How you use your residential driveway is set by your municipality. But if your driveway connects to a Passaic County road, you need a County road-access permit from the County Engineering Department before building or altering the driveway apron.
Two layers apply. First, residential driveway use, such as what may be parked or stored on it and paving requirements, is a municipal zoning matter under the Municipal Land Use Law; the County has no rule there. Second, physical access to a county road is a County matter. Passaic County maintains 246 miles of roadway, and any new or modified driveway connecting to a county road requires a right-of-way access permit reviewed by the Passaic County Engineering Department to ensure safety, drainage, and traffic standards. If the driveway is part of a site plan already approved by the County Planning Board, the applicant completes the right-of-way access permit and submits it to the Engineering Department without new plans. Applications requiring
Constructing or altering a driveway connection to a county road without the required County access permit can trigger a stop-work order and require corrective work at the owner's expense. Municipal driveway and parking violations are enforced separately under the local
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