Littleton, CO Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Under the Unified Land Use Code, parking in the front yard of a single-family detached or attached dwelling is restricted to the driveway; you cannot park on the lawn, a gravel patch cut into the yard, or any other front-yard surface that is not the driveway itself. The Use and Maintenance standards then set what counts as an acceptable surface: driveways, parking spaces, access ways and loading zones must be surfaced with concrete, asphalt or pavers in accordance with the city's applicable standards and specifications, though parking areas on single-family lots may also be surfaced with rock.

Rock is not a free pass. The Construction and Maintenance of Single-Family Residential Parking rules require pavement to be concrete or asphalt of sufficient thickness to carry parked-vehicle loads, brick, concrete or stone pavers at least two and one-half inches deep over an appropriate road base, or crushed hard rock at least four inches deep with a nominal gradation of one and one-half inches. The code bars river cobble, lava rock, crushed shale, and recycled concrete or asphalt as substitutes. Borders at least four inches high, built from pressure-treated timbers, brick, concrete or stone, are required around any crushed-rock, brick, concrete or paver surface, running the full perimeter of the driveway or parking space except where it meets an approved street or alley.

A new driveway that accesses a street differently than an existing one needs approval from the Public Works Traffic Engineering Division before it can be built.