Parking areas for persons with disabilities.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 45-128
in effectSec. 45-128. - Parking areas for persons with disabilities.
(a) The traffic engineer is hereby authorized and directed, pursuant to the provisions and procedures of sections 45-5 through 45-7 of this Code and Chapter 681 of the Texas Transportation Code, to designate and establish spaces on the streets of the city and on any property owned or controlled by the city, and the owner or person in control of any other private or public property may similarly designate and establish spaces thereon, for the exclusive use as parking spaces or parking areas for vehicles transporting persons with disabilities. Such spaces shall be marked with signs in the manner provided by law.
(b) The traffic engineer shall cause the various parking spaces for the exclusive use of vehicles transporting persons with disabilities that are established on the public streets to additionally be marked and designated as tow-away zones. Any vehicle parked in such a marked tow-away zone parking space that does not display a placard or plate with the international symbol of access issued in a form prescribed by the Texas Department of Transportation (or an equivalent symbol issued by another state if the vehicle is not registered in Texas) shall be subject to towing and impoundment by authority of any police officer of the city in the manner provided in this Code.
(Code 1968, § 46-140.1; Ord. No. 80-3073, § 2, 10-22-80; Ord. No. 89-669, §§ 1, 2, 5-10-89; Ord. No. 07-464, § 17(Exh. D), 4-11-07)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH45TR_ARTVISTSTPAGE_S45-128PAARPEDIFetched: 10/26/2026