, poles or other permanent vertical surfaces. (See figures 1 through 7 below for examples of acceptable signage.)
(1996 Code, sec. 82-253)