Pico Rivera prohibits blocking any driveway or garage entrance under Chapter 10.40, and its zoning code requires residential parking to occur on a legally permitted paved driveway rather than in front-yard landscaping.
Two provisions shape driveway parking. Chapter 10.40, Stopping, Standing and Parking, makes it unlawful to park or leave a vehicle standing in front of any driveway or garage entrance, applying to the property owner and others alike. The zoning code's off-street parking rule 18.44.050 requires that vehicles on residential property be parked on a legally permitted driveway, defined as a paved area providing vehicular access from a public street or alley to required parking. Parking or storing vehicles in the required front yard, or the street-side yard of a corner lot, off the paved driveway is prohibited. Common code-enforcement issues include parking on lawns or unpaved areas and RVs or boats left in front yards.
Blocking a driveway or garage entrance, parking on front-yard landscaping or unpaved surfaces, or storing vehicles in a required yard rather than on a legally permitted paved driveway is subject to parking or code-enforcement citation.
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