Burleson, TX Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

The core on-street rule in the City of Burleson is § 78-45, which says no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic. Two exceptions are printed: a driver may stop temporarily during actual loading or unloading of passengers, or when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals of a police officer. The measure is the roadway, which § 78-41 defines as the portion of a street that is improved, designated for, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.

Several neighboring sections in Article II, Division 1 fill out the street-parking picture. Section 78-47(a)(1) makes it unlawful to park, stop, or stand a vehicle, occupied or unoccupied, in a manner which blocks a public driveway or right-of-way, including sidewalks; the exceptions are temporary loading or unloading of passengers and written authorization from the city manager or a designee. Section 78-49 prohibits stopping, standing or parking in or upon the strip of land between the lanes of opposing traffic on a divided street. Section 78-48 bars parking in a manner that interferes with the arrival, operation, or departure of an emergency vehicle responding to an emergency. Section 78-50 limits a passenger loading zone to five minutes and prohibits leaving an unattended vehicle there at any time.

Section 78-54, adopted by Ord. No. 5936-10-2025 on 10/6/2025, creates named no-parking zones: both sides of the roadway along S. Dobson Street from Miller Street south to the bridge over Booger Creek (also known as Town Creek), and along W. Miller Street from S. Dobson Street west to S. Commerce Street. Section 78-42(e) also adopts the parking prohibitions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code ch. 545.

Under § 78-51, the chief of police or a designated police department member issues parking citations, and a vehicle in violation is deemed a nuisance per se and a traffic hazard that can be towed at the owner's expense and impounded until towing and storage charges are paid.