Auburn, WA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

050(E), most recently amended by Ordinance 6959 in 2024, requires all parking areas on private property, including interior driveways and the connection to a public street, to be surfaced with asphalt concrete, cement concrete, grass block pavers, or pervious pavement, with bumper guards where needed; a driveway crossing an improved public right-of-way must be built with cement concrete specifically. 46A ACC, and even then dust mitigation is required. The city engineer may approve an alternative paving system if it performs equivalently to standard paving. For single-family homes and duplexes on individual lots, subsection E(2) sets additional standards: each parking space must connect to an improved street or alley by a driveway at least 11 feet wide, and no more than 50 percent of the front yard, or 800 square feet, whichever is smaller, may be covered in off-street parking surface, with the front yard measured from the right-of-way to the house's front facade.

Extra parking spaces beyond the required minimum, including for trailers, RVs and boats on trailers, may use gravel instead, provided weeds, mud, or other fine material do not surface and loose gravel stays on the property; boats not on trailers may not be stored in the front yard at all. 04 of the city's engineering design standards, and sidewalks crossed by a driveway must be visibly marked with differentiated pavement, reflective markers, a landscaping strip, or raised pavement under subsection G.