Dothan, AL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 114-182 is Dothan's off-street parking and loading chapter, and subsection (e)(1) sets the surfacing standard that applies once a use is required to provide off-street parking under the section's table 1 minimums. Two standards run side by side: commercial parking areas, vehicle maneuvering areas and driveways under § 114-182(e)(1)a must be paved with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt, brick or interlocking paving blocks, or another durable, all-weather material acceptable to the Dothan Planning Commission, while § 114-182(e)(1)g gives single-family dwellings a lighter-touch standard: asphalt, concrete, or another durable, all-weather material acceptable to the administrative official, without requiring commission sign-off.

Gravel, dirt, grass and other unimproved surfaces do not qualify as a durable, all-weather material under either standard. The same subsection layers on maintenance duties: boundary and perimeter areas need wheel or bumper guards so no parked vehicle overhangs the property line under (e)(1)b, lighting must not disturb neighboring residential occupants or interfere with traffic under (e)(1)c, and parking lots generally must be kept in good repair and periodically resurfaced, seal coated or striped under (e)(1)h. No certificate of occupancy issues under § 114-182(b) until the required off-street parking and loading facilities, including their paved surface, are in place.

The paving requirement applies citywide in every zoning district that requires off-street parking, not just within the Highway 84 East Overlay, making it one of the broader-reaching standards in the parking chapter.