Chino Hills, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Chino Hills bans parking on bare ground citywide. CHMC § 16.34.080(A) requires that all parking spaces and associated driveways be entirely paved with concrete or asphalt-type surfacing as per City standards, that new driveways and parking areas be concrete, asphalt, or another city-approved surface, and states flatly that parking on areas which do not meet the above standards shall be prohibited. That third requirement is the operative rule for a front-yard gravel or dirt parking pad: it is not allowed anywhere in the city, residential or commercial.

The dimensional standards sit next door in § 16.34.070(C). For single-family and duplex properties, the minimum residential driveway width is nineteen feet, or the width of the main garage door, whichever is less; where the garage sits outside the front yard, the access driveway can narrow to twelve feet as long as the section directly in front of the garage still matches the garage door's width. Every residential driveway must run at least nineteen feet in length. The code also limits how many driveways a lot can have: one for a lot with fifty feet of frontage or less, two for wider lots if they are separated by at least ten feet, and a curved driveway with two entrances still counts as a single driveway. Shared driveways for adjoining residential lots must be at least nineteen feet wide and go through the Zoning Clearance process under Chapter 16.79.