Plano, TX Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight limit
- 30 minutes between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
- Where it applies
- Streets within business districts citywide
- Exempt persons
- Physicians and hospital personnel only
- Maximum fine
- Up to $500 under general penalty § 1-4
- Original enactment
- Ord. of 7-13-64, § 16-8-4
- Related residential rule
- 15-day long-term parking limit, § 12-121
Summary
Plano caps overnight street parking in business districts under Code of Ordinances § 12-105: no vehicle may sit on a business-district street longer than thirty minutes between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., except in specially designated areas. Only physicians and hospital personnel are exempt. The rule applies citywide by its own terms, without requiring posted signs, and works alongside the city's separate overtime- and long-term-parking rules.
No person, except physicians and hospital personnel, shall park, except in areas otherwise designated, any vehicle on any street in a business district for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 153).
Full Breakdown
of 7-13-64, § 16-8-4) and remains in force citywide wherever a business district exists; it applies automatically rather than depending on posted signage. The overnight cap operates alongside two related provisions in the same article of Chapter 12. business-district rule. Section 12-78 separately requires that any modification of a posted limit be signed before it takes effect, but that signage requirement governs council-set zone limits, not the automatic overnight cap in § 12-105. On residential streets, the applicable overnight-adjacent rule is instead the long-term parking ordinance, § 12-121, which bars leaving a vehicle unmoved on a city street or alley for more than fifteen consecutive calendar days without moving it at least one hundred feet, a rule aimed at abandoned or rarely used vehicles rather than a single night's stay.
Violations & Fines
Overstaying the thirty-minute overnight limit in a business district is a misdemeanor traffic offense prosecuted in Plano Municipal Court, punishable under the city's general penalty provision, Code of Ordinances § 1-4, by a fine of up to $500 per offense. Under § 12-96, proof that a cited vehicle was parked in violation, combined with proof of ownership, creates a prima facie presumption that the owner was the person who parked it, so citations are typically issued to the registered owner rather than a specific driver.
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Sources & Official References
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