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Illegal Parking

Parking in the Yard or on Unimproved Surface

All vehicle types are prohibited from being parked in the front yard. Vehicles are required to be parked on an improved surface which include: concrete, asphalt and pavers if a continuous path is present. 

City Ordinance 28.50.2 (B) - Parking

Illegal Parking of a Trailer

Unattached trailers are prohibited from being parked on the street.  Trailers should be parked in the rear yard when accessible. If the rear yard is not accessible, the trailer may be in the driveway or other improved surface if it does not obstruct the right-of-way.

Trailers parked in the street create congestion and are a safety issue due to the reduced visibility they create for traffic. 

City Ordinance 28.50.2 (E.4) - Trailer Parking 

Stafford Trailer
Junk Car

Junked Vehicle

Junked vehicle means a vehicle that:

  1. Self - propelled
  2. and is any of the following:
    • wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or discarded
    • Inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than:
      1. Seventy-Two (72) consecutive hours, if the vehicle is on public property; or
      2. Thirty (30) consecutive days, if the vehicle is on private property; and
      3. Displays an expired license plate or does not display a license plate.

Junked Vehicles are declared a public nuisance. A junked vehicle that is located in a place where it is visible from a public place or public right-of-way is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tends to reduce the value of private property, invites vandalism, creates fire hazards, constitutes an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and is detrimental to the economic welfare of the city by producing urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the city and is a public nuisance.

City Ordinance 13.71 - Junked Vehicles

Inoperable Vehicles

Inoperable vehicle shall mean any vehicle, whether a motor or non-motorized vehicle and as defined within this section or the Texas Transportation Code, which cannot be operated on the public roadway due to lack of current registration or physical condition, in accordance with all applicable state laws and this Code.

An inoperable vehicle or inoperable motor vehicle that is located in a place where it is visible from a public place, adjoining private property or a public right-of-way is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tends to reduce the value of private property, invites vandalism, creates fire hazards, constitutes an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and is detrimental to the economic welfare of the city by producing urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the city and is a public nuisance.

All inoperable vehicles are required to be stored from the view of the public. 

City Ordinance 13-73. Inoperable Vehicles

Inoperable Vehicle
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