Brooklyn Park, MN Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

1009 alongside the property maintenance standards in Chapter 106, which every driveway must meet regardless of when it was installed. A gravel driveway that predates the ordinance loses its exemption once it is expanded 20% or more in surface area: at that point the entire surface must be repaved with impervious or approved pervious material, not just the added section. The section also bars parking that blocks a public sidewalk, trail, emergency access way, or a fire hydrant, whether public or private. Residential lots are capped at 30 feet of driveway width at the property line and cannot run access to more than one street, closing off wraparound driveways some owners use to reach two frontages.

A residential horseshoe driveway is allowed only if its two curb cuts add up to 30 feet total at the property line, the same ceiling applied to a single straight driveway. Farms and interim or temporary uses inside the UR Urban Reserve District are the only carve-outs from the paving mandate; every other property, including one with a legal nonconforming gravel drive, must convert to a hard or pervious surface once it triggers the 20% expansion threshold. The rule sits in the zoning code's general regulations chapter, so it applies citywide regardless of the underlying residential district.