Madera County, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

120, the parking facility design standard in Title 18 Zoning, splits surfacing duty by use. 130 for parking lot detail. The same subsection then carves out single-family homes and agricultural operations: their parking areas need only be 'maintained in a dust free condition,' meaning gravel, decomposed granite, or bare compacted earth can satisfy the rule if it does not raise dust. The section also governs the driveway itself. Subsection A requires parking to sit within 200 feet of the building it serves. Subsection C bars facilities designed so vehicles back into a road right-of-way and requires forward-movement access where development abuts a public or private roadway (single-family residential is exempted from that forward-access rule).

Subsection I sets a driveway visibility setback: wherever a driveway meets a street, alley, or highway, a 10-foot-deep vision-setback area must extend 30 feet along the road frontage on each side of the driveway, inside which no structure, fence, or plant material may exceed three feet, apart from highway signs, utility poles, and open see-through fencing. 040 governs sites where a backing maneuver is needed for ingress and egress. This entire framework applies only within unincorporated Madera County; the cities of Madera and Chowchilla administer their own parking codes.