Parking prohibitions and restrictions on specific streets generally.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 26-87
in effectSec. 26-87. - Parking prohibitions and restrictions on specific streets generally.
(a) When one or more signs are erected giving notice the prohibition of parking a vehicle, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets so signed.
(b) When one or more signs are erected in each block giving notice restrictions on the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of the restrictions specified on such signs on any day, unless otherwise designated.
(c) The provisions of this section prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on an official sign, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device.
(d) The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
(Ord. No. 07-464, § 7(Exh. B), 4-11-07; Ord. No. 09-2, § 7, 1-7-09; Ord. No. 2011-1175, § 5, 12-14-2011)
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_CH26PA_ARTIISTSTPAOPVE_S26-87PAPRRESPSTGEFetched: 10/26/2026