Meridian, ID Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Required base
- Compacted gravel, 4 inches minimum
- Required top surface
- Concrete or asphaltic pavement
- Where it applies
- Street-yard driveways and parking areas
- Housing types covered
- Single-family, duplex, townhouse, secondary dwellings
- Citation
- Meridian City Code § 11-3C-4.B
Summary
Meridian requires driveways and street-yard parking areas to be built on a compacted gravel base at least four inches thick, topped with concrete or asphalt: parking on dirt, grass, or bare gravel facing the street is illegal.
Improvements. Off-street parking areas in the street yard and driveways into and through a parking area in the street yard shall be improved with a compacted gravel base, not less than four (4) inches thick, surfaced with concrete or asphaltic pavement. No person shall park, or allow to be parked, any vehicle in the required street yard on any surface other than compacted gravel base, not less than four (4) inches thick, surfaced with concrete or asphaltic pavement. (Ord. 12-1514, 5-16-2012, eff. 5-21-2012; Ord. 19-1833, 7-9-2019; Ord. No. 21-1950, §§ 3, 4, 10-10-2021)
11-3C-5. - Parking standards for all other uses not specified.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
Under Meridian City Code section 11-3C-4.B, off-street parking areas and driveways in the street yard, the front yard facing the street, must be built on a compacted gravel base at least four inches thick, surfaced with concrete or asphaltic pavement. The code separately makes it unlawful to park any vehicle in the required street yard on any surface other than that compacted gravel-plus-pavement standard, so a driveway or parking pad left as bare dirt, grass, or loose gravel does not comply. This standard is part of the parking article of the Unified Development Code and applies citywide within Meridian's limits to single-family detached, townhouse, secondary, duplex, and single-family attached dwellings.
Violations & Fines
Parking in the street yard on bare dirt, grass, or loose gravel violates section 11-3C-4.B; Meridian's code enforcement division can require the surface be corrected and can pursue it as a Unified Development Code violation for continued noncompliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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