San Leandro requires vehicles parked on residential driveways to stay entirely on paved surfaces and prohibits any portion of a vehicle from overhanging the public sidewalk.
Under the San Leandro Zoning Code (Title 4, off-street parking provisions) and Municipal Code Title 6, vehicles parked on residential property must be on a paved driveway providing access to a required parking space. No vehicles - motorized or non-motorized - may be parked within the minimum required front yard or street-side side yard except on such a paved driveway. No part of any vehicle may extend over the public sidewalk, and no person may drive a vehicle across a sidewalk unless on a constructed driveway. Vehicles are prohibited from parking on the area between the roadway curb and the sidewalk (the planter/park strip). Driveway sight-triangles must remain unobstructed between three and seven feet in height, measured 10 feet from the street property line along the driveway and 10 feet along the curb. California Vehicle Code §22500(f) independently prohibits parking on any sidewalk and applies citywide.
Sidewalk-blocking and driveway violations are enforced by San Leandro Police (parking) and Code Enforcement (zoning). Administrative citation penalties are $125 first / $200 second under SLMC Chapter 1-12. CVC §22500(f) sidewalk-blocking citations are issued under state authority. Vehicles obstructing a sidewalk may also be towed under CVC §22651.
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