Haverford, PA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Haverford Township limits how much of a front yard can be paved for cars. Section 182-707A(4) of the Township Code requires every property in a residential district, or lot used for residential purposes, to provide off-street parking, and then adds the cap: no paved surface used as off-street parking or drive access may be so constructed as to exceed 25 feet or 50% of the lot width of the property, whichever is less, at any point within the required front yard. The rule applies to the combined paved area for parking and the drive, and the tighter of the two measures controls, so a narrow lot is limited by the 50% test and a wide lot by the 25-foot test.

The same section sets the size of a space. Every parking space, outdoors or in a garage, must consist of not less than 162 square feet of usable area for each motor vehicle, and spaces must be a minimum of nine feet wide and 18 feet long, measured exclusive of interior driveways or maneuvering areas (§ 182-707A(1)). The parking table in § 182-707B requires 2 spaces per dwelling unit for single- and two-family dwellings.

Section 182-706A(4) closes the other side of the rule: no automobile may be parked or stored upon any surface other than an improved parking space as further described in § 182-707. Combined with the front yard cap, that means a driver cannot widen a driveway past the limit, or park on the lawn, to gain room. Recreational vehicles have an extra condition under § 182-706A(2): they must be parked at all times in the rear one-half of the lot and upon a hard surface.

The Zoning Officer enforces the chapter and decides permits, usually in the same review as the building permit (§ 182-902A). Variances from the cap are decided by the Zoning Hearing Board, and an appeal of a Zoning Officer decision must be filed within 30 days (§ 182-901C).