Meriden, CT Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Meriden Code § 213-27J(1)(g) sets driveway and garage standards for residential lots inside the TOD District, which covers the Civic, Gateway, Hanover, Historic-Commercial and Park Sub-Districts around the Meriden Green transit center. Driveways on all residential lots, including shared driveways, cannot exceed 24 feet in width where they meet the street, and the Director of Development and Enforcement may only allow a wider curb cut if multiple exit lanes are shown to be necessary. Lots 60 feet wide or less may have no more than one driveway in front of the residential structure.

The same subsection caps the total paved surface between the front of the house and the street at 24 feet in width unless the Director, or the Planning Commission for a special permit, finds a wider layout necessary and approves an accompanying yard landscaping and parking plan. For multiple-family dwellings and TOD mixed-income dwellings, paved area leading to unit garages is limited to 50% of the building's street-facing width, subject to the same discretionary review. Garages themselves must sit either 20 feet or more, or four feet or less, from the sidewalk or property line.

The rule sits inside § 213-27J, "Development standards and guidelines applicable to all TOD sub-districts," which by § 213-27E supersedes conflicting provisions elsewhere in the Zoning Ordinance for property inside the TOD boundary. A property owner who wants relief from any of these numeric caps applies through the Director of Development and Enforcement or, for special-permit uses, the Planning Commission, rather than the Zoning Board of Appeals.