Peoria, AZ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 17-3(b) of the Peoria City Code makes it unlawful to park or store a vehicle in the front, side, or rear yard of a single or multi-family residence unless the parking area is an improved, dustproof surface, concrete, asphalt, chip seal, or crushed rock or aggregate at least three inches thick. Any crushed rock or aggregate surface must be contained by a permanent border and treated with a dust palliative to prevent fugitive dust, and the property owner or occupant carries a continuous duty to keep the surface maintained.

Section 17-3(c) adds a placement rule on top of the surface rule: front-yard parking at a single-family home must sit fully on a 'legal driveway' or on a dustproof surface contiguous to one, while side- or rear-yard parking needs continuous access to a legal driveway meeting the same dustproof standard. Section 17-2(s) defines a legal driveway as a short private road from the street to the principal structure's garage or carport, or, where there is no garage or carport, a single designated location. Section 17-3(d) gave homes with unimproved parking areas that existed before the rule a compliance deadline of October 1, 2009, to install a qualifying dustproof surface.

A violation of these subsections is enforced the same way as any other Chapter 17 nuisance: it can be charged as a Class 1 misdemeanor under Section 17-51(d), with each day of noncompliant parking treated as a separate offense.