Hudson, NH Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Hudson's parking standards at § 334-15, most recently amended 3-11-2025 by Amdt. Nos. 24 and 25, start from a paving requirement: required off-street parking facilities must be provided on the same lot as the principal use they serve, and § 334-15A(1) states that all parking spaces shall be paved, ruling out gravel or dirt parking areas for a required space. Multifamily and nonresidential uses must additionally meet the parking counts in the site plan or subdivision regulations. For residential lots, § 334-15A(3) bars parking spaces, apart from driveways themselves, from sitting inside the front, side or rear setback area, which keeps cars and trailers out of side and rear yards close to the property line while still letting a driveway run through that same setback to reach a garage or the street.

Subsection B layers on outright prohibitions: no more than one unregistered or uninspected motor vehicle per residential unit stored outdoors, no commercial vehicle or trailer over 13,000 pounds gross vehicle weight parked outside at a residential site, no more than one recreational vehicle parked or stored outdoors per residence, and that RV too must stay off setback areas except on the driveway, and no consignment sale of vehicles without Planning Board site plan approval. Kingpin-hitch commercial trailers are barred outright from any residential, TR, R-1 or R-2 district, loading and unloading excepted.