Conroe, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Chapter 86's definitions section, 86-2, defines a qualifying residential parking space as an enclosed or unenclosed asphalt or concrete surface area of not less than 180 square feet, roughly nine feet by 20 feet, connected to the street or alley by an asphalt or concrete surfaced driveway that allows free ingress and egress without encroaching on the street. An unpaved or gravel area does not meet this definition for purposes of the off-street parking requirements that apply to every residential dwelling under section 86-3. Section 86-5(e) then restricts what residents can store in those spaces: no parking space, garage, carport or other automobile storage structure in a residential area may be used to store a truck, truck trailer or van, with a single exception for one panel or pickup truck of one-ton capacity or less kept by the owner or occupant of the premises.

The same section requires any off-street parking lot serving an office, church or similar institutional, retail, commercial or industrial use next to or across from a residential area to be screened from that residential area by a masonry wall or solid ornamental fence between three and six feet tall, kept free of weeds, debris and trash in front of the screen, with lighting arranged to avoid glare onto neighboring residential property. Section 86-7 backs the paving and space requirements with teeth: no building permit or final plat may be issued until the tract meets the chapter's off-street parking and loading requirements.