Parker, TX Fence Regulations: Retaining Walls (2026)

050(F) of the Parker Code of Ordinances, part of the subdivision regulations' lot design and improvements standards, does not set a specific retaining-wall height cap, but it does make clear that retaining walls are a design choice to be avoided where possible: the code requires lots to be platted with appropriate regard for all topographical and drainage features specifically so that grading, not retaining walls, handles a site's slope. Drainage must be positive away from every building, coordinated with the neighborhood's general storm drainage pattern, and designed so that runoff from one lot does not concentrate onto an adjacent lot.

To document how a developer proposes to meet those standards, a grading plan must be submitted showing existing and proposed contours at an interval of half a foot or less, giving the City Engineer, who reviews subdivision improvements under the surrounding sections of this chapter, a detailed basis for approval. Related lot-design rules in the same section address topsoil, requiring at least six inches of cover be redistributed or imported rather than removed and sold, with disturbed areas revegetated and regraded, plus a limit on debris, cut trees, and waste materials left on a lot for more than 60 days. 046.