Parker, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

37 lists Parker's supplementary zoning regulations, the citywide rules layered on top of each district's individual standards, and subsection (L) covers off-street parking for both nonresidential and residential property. For residential lots, item (2)(a) sets the baseline for passenger vehicles: a vehicle parked behind the front facade of the house can go essentially anywhere back there, but a vehicle parked in front of the house has to be on the driveway itself, or at minimum keep the entire vehicle within 15 feet of the driveway's centerline.

That 15-foot allowance covers situations where a driveway is too narrow or short to hold every household vehicle squarely on the paved surface, without opening up the whole front yard to parking. The rule sits next to a companion cap in subsection (J): no vehicle larger than a two-ton capacity may be parked on any lot in a residentially zoned district at all, regardless of where on the lot it sits. Together the two rules mean an ordinary passenger vehicle has real latitude near the driveway, while anything heavier is excluded from residential lots outright rather than merely restricted to a specific spot.

The same subsection (L)(2) goes on to set separate, more restrictive placement rules for recreational vehicles, boats and trailers, and for industrial or commercial vehicles, distinguishing those categories from the everyday passenger-car rule in (a).