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

Article XI of Chapter 17 lists ten specific places where stopping, standing or parking a vehicle is prohibited unless a police officer or traffic-control device directs otherwise. Section 17-266 forbids blocking a driveway, parking on a sidewalk, stopping within an intersection or marked crosswalk, and parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. It also bars parking within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal, and within 20 feet of a fire station driveway, or 75 feet on the opposite side when posted.

Section 17-267 separately requires drivers stopped outside a business or residence district to leave the paved roadway clear and maintain a 200-foot sight line for other traffic. Section 17-268 governs how a legally parked vehicle must sit: headed in the direction of the nearest travel lane, with the curbside wheels within 18 inches of the curb or roadway edge, which is why parking against the flow of traffic, sometimes called wrong-way parking, is not allowed on any Taylor street. Section 17-270 further caps how much of the roadway a parked vehicle can take up, requiring at least 18 feet of clear width for moving traffic.

Section 17-265 requires the city manager to post signs, install meters or mark curbs before any time limit or prohibition takes effect, so an unposted restriction cannot be enforced. Under Section 17-278, the registered owner of a vehicle is responsible for any parking violation involving it, and Section 17-279 lets police presume the registered owner was the driver when the actual operator cannot be identified. Police may relocate an illegally parked vehicle under Section 17-280 when it blocks a driveway, sits on a bridge or tunnel, or is abandoned.