San Angelo, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Surface
- Improved surface required
- Front Yard
- No parking on grass/dirt
- Improved
- 6-in gravel, concrete, asphalt
- Roadway
- No repair, wash, or sale
- Code
- Sec. 8.10.002
Summary
San Angelo requires vehicles in residential yards to be parked on an improved surface (concrete, asphalt, pavers, or compacted gravel) or screened behind a six-foot opaque fence (Sec. 8.10.002). Parking on the street to repair, wash, or sell a vehicle is prohibited.
Parking, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to remain any vehicle in the yard of any lot (other than a municipal park or recreation area) in a residential district, except as allowed specifically below: (1) On an improved surface; or (2) In an area screened from public view by a solidly opaque privacy fence or wall at least six feet in height and which otherwise conforms to height limitations prescribed by the zoning ordinance of the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
Under Article 8.10 of the San Angelo Code, parking any vehicle in the yard of a residential lot is a nuisance unless it is on an improved surface or screened by a six-foot opaque privacy fence (Sec. 8.10.002). The code defines improved surface precisely: hot-mix asphalt, five-inch reinforced concrete, interlocking paving stones, or at least six inches of compacted gravel, caliche, or crushed rock (Sec. 8.10.001). Parking on grass or bare dirt in a front yard is therefore prohibited. Separately, Sec. 10.04.003 bars stopping in front of any public or private driveway and bans parking on a roadway to display a vehicle for sale or to wash, grease, or repair it.
Violations & Fines
Parking on an unimproved residential surface is a nuisance fined under Sec. 1.01.009 and subject to city abatement. Blocking a driveway or making street repairs is a traffic offense fined $1 to $200.
Frequently Asked Questions
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