PARKING, STOPPING, AND STANDING VEHICLES IN PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - AUTHORITY TO REGULATE; APPLICATION OF SECTION.
Dallas City Code § 28-115
in effectSEC. 28-115. PARKING, STOPPING, AND STANDING VEHICLES IN PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - AUTHORITY TO REGULATE; APPLICATION OF SECTION.
(a) A person commits an offense if he parks, stops or stands a vehicle in violation of an official sign, curb marking, or street marking that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in a private parking area located within a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center in the city.
(b) The owner or operator of a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center shall have the authority to designate by appropriate signs and markings that have been approved by the traffic engineer:
(1) restrictions on the stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles;
(2) the areas in which the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles is permitted;
(3) times when the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles is prohibited to facilitate clean-up operations; and
(4) the areas in which freight loading is permitted.
(c) This section shall not apply to head-in parking from the street on private property. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 21194)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-147587Fetched: 10/26/2026