Irondequoit, NY Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 235-75 of the Town of Irondequoit Code, titled Residential parking and driveway space, caps the combined area devoted to driveway and parking at 35% of the required front yard for premises designed or used primarily for residential purposes. The yardstick is the required front yard of the zoning district, not the whole lot. The section counts total driveway and parking area and prints no separate rule for gravel or other unpaved surfaces.

The curb cut and the highway apron fall under separate chapters. Under § 198-6, no driveway can be installed within the limits of a highway unless a permit is obtained from the Town Commissioner of Public Works/Superintendent of Highways. No permit issues unless a bond in a form approved by the Town Attorney is filed with the Town Clerk, in an amount not less than $2,000 as the Commissioner directs. Where the street has a curb, the Commissioner requires that new driveways have the same curbing radius as other driveways on the same street, that pavement and curbing radius be removed from discontinued driveways abutting the property, and that curbing of the same character and type of stone be built across discontinued driveways.

Two limits added 5-16-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023 sit in the right-of-way standards at § 199-13B. Maximum width allowed per driveway is 35% of the linear footage of the side of the parcel where the driveway is located, and only one driveway entry/approach is permitted per residential parcel. Applying a liquid seal coating or a patch to a driveway needs no right-of-way permit under § 199-15.

Recreational vehicles have their own front-yard rule in § 235-104E. One recreational vehicle can be parked or stored on a front yard driveway or other hard-surfaced parking area, with a minimum setback of four feet from the front property line(s) and three feet from any side property line.