El Cajon, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

16 of the Municipal Code, administered by the city engineer. 020 conditions that permit on payment of the city's fee schedule set by council resolution and filed with the city clerk, though school districts are exempt from the fee. 030 sets the design standards: every driveway approach must conform to the San Diego Area Regional Standard Drawings published by the county department of transportation, and it cannot interfere with sidewalks, traffic signals, fire hydrants, utility poles or drainage structures. On single-family lots, the maximum driveway width is thirty feet with a thirty-six-foot curb opening, the minimum is twelve feet with an eighteen-foot curb opening, and no more than forty percent of the lot's frontage may be allocated to driveway curb openings, though every lot is guaranteed one twelve-foot driveway regardless.

Multiple-family, commercial and M-zone lots get a sixty percent frontage allowance under the same width limits. Driveways serving the same lot must sit at least twenty feet apart in residential zones and at least four feet apart, but no more than twenty-six feet apart, in commercial zones, and curb openings must stay at least three feet from the side property line unless the city engineer approves a joint-use driveway shared by two property owners. 030(E). 040.