Coconut Creek, FL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 19-37(2) of the Coconut Creek Code of Ordinances sets the residential parking surfaces. Under subsection (a), passenger vehicles are permitted on a paved driveway, or within a carport, garage or screened side yard of all residential districts. A passenger vehicle is one used solely for personal activities, with no business lettering, a current license and registration, and mechanical working order. Under subsection (b), in the single-family districts (A-1, RS-1, RS-3, RS-4, RC-5, RC-8 and the single-family and zero lot line portions of PUDs and MH-1), owner or guest passenger vehicles can park on the grass portion of the swale, as long as the swale is undamaged and kept in safe and suitable condition. Vehicles can also use the paved portion of the swale leading to the private driveway, provided they do not protrude onto a sidewalk.

Subsection (c) bans parking any motor vehicle, regardless of ownership, in swale areas next to designated expressway, collector or arterial roads, as shown on the Table of Designated Road Classifications in § 13-424. Subsection (d) bars parking across a sidewalk in a public right-of-way or a private ingress-egress access easement. Subsection (h) prohibits parking in the triangular sight areas where an accessway meets a public right-of-way or where property abuts two or more intersecting rights-of-way, as defined in § 13-443(14). On public streets, § 19-33(2) separately prohibits stopping, standing or parking in front of a public or private driveway, and item (24) bars swale parking in non-residential zoning districts.

Other surfaces come with conditions. Side yard parking areas should be paved if frequent ingress and egress would degrade the grass. A signed commercial vehicle can park on a paved driveway under an opaque cover only if it sits entirely within the driveway and does not protrude onto a sidewalk or right-of-way, and a covered vehicle can never park in a swale. Passenger vehicles with multipurpose racks must remove supplies and cargo to the dwelling before parking in the driveway. In A-1 and RS-1, vehicles can park on grass that meets required setbacks if the grass is undamaged. Enforcement follows Chapter 2, with fines under § 1-8.