Eagan, MN Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

City Code § 11.70, Subd. 3.A requires that all parking lots serving four or more vehicles be graded to a city-engineer-approved drainage plan, and specifies that "all such lots and driveways shall be surfaced with a material to control dust and drainage as approved by the city engineer," meaning bare dirt or unimproved gravel does not satisfy the code once a driveway serves that many spaces. Subd. 3.F adds that driveways may only exceed a ten percent grade where the city engineer signs off, and every residential lot must keep a level area for a car to sit in front of the garage rather than on a slope.

Subd. 10 then sets the residential driveway width cap: the maximum width of a residential driveway at the right-of-way is 22 feet, a limit aimed at keeping curb cuts narrow and preserving on-street parking and boulevard landscaping. Community Development's building and code enforcement staff administer these standards through the building permit process, and a driveway built wider than 22 feet at the curb, or graded steeper than ten percent without engineer approval, is out of compliance even if it was never separately permitted. The section sits inside the citywide performance standards chapter, so it applies across residential zoning districts rather than being tied to one specific district's dimensional table. Chapter 13's subdivision regulations separately require concrete or bituminous driveway approaches over the boulevard on new lots adjacent to city-standard streets.