Daytona Beach, FL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Required surface
- Asphalt, concrete, brick, pavers or equivalent
- Single-family exception
- Two 2-ft hard ribbons, grass strip between
- Pervious surfacing
- Allowed with maintenance program & load certification
- Maintenance standard
- Smooth, clean, dust-free at all times
- Governing section
- LDC § 6.2.H.4, Article 6
Summary
Daytona Beach requires driveways and off-street parking areas to be paved with asphalt, concrete, brick, pavers or another hard, dustless surface, not bare dirt or grass. Single-family and duplex driveways get one exception: two hard-surface ribbons at least two feet wide, spaced up to three feet apart, with the strip between left as grass or groundcover.
4.Surfacing.a.General. Except as provided for in subparagraphs [b] and [c] below, all off-street parking and loading areas shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, brick, stone, pavers, or an equivalent hard, dustless, and bonded surface material. Use of surfacing that includes recycled materials (e.g., glass, rubber, used asphalt, brick, block, and concrete) is encouraged. These surfaces shall be maintained in a smooth, well-graded, clean, orderly, and dust-free condition.b.Parking Ribbons. Parking areas serving single-family detached dwellings, duplexes, and mobile/manufactured homes may consist of two ribbons of hard surface that are each at least two feet wide and are separated by no more than three feet. The remaining required area for each parking space shall be covered with grass, groundcover, or other porous landscape material.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 78 | Land Development Code: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
4 of the Land Development Code, within the Off-Street Parking and Loading standards of Article 6, sets the baseline surface requirement for every driveway and parking area in the city: asphalt, concrete, brick, stone, pavers, or an equivalent hard, dustless, bonded material, kept smooth, well-graded, clean and dust-free. A gravel pad or bare dirt strip does not meet that standard on its own. The Code carves out one accommodation for houses: a single-family detached dwelling, duplex, or mobile/manufactured home may build its driveway as two ribbons of hard surface, each at least two feet wide and no more than three feet apart, with the strip between the ribbons left as grass, groundcover, or other porous landscape material rather than paved edge to edge.
c, but only with an ongoing maintenance program (sweeping, annual vacuuming), and any such material used for a driveway or aisle must be certified to handle the expected traffic loading. Recycled surfacing materials, including recycled glass, rubber, asphalt, brick, block or concrete, are affirmatively encouraged. 10.
Violations & Fines
Installing or letting a driveway or parking area degrade into bare dirt, mud, or an unapproved loose material violates Section 6.2.H.4 and the good-repair standard in Section 6.2.H.10. City staff can require repaving, and unresolved cases go to the Code Enforcement Board for fines under Article 10 of the Land Development Code.
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