Driveway parking, surfacing, and setback rules are governed by each Milwaukee County city or village zoning code, not by the county. Milwaukee County has no county-wide residential driveway parking ordinance.
How many vehicles you may park in a driveway, whether a driveway must be paved, and how close vehicles may sit to the lot line or sidewalk are all matters of municipal zoning in Milwaukee County. The City of Milwaukee, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Franklin and the other municipalities each set their own driveway and off-street parking standards, and enforce blocked-sidewalk and apron-parking rules through their traffic codes. Milwaukee County's vehicle authority does not extend to private residential driveways. For requirements at your address, contact your city or village zoning or building department, and note that vehicles may not block the public sidewalk under local traffic code.
Driveway surfacing, setback and vehicle-count violations are cited by your municipality under its zoning code, typically as a correction order with fines. Blocking a public sidewalk is a municipal traffic-code violation carrying a local parking fine.
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