Plano, TX Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Plano Code of Ordinances § 12-104.6
- Adopted
- Ordinance No. 2009-4-11, § I, April 14, 2009
- Scope
- Four named downtown public parking lots only
- When it applies
- At any time: no time-of-day exception
- Enforced by
- Plano Police Department parking enforcement
Summary
Plano bans parking next to any curb painted yellow and marked "No Parking" in four specific downtown public lots: the lot at 15th/K Avenue/Municipal Avenue, the Haggard Park lot, the two lots between 15th and 14th Streets by the DART line, and the lots north of Municipal Avenue. The ban runs at all times under City Code § 12-104.6.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in the following public parking lots at any time adjacent to a curb that is painted yellow and designated "No Parking": The public parking lots bounded by 15th Street, K Avenue and Municipal Avenue; Haggard Park parking lot bounded by 15th Street, H Avenue, 16th Street and the DART light-rail line; The two (2) public parking lots bounded by 15th Street, K Avenue, 14th Street and the DART light-rail line; The public parking lots north of Municipal Avenue, west of L Avenue and south of 18th Street.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 153).
Full Breakdown
at any time adjacent to a curb that is painted yellow and designated 'No Parking'" in four specifically described downtown lots: the lot bounded by 15th Street, K Avenue and Municipal Avenue; the Haggard Park lot bounded by 15th Street, H Avenue, 16th Street and the DART light-rail line; the two lots bounded by 15th Street, K Avenue, 14th Street and the DART light-rail line; and the lots north of Municipal Avenue, west of L Avenue and south of 18th Street. The rule was adopted by Ordinance No.
, thirty-minute limit for business-district streets in § 12-105. 6 is an absolute, round-the-clock prohibition tied to curb marking rather than a clock: if the curb next to a space is painted yellow and marked "No Parking," the space is off-limits at any hour, any day, with no stated exception written into the section itself. Plano paints these curbs where angled or head-in downtown spaces sit close to driveway aprons, fire lanes, DART crossings, or pedestrian walkways, so a parked vehicle would narrow sightlines or block circulation.
Plano Police Department officers and downtown parking enforcement staff cite vehicles found parked against a marked yellow curb in any of the four listed lots.
Violations & Fines
Parking against a curb painted yellow and marked "No Parking" in any of the four downtown lots is a citable parking offense enforced by the Plano Police Department at any hour, any day. Section 12-104.6 states the prohibition applies "at any time," so there is no loading, permit-holder, or short-stop exception written into the section: a vehicle need only be adjacent to the marked curb to be in violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the yellow-curb no-parking rule apply citywide in Plano?
Can I stop briefly to load or unload next to a yellow curb downtown?
When did Plano adopt the yellow curb rule?
How is this different from Plano's three-hour downtown parking limit?
Sources & Official References
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