Conroe City Council passes ordinance to ban parking on Loop 336

Conroe City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting vehicles from parking along Loop 336, citing concerns over public safety, during its Feb. 27 meeting.

The decision comes from complaints by residents about parked vehicles creating unsafe conditions, Chief of Police Jon Buckholtz said in the Feb. 26 workshop meeting.

What this means

The ordinance prohibits all parking along Loop 336, including on the shoulders of the highway, unless explicitly needed like from emergency vehicles, according to the ordinance.

“This is a safety concern for the community. ... We've had many complaints over the years, parking on the shoulder or any portion of the loop is not justified as safe in our opinion,” Buckholtz said in the Feb. 26 workshop meeting. “We want to be able to prohibit parking where we have specific concerns.”

Signage prohibiting the parking will be posted by the Texas Department of Transportation now that the ordinance has passed, Buckholtz said in the Feb. 26 workshop meeting.

Learn more

View the ordinance below.