Amarillo, TX Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 16-3-194(a) names the exact vehicles residential streets are off-limits to: motor homes, truck tractors, road tractors, trucks, semi-trailers, mobile homes, travel trailers, boat trailers, stock trailers, pole trailers, buses, and any commercial motor vehicle rated over one ton by the manufacturer, plus any other trailer type not already listed. The ban reaches any public street, alley, parkway, boulevard, or public place within or adjacent to a district zoned single-family, two-family, multiple-family, townhouse, moderate density, or mobile home under the Zoning Ordinance, though it stops at the property line: parking the same vehicle in a residence's own driveway is expressly excluded.

Two carve-outs in subsection (b) soften the rule. A driver may briefly load or unload passengers, freight, or merchandise in the zoned area, though a vehicle placarded for a prior violation can be towed at the operator's expense on a repeat offense. Separately, a resident, occupant, or their invited guest who owns the property may leave their own motor home, travel trailer, or boat trailer on the street abutting that property for up to seventy-two continuous hours. m. Section 16-3-195 exempts street-repair crews, public utility trucks, transit buses at designated stops, vehicles in designated loading zones, and vehicles broken down en route making emergency repairs.