On unincorporated county roads, street parking is governed by the Texas Transportation Code rather than a local Hidalgo County parking ordinance, which the county cannot broadly adopt.
Texas counties do not have the general authority home-rule cities use to meter, time-limit, or restrict on-street parking. Instead, statewide rules in Texas Transportation Code Chapter 545 control stopping, standing, and parking on public roads throughout unincorporated Hidalgo County. Section 545.302 lists locations where a vehicle may never stop or park, such as on the roadway side of a parked vehicle, on a sidewalk, in an intersection, or on a crosswalk. Enforcement falls to the Sheriff and Texas DPS. Inside incorporated cities, that city's parking code applies instead.
Illegal stopping or parking under Section 545.302 is a state traffic offense enforced by the Sheriff or DPS, typically a fine-only citation.
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