McCracken County, KY Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 150.058 PARKING governs every zoning district in unincorporated McCracken County outside Paducah. Division (A) sets the baseline: off-street parking spaces for occupants, employees and patrons of any building erected or enlarged after the regulation's effective date shall be provided as prescribed, and division (A)(4), captioned 'Surface,' requires that all parking lots containing at least four spaces be constructed of a durable, dust-free material, unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission, which rules out bare dirt or unmaintained gravel for anything beyond a small residential driveway.

Division (B) adds a design-approval step: any lot or portion of a lot developed for four or more vehicular spaces needs the design approval of both the Planning and Zoning Administrator and the County Road Engineer before the Building Inspector may issue a building permit, so the surface and layout are locked in before construction starts. Numeric minimums layer on top of the surface rule: division (C) requires two spaces per unit for a single-family home with three bedrooms or fewer and three spaces for four or more bedrooms, while duplexes, triplexes and apartment buildings need two spaces per unit for two bedrooms or fewer and three for three or more.

Division (A)(1) lets the Planning Commission grant a variance lowering the space count where an intended use clearly needs less parking, but that variance authority does not extend to waiving the durable, dust-free surface requirement itself, which only the Planning Commission may otherwise excuse.