Parker, TX Environmental Rules: Flood Zones (2026)

054(C)(1) of the Parker Code of Ordinances, part of the subdivision regulations administered by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Engineer, gives the City Council discretion to bar development entirely within a stream or drainage course floodplain whenever it finds the restriction necessary for public health, safety, welfare, or the conservation of water, drainage, and sanitary facilities. Once designated, those floodplain areas cannot be cleared, graded, or used for dumping earth, waste, material, or tree stumps except when the Council itself allows it. The subsection also cross-references the code's tree preservation rules, meaning floodplain vegetation can carry an extra layer of protection beyond the general drainage standard.

The same chapter's creek provisions require major creeks to stay in their open, natural condition, and any creek or drainage way retained on a platted lot needs a maintenance and drainage easement running to the city, whether maintained by the property owner, a homeowners association, or another approved entity. Separately, Chapter 154 adopts the city's dedicated Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance by reference, Ord. 422, Exhibit A, passed August 26, 1997, which governs floodplain construction standards city-wide. A violation of that adopted ordinance is a misdemeanor prosecuted in Municipal Court, punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 per offense, with each day of a continuing violation charged as a separate offense; the code additionally declares the violation a common nuisance the city may abate by injunction or a damages action.