Lake Havasu City, AZ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 14.04.02(F) of the zoning code, Residential Standards, sets the hard-surface rule for every house, duplex, and multi-family lot in Lake Havasu City. For a single-family or 2-family dwelling, required parking spaces must be hard surfaced, sit off the street, and connect to a public street; each space must measure at least 9 feet by 18.5 feet if uncovered or 10 feet by 18.5 feet under a carport or garage roof, and none of it may sit inside the lot's required front setback. Multi-family developments in the R-3, R-M, R-UMS, R-CHD, and R-SGD districts and any mixed-use district follow the identical surfacing and setback rule, with one added limit: driveways and parking access ways cannot occupy more than 50% of the required front setback area, and the parking area must be designed so a vehicle cannot back directly onto a public right-of-way.

The broader surfacing standard in § 14.04.02(B)(2) defines what 'hard surfaced' allows beyond plain asphalt or concrete: the Zoning Administrator may approve pervious or semi-pervious alternatives, including grass, mulch, 'grasscrete,' ring-and-grid systems, permeable concrete or asphalt, and porous or grid pavers, if the material suits the city's climate and the durability the parking use requires. Bare dirt or unimproved gravel do not appear on that approved list, so parking a vehicle there in the front yard fails the ordinance regardless of setback. Development Services' Code Compliance Division enforces the standard against existing lots found out of compliance.