Resident Parking Only (RPO)

Important Update - Effective immediately, RPO violations are reported to the desk sergeant at the Dallas Police Department substation for your neighborhood. For BelmontNA residents, the phone number for the DPD Central Substation is 214-670-4413. For other neighborhoods, please check this DPD website for your substation.

Resident Parking Only is a City of Dallas program that allows residential property owners and residents (including tenants) to control parking on their street during specific days and hours.

In the Lower Greenville area, this is usually Thursday, Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday evenings.

  • Watch a July 2008 newscast about Resident Parking Only at this link, courtesy of WFAA News8

  • Read an article about Resident Parking Only at this link, courtesy of the Dallas Morning News.

  • Click here to see a video and story about the dedication of new RPO zones in January 2008

RPO requires a petition signed by two-thirds of the property owners on one or both sides of a street asking for an RPO survey. The City conducts a survey of the cars parked on the street during proposed RPO days / times.

RPO is not free! The expenses include a petition fee, sign fees and vehicle hang-tags. The average cost for RPO on one side of a street can be narly $300 (one-time no renewal needed fee). Hang-tags are renewable each year for $6.50 each (limit six per dwelling).

Residents who wish to park their cars on their RPO street must purchase large yellow plastic hang-tags (valid for one year) to hang in their vehicle from the City of Dallas.

  • Click here to download the City's Vehicle Hangtag Application form. You will need this form and proof of residency in order to purchase the hangtags.

There are more than 25 RPO zones around Dallas, including Henderson / Central, Uptown, and Cedar Springs. The majority of Dallas' RPO zones are found in the Lower Greenville area.

RPO zones are for a limited number of days and hours. They are usually tied to a nearby entertainment district or other high-impact business activity. There is a 24/7 RPO zone in Northwest Dallas (due to overflow parking from an apartment complex), and an all-day RPO zone in Northeast Dallas (due to daily parking issues caused by a sprayground across the street).

(Source: City of Dallas' Resident Parking Management Office, Kerry Elder - 214.670.4020)

ZONE
STREET, BLOCK&
NEIGHBORHOOD
EFFECTIVE
DAYS / TIMES
1
 5700 ORAM (1999)
BelmontNA		 WED - SAT / 7am - 3pm
2
 5600 VICKERY (1999)
Vickery Place NA		 FRI - SAT / 6pm - 2am
3
 2000 SUMMIT (1999)
Lower Greenville West NA		 FRI - SUN / 7pm - 6am
4
 1900 SUMMIT (1999)
Lower Greenville West NA		 FRI - SAT / 9pm - 3am
5
 13700 FAR HILLS LANE MON - FRI / 6pm - 9am
SAT - SUN / 9pm - 9am
6
 5500 SEARS (1999)
Lower Greenville West NA		 FRI - SAT / 9pm - 4am
7
 1700 - 1900 HOPE (1999/MAY 2009)
5600 LEWIS (JULY 2009)
BelmontNA
 TUE - WED / 10pm - 3am
THUR - SUN / 7pm - 3am
8
 5100 / 5200 PERSHING (2000)
Cochran Heights NA		 TUE - SAT / 8pm - 4am
9
 5100 / 5200 MILAM (2000)
Cochran Heights NA		 MON - SUN / 9pm - 4am
10
 3400 / 3500 NOGALES (2000) MON - SUN / 24 HOURS
11
 2700 LAWRENCE (2000) THUR - SUN / 6pm - 8am
12
 5100 / 5200 ALCOTT (2000)
Cochran Heights NA		 MON - SUN / 8pm - 4am
13
 5700 LA VISTA COURT (NOV 2007)
BelmontNA		 TUE - WED / 10pm - 6am
THUR - SUN / 7pm - 6am
14
 5600 RICHMOND (NOV 2007)
Lower Greenville West NA		 THUR - SAT / 7pm - 6am
15
 5800 ORAM (JAN 2008)
BelmontNA
 THUR - SAT / 9pm - 6am
16
 5800 PROSPECT (JAN/JUNE 2008)
5700 PROSPECT (JUNE 2009)
BelmontNA
 THUR - SAT / 9pm - 6am
17
 5700 RICHMOND (APRIL/JULY 2008)
BelmontNA		 THUR - SAT / 9pm - 6am
18
 2900 PEARL (2008)
[Uptown]		 MON - FRI / 8am - 5pm
19
 2900 BOOKHOUT (2008)
[Uptown]		 MON - FRI / 8am - 5pm
20
 3200 THROCKMORTON (2008) [Cedar Springs] THUR - SUN / 6pm - 6am
21
 5800 RICHMOND (JUNE 2008)
BelmontNA		 FRI - SAT / 9pm - 6am
22
 6700 TRAMMELL (OCT 2008)
[Ridgewood Sprayground]
 MON - SUN / 9am - 10pm
23
 5700 BELMONT (OCT 2008)
Belmont NA		 FRI - SAT / 9pm - 6am
24
 5600 McCOMMAS (OCT 2008)
Greenland Hills NA		 FRI - SAT / 9pm - 6am
25
 5500 ALTA (OCT 2008)
Lower Greenville West NA		 FRI - SAT / 9pm - 6am

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An RPO petition requires the signatures of a 2/3rds majority of the residents/tenants/property owners on a street. If you do not sign the petition and the RPO is approved, you are still required to comply with the RPO parking restrictions.

Call BelmontNA's RPO coordinator for more information - Avi S. Adelman, 214.824.5771

In order to secure RPO on your street, the following criteria must be met (this is a summary only - please refer to the complete ordinance text for specific details)

  • A petition for designation of a resident-parking-only zone must be signed by owners or occupants of two-thirds of the residences and any business establishments abutting the side or sides of the street block or blocks for which the zone is requested. Only one signature per residence or business establishment is allowed on the petition

  • Upon receipt of a petition and a nonrefundable $50 application fee, the director shall conduct a parking study. The results of the study must indicate that, during the days and times proposed for the resident-parking-only zone, more than 60 percent of the available parking space is in use and 20 percent or more of the vehicles using the parking space are not owned or operated by owners or occupants of residences or business establishments within the area requested to be designated as a resident-parking-only zone.

  • Before a resident-parking-only zone may become effective, the applicants must pay a $42 charge for each resident-parking-only sign required to be installed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the director.

  • The director shall issue resident-parking-only permits, up to a maximum of six permits per residence or business establishment, to any person who is eligible for a permit. Each permit is valid for one year and costs $6.50 each. An applicant is eligible for a resident-parking-only permit if:

    (1) the applicant owns or occupies a residence or business establishment located within the resident-parking-only zone; and

    (2) the applicant and every other person owning or occupying the same residence or business establishment as the applicant:

    (A) has no unresolved parking citations issued by the city;

    (B) has no outstanding fines or warrants for a violation of this division; and

    (C) complies with all other requirements of this division.