Salt Lake County, UT Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

The section does two jobs: it requires the driveway and it controls what the driveway is made of. Access must run from the street or right-of-way to the required parking spaces of any dwelling in an R-1 or R-2 zone, so the connection to code-required parking is what triggers the rule. The surface must be durable and hard, and the ordinance lists concrete, asphalt, brick, pavers, stone, or block as qualifying materials. Permeable versions count: the text expressly includes permeable concrete and permeable asphalt, which lets a homeowner meet the hard surface standard while letting stormwater soak through.

Gravel is not among the listed materials. 060 of the County Code of Ordinances. Length has its own trigger: a driveway over one hundred fifty feet long is subject to approval by the fire authority. Finally, the front yard area not covered by the driveway or an approved parking surface must be landscaped under the county's landscaping rules, so pavement and plantings together account for the whole front yard.