Does parking backwards violate Dallas City Code? Curious Texas investigates
Directional parking in marked spaces isn’t enforced by the city of Dallas, but it could be in other D-FW areas.
A back-in parking only sign on Hickory Street in Denton on Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
While he was signing his apartment lease agreement, reader Abel Tomatis noticed an interesting clause.
Under the parking section, the agreement required all residents to park head-in into marked spaces. If they back into a parking space, residents may be towed at their own expense. The lease indicated that back-in parking violates a Dallas City ordinance.