Laredo, TX Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)
Key Facts
- Program
- Residential Permit Parking, Article XIV, Sec. 19-610 et seq.
- Petition threshold
- Signatures from 67% of addresses in proposed area
- School proximity
- Area must sit within 1,000 feet of a school
- Permit fee
- $15.00 per resident vehicle annually
- Overstay limit
- 72 hours maximum standing even with a permit
- Enforcing agency
- Traffic safety director and Laredo Police Department
Summary
Laredo creates residential permit parking areas near schools when residents petition the city under Code of Ordinances Article XIV. A qualifying petition needs signatures from 67 percent of addresses, at least six adjacent block fronts within 1,000 feet of a school, and 75 percent on-street occupancy during two one-hour survey windows. Once approved, only permitted resident and business vehicles may park past the posted time limit.
(2)The limits of proposed residential permit parking area shall be located within no more than one thousand (1,000) feet from a school institution.(3)The proposed residential permit parking area shall include at least six (6) adjacent block fronts and at least eighty (80) percent of the block fronts must be residentially zoned, and at a minimum, seventy-five (75) percent of all on-street parking spaces within the proposed area must be occupied during any two (2) one-hour periods between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Both sides of a roadway must be included in each area unless determined by the traffic safety department director or his designee to be impractical or undesirable.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 3 | Land Development Code: Supplement 1).
Full Breakdown
The Residential Permit Parking Program, enacted in 2004, lets the traffic safety director designate a residential permit parking area only in neighborhoods within 1,000 feet of a school affected by nonresident, longterm parking from students and staff, per Sec. 19-610 and Sec. 19-611. Under Sec. m. The petition needs signatures representing at least 67 percent of addresses in the area, though the director may recommend a smaller area, or accept signatures from as few as 30 percent of addresses, where large apartment complexes make canvassing impractical.
Following a public hearing with at least ten days' posted notice, the traffic safety director drafts a resolution for city council, which may adopt, deny or modify it. Signs go up only after residents purchase enough permit stickers, at least 50 percent of addresses on a block or fifteen stickers, whichever is fewer, within ninety days, per Sec. 19-615, or the designation is voided and fees refunded. 00 for a permanent pass, per the fee schedule in Sec. 19-623. Permits run July 1 through June 30 and must be displayed on the left rear bumper under Sec. 19-620.
Violations & Fines
Parking without a displayed permit in a designated area past the posted time limit violates Sec. 19-614, and the police department issues citations treated as criminal complaints; if the driver cannot be identified, the registered owner is held prima facie liable. Falsifying a permit application, transferring a permit to another vehicle, or using a counterfeit permit is grounds for revocation under Sec. 19-624, and any vehicle found in violation of those grounds is towed at the owner's expense in addition to permit revocation.
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