Parker, TX Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Parker, TX, also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance, set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 51.77
- Watering frequency
- Once weekly, address-digit assigned day
- No-water days
- Saturday and Sunday, all addresses
- Maximum fine
- $2,000 per day, per § 51.99(C)
- Second-offense remedy
- Water service termination, meter removed
- Appeal window
- 5 business days to City Administrator
Summary
Parker assigns landscape and outdoor watering to a single weekly day tied to the last digit of the property address under Section 51.77's Stage 3 drought restrictions. No outdoor watering is allowed on Saturday or Sunday, and the North Texas Municipal Water District can cut the schedule to once every two weeks.
§ 51.77 LANDSCAPE AND OUTDOOR WATERING.
(A) Landscape and outdoor watering as defined below in this chapter are limited to the following addresses on the following days. Watering may take place once every week under the Stage 3 restrictions.
Last Digit of Address Allowed Landscape Water Days 0 or 9 Monday 1 or 8 Tuesday 2 or 7 Wednesday 3 or 6 Thursday 4 or 5 Friday No outdoor watering on Saturday or Sunday
Full Breakdown
77). Under the Stage 3 restrictions referenced in division (A), a property may water landscaping once per week on the day tied to the last digit of its address: 0 or 9 waters Monday, 1 or 8 Tuesday, 2 or 7 Wednesday, 3 or 6 Thursday, and 4 or 5 Friday. No outdoor watering is permitted at any address on Saturday or Sunday. Division (B) lets the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) tighten that further to once every two weeks; when it does, the city posts a watering calendar on its website starting the first week of May each year and may mail additional notice to water customers, and an address ending in 0 or 9 would water only on its two assigned Mondays that month.
9 into this chapter and defines CITY as the City of Parker and NTMWD as the North Texas Municipal Water District. The Mayor, City Administrator, or an official designee decides when to initiate or lift a Stage 3 declaration, and the plan runs on a year-round basis with any stage capped at 90 days before City Council action is needed to extend it. The city must notify the TCEQ and NTMWD executive directors within 5 business days of activating mandatory provisions.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 51.99(C), violating any Emergency Water Management Plan requirement, including the Section 51.77 watering-day schedule, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 per offense, and each day the violation continues is a separate offense. Beyond the criminal fine, a second Municipal Court conviction of a Stage 2 or Stage 3 requirement within an 18-month period lets the city terminate water service and pull the meter from the property. A customer facing termination gets written notice by certified mail and 5 business days to appeal to the City Administrator; if service is cut, the customer pays all reinstallation costs.
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