Coconino County, AZ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Single-family driveways
- Exempt from paving requirement
- Other-use paving standard
- 2 inch asphalt over 4-inch base
- Access road surface
- 20-foot all-weather, 42,000-lb rated
- Waiver authority
- Director via §5.6 Administrative Adjustment
- Governing section
- Zoning Ordinance §4.1.C.3
Summary
Coconino County exempts single-family homes from the pavement standard it applies to every other off-street parking area. Section 4.1.C.3.C requires 2 inches of asphaltic concrete over a 4-inch aggregate base for commercial and multi-family lots, but a single-family driveway in the unincorporated county carries no paving mandate at all.
C. All off-street Parking Areas, except for single family Dwellings, shall be constructed and maintained to provide the following: i. Grading, drainage, and a minimum of 2 inches of asphaltic concrete paving over a four-inch aggregate base or other acceptable paving design prepared by a registered professional engineer to the specifications of the Engineering Supervisor. A paving waiver may be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission or a Variance granted by the Board of Adjustment for projects requiring approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission or Board of Adjustment. A waiver to off-street parking paving requirements may be granted by the Director through the Administrative Adjustment process as prescribed by Section 5.6 if the request meets the following criteria: a. The Parking Area is in a rural area where surrounding properties are also unpaved or accessed from unpaved roads, and b. Dust from the site will not negatively impact neighboring properties, and
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
3. Critically, that paragraph opens by exempting single family Dwellings from the requirement entirely, so a homeowner's driveway or parking pad in the unincorporated county is not required to be paved. 6 if the site sits in a rural area where surrounding properties are also unpaved or accessed by unpaved roads, dust will not affect neighbors, an adopted Area Plan supports it, or a permeable alternative such as grasscrete pavers is used instead. A granted waiver still requires the area to be improved with a compacted aggregate base.
4 requires every G, AR, and RR parcel to have a minimum 30-foot-wide Access Easement or right-of-way with a 20-foot-wide all-weather travel surface able to carry a 42,000-pound emergency vehicle, so an unpaved driveway still has to meet that load and width standard even without asphalt.
Violations & Fines
Failing to meet the required off-street parking construction standards where they do apply, or falling short of the all-weather Access Road standard for emergency vehicles, is a zoning violation under Section 5.14.C.4.A, carrying civil or criminal fines up to $750 per day for an individual or $10,000 per day for a business entity until the deficiency is corrected.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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