Restricted or Prohibited in Certain Areas.

Dallas City Code ch. 28, art. XI, div. 5

in effect

Dallas City Code § 28-115 PARKING, STOPPING, AND STANDING VEHICLES IN PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - AUTHORITY TO REGULATE; APPLICATION OF SECTION.

SEC. 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)

Dallas City Code § 28-116 PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - APPROVAL OF TIME LIMIT, PARKING BAN AND PARKING PLAN; SECTIONS 28-115 to 28-119 NOT MANDATORY.

SEC. 28-116. PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - APPROVAL OF TIME LIMIT, PARKING BAN AND PARKING PLAN; SECTIONS 28-115 to 28-119 NOT MANDATORY. (a) No parking regulation established under Sections 28-115 through 28-119 is effective until the owner or operator of a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center submits plans for the proposed parking restrictions, time limit, parking ban, if any, and the parking plan to the traffic engineer for approval. Amendments to a business center parking plan must be submitted and approved in the same manner. (b) Sections 28-115 through 28-119 are not mandatory upon the owner or operator of a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 21194)

Dallas City Code § 28-117 PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - ERECTION OF SIGNS; CONTENT OF SIGNS; MARKING OF PARKING SPACES.

SEC. 28-117. PRIVATE PARKING AREAS - ERECTION OF SIGNS; CONTENT OF SIGNS; MARKING OF PARKING SPACES. (a) The owner or operator of a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center is authorized to erect suitable signs of uniform size and design upon approval of the traffic engineer, which shall be placed in the parking areas advising the public of the limits and conditions of the parking regulations. A sign must be erected containing the following words in legible lettering on a contrasting background: “Parking in this area is limited to customers for the time and under the restrictions indicated by signs, as provided by Sections 28-115 through 28-119 of the Dallas City Code.” (b) The owner or operator of a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center shall mark off by painting on the parking areas the most suitable manner in which cars may be parked. A person who parks a vehicle on the parking lot of the shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center, shall park the vehicle within the limit lines so marked. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 21194)

Dallas City Code § 28-118 RESERVED. (Repealed by Ord. 20012)

Dallas City Code § 28-119 SAME - ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 28-119. SAME - ENFORCEMENT. The owner or operator of a parking area in a shopping center, office center, industrial center, or medical center shall designate a person to enforce the provisions of Sections 28-115 through 28-119. The designated person must be registered as a private security officer as provided by state law and, when approved by the director, shall have authority to issue citations upon premises designated in the registration for violation of parking regulations authorized by this division. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 20269)

Dallas City Code § 28-120 PARKING ON VACANT PROPERTY IN RESIDENTIAL OR APARTMENT DISTRICTS - ERECTION OF SIGNS.

SEC. 28-120. PARKING ON VACANT PROPERTY IN RESIDENTIAL OR APARTMENT DISTRICTS - ERECTION OF SIGNS. Owners of unimproved or vacant real estate located within a residential district, as defined by the Zoning Ordinance, which is located adjacent to or separated by a public street or areaway from a business district, are authorized to post a wood or metal sign visible from the public street or areaway, containing the words “parking prohibited”, in letters at least eight inches high. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-121 SAME - PROHIBITED WHEN SIGNS ERECTED.

SEC. 28-121. SAME - PROHIBITED WHEN SIGNS ERECTED. A person commits an offense if he parks a vehicle on vacant real estate located in a residential district, as defined by the Zoning Ordinance, when the real estate contains a “parking prohibited” sign as provided in Section 28-120. (Ord. 14584)

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/0-0-0-147586Fetched: 10/26/2026