Arlington, TX Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Unlike some Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs, Arlington does not enforce a citywide ban on overnight parking on residential streets. Parking is governed instead by the 72-hour rule (see Street Parking) combined with posted block-by-block restrictions. The city has installed No Parking 2 AM to 6 AM signage on select arterials, school approach streets, and narrow cul-de-sacs where on-street overnight parking impairs emergency access or snow operations. Violations in posted zones bring $50 tickets. Recreational vehicles, travel trailers, boats, and utility trailers face stricter overnight rules regardless of signage: they cannot be parked on a public street overnight in residential zoning districts under Code §24.3, and they cannot be stored in a driveway facing the street for more than 24 hours unless behind a six-foot opaque fence or in a side yard with approved side drive access. Short-term loading and unloading — generally 24 hours maximum — is permitted. HOAs throughout Arlington often impose tighter restrictions than the city code, including total bans on overnight street parking, and HOA fines are enforced through deed-restriction actions independent of municipal tickets. Check your neighborhood's CCRs before assuming city rules are the only constraint.