Lake Elsinore Municipal Code 17.148.090 requires driveways to be paved and maintained, and LEMC 17.148.140 allows vehicles, trailers and boats in the front-yard setback only on a conforming driveway or parking space. Blocking a private driveway from the street is prohibited under LEMC 10.12.120.
LEMC 17.148.090(B) requires all parking spaces and driveways to be paved, graded and drained so surface water does not run onto adjoining property; paving of single-family driveways may be waived where street improvements are not installed. Garage and carport floors must be portland cement concrete (LEMC 17.148.090(A)). For residential storage, LEMC 17.148.140(B) permits trailers, boats and similar equipment in the required front-yard setback only in a driveway or parking space conforming to City standards; otherwise they must sit behind the setback or in a screened side or rear yard. On the street side, LEMC 10.12.120(D) prohibits parking so as to block a private driveway, and 10.12.120(A) bars leaving a vehicle on a driveway apron.
Parking on an unpaved required driveway or storing vehicles in the front setback off the driveway violates LEMC 17.148.090 and 17.148.140 and is enforced as a zoning/nuisance matter. Blocking a private driveway from the street is cited under LEMC 10.12.120(D).
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