Oyster Bay, NY Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

6, Off-street parking in residence districts, sets both a vehicle-type rule and a location rule for any homeowner deciding where to park. The text reads: off-street parking in residence districts shall be permitted only for private passenger vehicles, currently registered and in active use, and only on paved surfaces. That single sentence does two things at once: it bars parking on dirt, grass or gravel anywhere in a residential yard, and it restricts what may sit in that paved space to registered passenger cars in active use.

The section then narrows exactly where in the yard a paved parking area may be located, limiting it to a side or rear yard outside the minimum required setback, that portion of the required front yard immediately next to an extension of a required side yard line, the portion of front yard directly in front of and integral with a garage whose entrance door faces the front wall, or the area beyond the minimum front yard on a circular driveway with two curb cuts. 4 permits tandem parking for up to two spaces without Zoning Board approval on single-family and two-family lots. 6.