Sherman, TX Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 12.04.008 of the Sherman Code of Ordinances, adopted as Ordinance 5975 on 8/15/16, controls parking on private residential property. It defines a standard driveway as a continuous uninterrupted asphaltic or Portland cement binder surface providing a durable and dustless surface. A nonstandard driveway is a porous surface no more than eighteen feet wide, extending from the front property line to the rear of the property, located on one side property line and parallel to it, on which vehicles are parked no more than two abreast.

On lots of less than one acre, an owner or driver and any owner, occupant, manager or person in charge of residential property cannot park, stand, store or drive a motor vehicle between the front and rear property lines other than on a standard driveway where one exists. Where no standard driveway exists, the vehicle must stay on a nonstandard driveway.

Subsection (e) caps the front yard: seven or more motor vehicles per residence cannot be kept, stored or regularly parked between the front setback line (building line) and the front property line. Every vehicle in that area must be legally operable on city streets with current state registration and inspection decals, and no automobile parts can be kept or stored there. Subsection (f) separately limits residential nonconforming properties to fewer than thirteen motor vehicles per residence between the rear and front property lines. Vehicles completely enclosed inside a code-compliant building are excepted. The ordinance declares any excess of the authorized vehicle numbers a public nuisance.

The zoning code adds construction standards. Section 14.04.003(c)(1) requires parking and driveways in R-A, R-E, R-12, R-6, R-5, R-4, R-2F and R-TH to be paved concrete or asphalt, with an exception the director of development services can consider for R-A and R-E if the part in the public right-of-way is paved. Driveway parking spaces must be at least nine feet wide and twenty feet long.