Lancaster County sets no rule on driveway width, surface, setbacks, or how many vehicles you may park in a driveway. These are zoning and land-development matters decided by each city, borough, or township under the Municipalities Planning Code.
Driveway and off-street parking design—apron width, paving, curb cuts, front-yard parking, and the number of vehicles allowed—is a land-use question. Under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (53 P.S. §10101 et seq.), that authority rests with each of Lancaster County's 60 municipalities through their zoning and subdivision-and-land-development ordinances. The City of Lancaster, for instance, imposes off-street parking and loading standards in its zoning code. Because standards vary block to block, confirm requirements with your municipal zoning officer before paving a driveway, adding a curb cut (which may also need a PennDOT highway-occupancy permit on state roads), or parking multiple vehicles.
Set by municipal zoning enforcement—typically a zoning-violation notice and daily fines under the local ordinance. The county imposes none. State-road curb cuts also require a PennDOT permit.
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