Lewisville, TX Public Conduct: Aggressive Panhandling (2026)
Key Facts
- General roadway solicitation
- Prohibited, Sec. 15-167(a)
- Charitable exception
- Requires permit, Sec. 15-168
- Permit filing window
- 30 to 11 days before solicitation
- Vehicle watch/guard solicitation
- Prohibited, Sec. 15-167(b)
- Barred intersections/hours
- 7 named intersections, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
- Default fine
- Up to $500 per day, Sec. 1-15
Summary
Lewisville bars standing, sitting or otherwise occupying a roadway, median or right-of-way to solicit a ride, contribution, employment or business from vehicle occupants, and separately bars soliciting to watch or guard a parked car. Charitable solicitation is allowed only within a narrow, permitted exception.
(a)A person may not stand, sit, or otherwise occupy a position in a roadway, median or public right-of-way to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or business from an occupant of a vehicle, except that a person may stand in a roadway, median or public right-of-way to solicit a charitable contribution to the extent allowed by V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 552.0071, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended.(b)A person may not stand, sit or otherwise occupy a position on or near a roadway, median or public right-of-way to solicit the watching or guarding of a vehicle parked or to be parked on a roadway, median, public right-of-way or private property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Unified Development Code: Supplement 3 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 34 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 15-167, in the Charitable Solicitation division of the pedestrians article, sets the city's core roadway-solicitation rule. Subsection (a) makes it unlawful for a person to stand, sit, or otherwise occupy a position in a roadway, median or public right-of-way to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or business from an occupant of a vehicle. 0071. Subsection (b) separately makes it unlawful to stand, sit or occupy a position on or near a roadway, median or right-of-way to solicit the watching or guarding of a vehicle that is parked or about to be parked, whether on the street, the right-of-way, or private property.
Even the charitable exception is tightly controlled: Sec. 15-168 requires anyone wanting to solicit in the roadway for a charity to file a permit application with the director of community development between 30 and 11 days before the solicitation begins, and Sec. citywide.
Violations & Fines
A person soliciting from vehicle occupants in a roadway, median or right-of-way outside the narrow charitable exception commits a Code violation under Sec. 15-167, punishable under the general penalty in Sec. 1-15: a fine of up to $500.00, with each day of continued violation treated as a separate offense. Soliciting to watch or guard a parked vehicle under subsection (b) carries the same general penalty regardless of whether any permit exists.
Frequently Asked Questions
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