Greenville, NC Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 9-4-248 of the Zoning Ordinance, enforced by Planning and Development Services, sets both the surface and coverage limits for residential parking areas in Greenville and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Subsection (A) requires all parking areas to be built with a hard-surfaced all-weather material, listing asphalt, concrete, brick, and CABC (cement/asphalt-based aggregate) as approved options, and specifically disqualifies grass and bare earth areas, along with porches, stoops, roofs, access ramps, decks, and sidewalks, from counting as parking surface. The City Engineer may exempt a single-family dwelling's parking area from the surface and coverage rules if the area is clearly defined and marked, kept safe and neat, does not increase soil erosion, and is traditionally associated with that dwelling (Sec.

9-4-248(B)). Temporary uses are exempt from the surface requirement (Sec. 9-4-248(C)). On coverage, single-family parking areas cannot cover more than 30 percent of any front yard area, while two-family attached development is capped at 40 percent of front yard area (Sec. 9-4-248(D)-(E)); residential cluster developments are exempt from the 30 percent cap. Subsection (F) separately bars parking, storage, or maneuvering of vehicles, boats, trailers, and campers in any front or side yard area except as this section allows. These requirements apply to existing parking areas as well as new ones, overriding the code's general nonconforming-situation protections (Sec.

9-4-248(G)). Violations carry an escalating civil penalty of $25 per day for the surface material requirement, the front yard coverage cap, or the parking/storage/maneuvering restriction, separate from the chapter's standard zoning penalty schedule (Sec. 9-4-227(H)).