Edmonds, WA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Front yard vehicles allowed
- up to 4
- Improved surface cap
- 50% of required front yard
- Driveway width, 2-car garage
- 24 feet maximum
- Driveway width, 3-car garage
- 30 feet maximum
- Improved surface definition
- concrete, asphalt or pavers only
Summary
Edmonds allows up to four vehicles parked in a front yard on a driveway or other improved surface, but that improved surface cannot cover more than 50 percent of the required front yard area under the residential vehicle standards.
D. An intact, appropriately licensed and operable vehicle may be parked or stored outside a structure in the manner provided below: ... 1. In a front yard, up to four motor vehicles, provided that the vehicle is on a driveway or other improved parking surface. The improved surface in the front yard shall not exceed 50 percent of the required front yard area and the driveway for a two-car garage shall not be wider than 24 feet and for a three-car garage shall not be wider than 30 feet, unless otherwise approved by the city engineer for public safety purposes.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4444, passed August 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
040(D)(1) governs how much of an Edmonds front yard can be paved or otherwise improved for vehicle parking. 030. The same subsection caps driveway width tied to garage size: a driveway serving a two-car garage cannot exceed 24 feet in width, and one serving a three-car garage cannot exceed 30 feet, unless the city engineer approves a wider driveway for public safety purposes. 005 also defines 'improved surface' as any permanent hard surface, including concrete, asphalt or pavers, whether pervious or impervious, designed or used for driving or parking vehicles, meaning gravel or bare dirt parking areas do not qualify for the four-vehicle front-yard allowance.
040(D)(2), which instead requires vehicle parts and fluids be kept in a completely enclosed building, without the same 50 percent coverage cap. 040(A), the four-vehicle front yard total is a separate citywide cap on outdoor front-yard vehicles generally, and vehicles under subsection (G) may not intrude into the public right-of-way or block sight visibility from adjacent driveways or roads.
Violations & Fines
Paving or otherwise improving more than 50 percent of the required front yard area for vehicle parking, or building a driveway wider than 24 feet for a two-car garage or 30 feet for a three-car garage without city engineer approval, is a property performance standards violation under ECDC 17.60.040 that the planning and development director can require be corrected or removed.
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