Lubbock, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

009(8) of the Unified Development Code, adopted by Ordinance 2023-O0054 on May 9, 2023, sets the driveway-parking rule for every lot on a paved street. Any vehicle, including a recreational vehicle, oversized recreational equipment, or a trailer, that sits within the established front setback line must be parked on a driveway or a paved off-street parking area; the code does not allow parking on grass, dirt, or gravel in that zone. On a corner lot the same rule extends to the side-street setback, with one added option: a vehicle there may sit behind a screening fence instead of on pavement.

Recreational vehicles and oversized recreational equipment in that side-street setback lose the driveway option altogether and must be screened behind a fence. No matter where a vehicle sits on the lot, Subsection D bars any parking of a recreational vehicle, recreational equipment, or trailer in the public right-of-way or the parkway strip between the curb and sidewalk. 023, Measurements, so a driveway that starts behind that line but still crosses turf before reaching the garage does not cure a violation. 004 and can also act on an observed violation without waiting for one.

009, which also fixes minimum driveway throat lengths of 25 to 75 feet depending on lot size and requires the Director of Planning to approve residential parking layouts other than single-family detached lots.