Midland County, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

2, Residential Driveways, defines a private driveway as an entrance to or exit from a residential dwelling, farm, or ranch adjacent to a county road, for the exclusive use and benefit of the property owner, and sets the design limits: width shall not exceed twenty feet measured at right angles to the driveway centerline, except where permissible radii increase it, and the angle of the driveway from the roadway pavement shall be ninety degrees. Cost of materials and installation of every private access driveway is the responsibility of the grantee, and ongoing maintenance is likewise the grantee's responsibility, not the county's.

1 requires every proposed driveway to be permitted with the county before construction, and if the driveway location falls within a FEMA-defined flood hazard zone, the permit application must also include a Flood Permit Application; a 911-supplied address is required on every driveway permit application. Driveways serving fenced oilfield properties or other sites that draw tanker trucks and tractor-trailers carry an added rule reflecting the Permian Basin setting: the entrance gate must be offset from the right-of-way by no less than the longest expected vehicle plus six feet, with a minimum offset of fifty-nine feet, so trucks waiting for the gate can pull entirely clear of the road.

1, which sets a minimum turning radius of ten feet and requires an engineer to size any drainage structure the driveway requires so it does not impede water flow in the roadway ditch.