Carrollton, TX Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Long-term limit
- 48 continuous hours, § 72.08
- Household vehicle cap
- 3 vehicles per residence, § 92.40(A)(8)
- Moratorium periods
- Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving-Jan 3
- Unregistered vehicles
- Banned from street storage, § 92.40(A)(13)
- Max fine
- $500 traffic / $2,000 nuisance
Summary
Carrollton makes it an offense to leave any vehicle standing on a public street, alley or public place for more than 48 continuous hours under City Code § 72.08. Separately, § 92.40(A)(8) caps a household to three vehicles parked at once on the public street next to its own residence, with a holiday moratorium lifting that cap around Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day and the Thanksgiving-to-New Year stretch.
§ 72.08. Parking for more than 48 hours prohibited. A person commits an offense by leaving an unattended vehicle or other private property standing or parked in a public street, alley or other public place for a continuous period of time longer than 48 hours. ... § 92.40(A)(8): It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of a residence to park or allow the parking of more than three vehicles owned by or under the control of that owner or occupant to be parked at the same time on any public street adjacent to that residence.
Full Breakdown
08, adopted by Ordinance 1539 in 1989 and amended by Ordinance 2168 in 1996, makes it an offense to leave an unattended vehicle or other private property standing or parked in a public street, alley or other public place for a continuous period of time longer than 48 hours. The rule applies citywide and is not limited to residential streets; it targets any vehicle left in place for two full days regardless of the time of night it is parked. Chapter 92's nuisance parking rules add a household-specific overnight limit.
40(A)(8), the owner or occupant of a residence may not park, or allow the parking of, more than three vehicles under that household's control on the public street adjacent to the residence at the same time. Subsection (A)(9) suspends that three-vehicle cap during a defined moratorium: two days before and one day after Memorial Day, one day before and one day after Independence Day, two days before and one day after Labor Day, and continuously from the day before Thanksgiving through January 3, covering the holiday travel season when guests commonly need extra street parking.
40(A)(13), which separately makes it unlawful to store on a public street or alley any vehicle that lacks a current state registration sticker, closing off using the street as free long-term storage for an unregistered car. Violations of either the 48-hour rule or the three-vehicle cap are prosecuted the same way as other traffic and nuisance offenses, through Carrollton Municipal Court.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a vehicle parked in one public spot for more than 48 straight hours violates § 72.08; a household exceeding three vehicles parked on its adjacent public street outside the holiday moratorium violates § 92.40(A)(8). Both are misdemeanors: the Chapter 72 offense caps out at a $500 fine under § 10.99, while the Chapter 92 nuisance version can reach $2,000, and the city's ownership presumption under § 92.40(C) lets it cite the registered owner directly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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