Georgetown, TX Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Sec. 10.16.050
- Buffer from residence
- 300 feet
- Loading/unloading window
- 8:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
- Covered vehicles
- Commercial vehicles, trailers, motor homes
- Enforcement
- Citation and impoundment
Summary
Georgetown Section 10.16.050 bans parking a commercial vehicle, trailer, motor home, or special mobile equipment on any street or right-of-way in a residential zoning district, or within 300 feet of a residence's property line, with narrow exceptions for loading and emergency repairs.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a commercial vehicle, trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, camper trailer, boat trailer, motor home, or special mobile equipment upon any street or public right-of-way within a residential zoning district or within 300 feet of the property line of a residence located within such district, except as follows:1.While expeditiously loading or unloading passengers, freight, materials, or merchandise between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.;2.While effecting emergency repairs when a vehicle is so disabled as to render it unsafe to proceed further.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 15).
Full Breakdown
050, enacted by Ord. No. 2025-32, defines a "commercial vehicle" as one with a manufacturer's rated carrying weight of one and one-half tons or more, designed to carry 16 or more passengers, required to placard hazardous materials, or classified as a road tractor, truck tractor, pole trailer, or semitrailer under Chapter 541 of the Texas Transportation Code. Subsection A bars stopping, standing, or parking a commercial vehicle, trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, camper trailer, boat trailer, motor home, or special mobile equipment on any street or public right-of-way within a residential zoning district, or within 300 feet of the property line of a residence in such a district.
Subsection B applies the same 300-foot buffer to commercial vehicles parked on public or private property. ; emergency repairs on a disabled vehicle; construction/maintenance/utility vehicles actively working; emergency vehicles; vehicles of a business legally operating on non-residentially-zoned property where parked; and overnight-lodging customers' vehicles in a business's private lot on non-residential property. Subsection C exempts vehicles of churches, schools, nursing homes, or retirement homes parked on property those institutions own.
Violations & Fines
Violations of Section 10.16.050 are enforced under the Chapter 10.16 general penalty and impoundment framework: vehicles found stopped, standing, or parked in violation of the parking chapter are subject to citation and, under Section 10.16.060(D), to removal and impoundment at the owner's expense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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