Millcreek, PA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

The rule sits in the Property Maintenance Code, Chapter 29, Part 5 of the Millcreek Township Code, which adopts the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition, with Township amendments. Amended Section 302.8 says all vehicles within residential zoning districts, or used for residential purposes, shall be parked and stored only in garages and driveways on the subject premises, or in parking lots where permitted. Subsection (i) then prohibits parking or storage of vehicles on yards. The exception is narrow. It applies only on lots having no driveway, or a single-vehicle-wide driveway with no garage or a one-vehicle garage, and having no other parking area. On such a lot, one vehicle otherwise authorized by zoning regulations is allowed, as long as it sits off the street's cartway and sidewalks and parallel to the street.

Street parking is tied to the same section. Subsection (ii) prohibits parking or storage of vehicles on streets where the owner or occupant has failed to ensure sufficient off-street parking for the vehicles used by owners and occupants of the premises. Subsection (iii) states that the section does not modify Township regulations governing weather events and other circumstances in which parking on streets is prohibited. Subsection (iv) bars any off-street parking space or area arranged so that a vehicle must back out onto a public street or highway, except for single-family or two-family detached dwelling units.

Section 302.8 also bars keeping an inoperative or non-operating motor vehicle on any premises, and bars any vehicle in a state of major disassembly, disrepair or being stripped or dismantled. The Township defines INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE as a vehicle without the current registration plate or the current valid inspection sticker. Painting vehicles is prohibited unless done inside an approved spray booth. Major overhaul, including body work, is permitted only where the zoning district allows it and the vehicle stays at all times inside a structure or enclosed area designed and approved for that purpose. Section 201.6 provides that when the Code and a Township ordinance define a term differently, the Township ordinance controls, and it cites the "nonoperating vehicle" definition in the Zoning Ordinance as an example. Under § 29-81 the Board of Supervisors decides how the code is administered and enforced.