Pottstown, PA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Borough Zoning Ordinance § 510, added by Ordinance No. 2209 on December 13, 2021, defines a driveway as a thoroughfare that provides vehicular access on a lot to a building or use. New or expanded driveways serving existing single-family dwellings in the Conservation and Gateway Districts must comply with Section A527 of Appendix A5 in Chapter 22, the Subdivision and Land Development ordinance, which § 510 incorporates by reference, tying the zoning rule directly to the Borough's separate land-development design standards rather than restating them.

Subsection 2A carves out an exception: a driveway may be placed in the side or front yard if the Zoning Officer determines a rear-yard driveway is not feasible, or if the property sits within a residential development where driveways are historically located to the side or front. Even under that exception, no part of a front-yard driveway may ever occupy the area between the dwelling and the street, unless it connects a street-facing attached garage to the street, in which case the driveway may extend into that area only as much as necessary to reasonably service the dwelling.

Subsection 2A(2) separately lets the Zoning Officer prohibit driveway intersections that would create traffic congestion, interference, or hazards because of street grades, land forms, vegetation, the frequency of nearby driveway intersections, limited sight distance, or high-speed traffic flow.