Residential driveway design and parking are municipal in Burlington County. But any new driveway or altered access onto a county-owned road requires a Road Opening and Driveway Access permit from the county Department of Public Works.
How wide a driveway must be, how many cars may park on it, and setback rules are set by each town's zoning code, not the county. However, Burlington County controls access to the roads it owns: a new driveway, a change to an existing one, or any change of use of a driveway that connects to a county road needs a county road-occupancy and driveway-access permit, with fees set by the County Engineer, filed at 251 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly. Driveways on municipal or state roads go through the town or NJDOT instead.
Unpermitted work in the county right-of-way can be ordered stopped and restored at the owner's cost; municipal driveway-code violations carry town-set zoning penalties.
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