Irving, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- UDC § 2.4.9(c), R-ZLa district
- Prohibited vehicles
- RVs, motor homes, towed trailers
- Front setback depth
- 15 feet (§ 2.4.9(d)(1))
- Similar rule
- Echoed in § 2.4.10(c), § 2.4.18(c)
- Maximum fine
- $2,000 per offense (§ 1-6)
- Enforcing agency
- Building Inspections and Code Enforcement
Summary
Irving's Unified Development Code bars parking recreational vehicles, motor homes, and towed trailers anywhere in the required front setback in its R-ZLa zero lot line district, and the same rule that off-street parking 'shall not be located on a required front yard' repeats in the R-3.5, R-XF and other residential zoning districts citywide. The R-ZLa front setback runs 15 feet from the property line.
Parking regulations: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances of the city. No parking of recreational vehicles, motor homes or towed trailers shall be permitted within the required front setback area.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4988517; v32 updated 2026-07-30).
Full Breakdown
9(d)(1), so an RV, motor home, or trailer parked closer than that line to the street violates the district's parking rule even on a paved driveway. The restriction names recreational vehicles and trailers specifically; it does not by its own terms prohibit a passenger car parked in the driveway. 18(c)) both state that automobile parking, as an accessory use, 'shall not be located on a required front yard,' and multifamily district sections carry the same phrase. Building Inspections and Code Enforcement staff cite violations under the applicable district's UDC parking section.
Because the Unified Development Code sets no district-specific penalty, enforcement falls back to the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances' general penalty clause, section 1-6, which fixes a fine of up to $2,000 for an offense 'governing fire safety, zoning, public health, or sanitation,' with each day the violation continues charged as a separate offense. 9; the vehicle must move behind the setback line or be stored off-site.
Violations & Fines
Building Inspections and Code Enforcement cites violations of the applicable residential district's UDC parking section. Because the Unified Development Code sets no separate penalty schedule, enforcement uses the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances' general penalty at section 1-6: up to $2,000 per offense for violations 'governing fire safety, zoning, public health, or sanitation,' with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.
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