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 regulating and [sic] 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. The records of the state department of transportation or the county highway license department, showing the name of the person to whom state license plates were issued, shall constitute prima facie evidence of ownership by the person therein named.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-49)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle, and no owner shall permit or suffer any vehicle belonging to him to stand or be parked, upon any highway for the principal purpose of:
(1) 
Displaying it for sale; or
(2) 
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(Ordinance 04-08, sec. 1, adopted 2/7/08)
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, stand or park any motor vehicle, boat or other impediment upon any public street or alley between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. within ten (10) feet of a postal receptacle or a grouping of postal receptacles, except a United States Postal Service vehicle, and except on Sundays and federal holidays.
(Ordinance 04-08, sec. 1, adopted 2/7/08)
Except when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals, the driver of a vehicle shall not park such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of traffic and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within eighteen (18) inches of the edge of the roadway, except where streets have been marked for angle parking or head-in parking, or when curbs are sufficiently moved in upon private property to permit head-in parking. Markings will not be required to permit head-in parking where such parking is the then-current general practice.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-43)
(a) 
Any vehicle displaying a symbol, tab, or other device authorized by the state department of transportation attached to the license plate or in which a disabled identification card issued by the state department of transportation is placed in the lower left-hand side of the front windshield of said vehicle, when operated by or for the transportation of a disabled person, shall be allowed to park for unlimited periods in any parking space or parking area designated specifically for the disabled. A vehicle properly displaying the above symbol, tab, device attached to the license plate or identification card is exempt from the payment of fees or penalties imposed by any ordinance of the city for parking at a meter or in a space with a limitation on the length of time for parking, unless the vehicle was not parked at the time by or for the transportation of a disabled person. This exemption does not apply to fees or penalties imposed by a branch of the United States government. This section does not permit parking a vehicle at a place or time that parking is prohibited.
(b) 
No person who is neither temporarily or permanently disabled nor transporting a temporarily or permanently disabled person shall park a vehicle with such special device or displaying a temporarily disabled person identification card issued by the state department of transportation in the lower left-hand corner of the front windshield of said vehicle in any parking space or parking area designated specifically for the disabled. No person shall park a vehicle neither displaying the special device nor displaying a temporarily disabled person identification card issued by the state department of transportation in a parking space or parking area designated specifically for the disabled. 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. No person shall lend an identification card issued to him under V.T.C.A., Transportation Code chapter 681, as amended, to another person to be used in violation of this section.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-43.1)
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions or so as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic or so as to block the driveway entrance to abutting property.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-40)
Any vehicle standing unattended may be moved by any member of the fire department or the police department or any city employee working in or on the streets, and any policeman, fireman or such worker may require the removal of any such vehicle if it obstructs the free movement of any such person in the actual discharge of his official duties.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-50)
(a) 
The city manager is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating “no parking” upon that side of a street adjacent to any school property when such parking would create a hazard or interfere with traffic in his opinion.
(b) 
The city manager is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs, distances not exceeding one hundred (100) feet at places where the parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
(c) 
No person shall park any vehicle in violation of any sign erected pursuant to this section.
(d) 
No person shall leave, stand or park any vehicle at any point on the north service road or the south service road of U.S. Highway 175 at any point within the corporate limits of the city. The city manager is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs on said service roads to give motorists notice of the prohibition contained in this section.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-44)
In any case where any street in the city is being torn up, repaired or paved, or where any work is being done on the same, making necessary the regulation of traffic thereon, the city manager is hereby authorized to prevent parking, either altogether or to any extent deemed necessary by him, for any period of time that may be necessary, or to close the street to traffic for such period of time.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-46)
(a) 
The city manager is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight loading zones within the city and to maintain appropriate signs indicating the same.
(b) 
The city manager is hereby authorized to issue to the owner of any business establishment a special permit, renewable annually, to designate a curb space, not exceeding twenty (20) feet in width, as a loading and unloading zone, if the extension of such privilege is reasonably necessary in the conduct of the owner’s business and will not interfere with traffic. The permit issued shall state the terms and conditions thereof, and payment therefor shall be made to the city in the amount adopted by resolution of the city council.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-47; Ordinance adopting Code)
When any six-wheeled articulated vehicle is backed to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading, the front or tractor portion shall, insofar as physically possible, be turned parallel to the curb and headed in the direction of traffic.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-48)
It shall be unlawful for person or any owner to leave, park or stand any truck-tractor, road-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, bus or any commercial motor vehicle upon any public street, alley, parkway, boulevard or property owned or controlled by any unit of government; provided that this section shall not apply to street construction, maintenance and repair equipment, trucks, rollers and implements or to trucks, equipment, trailers and vehicles used by public service utility companies engaged in repairing or extending public services utilities or to motor buses when taking on or discharging passengers at the customary bus stops or any other vehicles designated herein when actually parked at a designated loading zone in those areas of limited parking where loading zones are designated or where it is now lawful to park any commercial motor vehicle for the purpose of then accepting from the immediate shipper or then delivering to the consignee or addressee any transportable thing; provided further that this section shall not apply to any vehicle defined or designated therein developing a mechanical defect after such vehicle has commenced the run, en route, making it unsafe to proceed further, and in this event it shall [not] be unlawful to stand or park the vehicle during the time necessary to make emergency repairs.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-41)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or any owner to leave, park, or stand any truck-tractor, semitrailer, bus, trailer, or any other commercial motor vehicle upon property within any area zoned residential and districts zoned office, general retail, and those districts zoned planned development for uses other than industrial. This section shall not prevent the parking or standing of the above-described vehicles in such zoned area for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, freight, or merchandise, but not otherwise, and further provided that it shall be an affirmative defense to this section that parking of commercial vehicles is at a lawfully zoned business establishment, wherein such vehicles are utilized as an integral part of said lawfully zoned business.
(b) 
Any person having obtained a permit from the city, as provided herein, may lawfully park such vehicles under such circumstances as may be provided in the terms of the permit.
(c) 
“Integral part of a lawfully zoned business” for the purposes of this section shall mean the operation of such vehicle to deliver merchandise or transport tools, equipment and supplies necessary to the operation of said business, and other uses of said vehicles without which the operation of such business would be substantially hindered. Remote and incidental uses of such vehicles in connection with said business, such as advertising and name exposure, shall not be deemed use as an integral part of such business.
(1977 Code, sec. 21-42; Ordinance 2026-15 adopted 2/2/2026)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for the driver, owner or operator of an oversized commercial vehicle to park or permit to be parked, stand or remain motionless an oversized commercial vehicle:
(1) 
On a public street in any area zoned residential under the comprehensive zoning ordinance or used for residential purposes unless the vehicle is being actively loaded or unloaded; or
(2) 
For more than two hours on a public street in any area not zoned residential under the comprehensive zoning ordinance or not used for residential purposes.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for the driver, owner or operator of a large recreational vehicle or an oversized recreational vehicle to park or permit to be parked, stand or remain motionless a large recreational vehicle or an oversized recreational vehicle:
(1) 
On a public street in any area zoned residential under the comprehensive zoning ordinance or used for residential purposes; or
(2) 
On a public street in any area not zoned residential under the comprehensive zoning ordinance or not used for residential purposes.
(c) 
It is an exception to subsection (b)(1) above that the large recreational vehicle or oversize recreational vehicle is being parked or allowed to be parked, stand or remain motionless for loading, unloading, maintenance, or any combination thereof, for no more than 24 hours in any seven-day period. Relocation of the large recreational vehicle or oversize recreational vehicle to another location on private property or the adjoining public street does not stop the running of the 24-hour period.
(d) 
For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
Large recreational vehicle
Shall mean a recreational motor vehicle, trailer, or trailer combination that exceeds twenty-two (22) feet in overall length, eight (8) feet in overall width, or nine (9) feet in overall height, including, but not limited to, motorhomes, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel trailers.
Oversized commercial vehicle
Shall mean any commercial motor vehicle (1) that exceeds twenty-two (22) feet in overall length, eight (8) feet in overall width, or nine (9) feet in overall height, or (2) has more than two rear axles; or (3) is designed to transport more than fifteen (15) passengers. Examples include, but are not limited to, dump trucks, semi-tractors, concrete mixers, stake-bed trucks, buses, and trailers.
Oversized recreational vehicle
Shall mean a recreational vehicle that exceeds twenty-eight (28) feet in overall length, eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet in overall width, or ten (10) feet in overall height, representing the largest recreational vehicles whose size may substantially impact public streets, parking areas, or residential zones.
(Ordinance 2026-15 adopted 2/2/2026)