In unincorporated Lake County, off-street parking is prohibited in front and street-side setback areas in residential (R) districts — except on an approved driveway serving a house, townhouse, or two-to-four-unit home. Parking a vehicle in a subdivision front yard outside an approved driveway is a violation.
UDO 154-13-110 prohibits off-street parking in front and street-side setbacks in R districts, but expressly does not prohibit parking on an approved driveway serving a detached house, townhouse, two-unit house, triplex, or fourplex. Reinforcing this, 154-20-040.E lists 'Vehicles in subdivisions parked in front yards except in approved driveways' as an enforceable civil violation. New driveways for one-way traffic must be 10–15 feet wide, and residential driveway aprons taking access to a local street may be asphalt or concrete. Cities and towns set their own driveway standards inside their limits.
Front-yard parking outside an approved driveway is a civil zoning violation: 15-day cure notice, then fines up to $2,500 first / $7,500 subsequent (IC 36-1-3-8).
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