Allentown, PA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 660-91, 'Parking areas layout and design,' sets the technical standards that apply to every off-street parking area in the city, from surfacing and drainage to lighting, curbing, and sight triangles. Subsection P adds a coverage cap specific to N Zones: total parking and driveway surface area in an N Zone may not exceed more than 50% of any street (front or corner side) yard area. That means a homeowner or landlord in an N Zone cannot pave over more than half of the yard that faces the street, whether it fronts the primary street or wraps a corner-side lot, even if the driveway or parking pad would otherwise fit on the lot.

The same section requires parking areas outside required drive aisles and spaces to be landscaped under § 660-74, sets a minimum one-foot setback from lot lines for parking areas on lots without a permanent principal building, and bars parking within the intersection and driveway visibility triangles of § 660-70. A alongside every other zoning standard in Chapter 660. B, ordering the illegal paved area's use discontinued or requiring it be reduced to conform, and a property owner who ignores an enforcement notice faces the same civil penalty schedule that covers all Chapter 660 violations.