Sherman, TX Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Sherman amends the 2021 International Fire Code in § 3.04.001(a) to add Section 503.3.1, the fire lane marking rule, which is the curb painting standard printed in the city's code. Paragraph (A) requires fire apparatus access roads to be marked by painted lines of red traffic paint six inches in width showing the boundaries of the lane. The words NO PARKING FIRE LANE or FIRE LANE NO PARKING must appear in four inch white letters at 15 foot intervals on the red border markings along both sides, and where a curb is available the striping goes on the vertical face of the curb.

Paragraph (B) lets the fire code official require an enlarged box 18 inches long and 12 inches wide, with the words BUILDING and the building designation in ten inch white letters on the red box, directly in front of the structure. Paragraph (C) governs signs: 12 inches wide and 18 inches high, white background with red letters and borders, not less than two inch lettering, fixed to a stationary post with the bottom of the sign six feet, six inches above finished grade and spaced not more than fifty feet apart, or installed on permanent buildings or walls as the fire code official approves.

Section 503.4 requires the operator of a premises to keep fire lanes free of obstruction, bars anyone from marking a non-fire lane passageway as a fire lane, and authorizes the Fire Chief and Police Chief to remove obstructions at the owner's expense. Under § 5.03.002 the fire marshal decides when parking is prohibited in a fire lane and the building owner installs and maintains the signs.