Santa Clarita, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

060(E) of the Santa Clarita Unified Development Code sets the paving standard for "all land used for parking," and that language expressly sweeps in "the maneuvering areas and driveways used for access" to a parking space whenever the adjoining highway, street or alley is itself paved with asphaltic or concrete surfacing. " A typical single-family lot in Newhall, Saugus, Canyon Country or Valencia does not qualify, so its driveway and any parking apron must be paved. Subsection (E)(1) sets the material specs: concrete at a minimum thickness of three and one-half inches with expansion joints, or asphalt rolled to the same three and one-half inch minimum thickness after compaction and laid over a compacted base of crushed rock or gravel at least five inches thick.

A qualified engineer's job-site soil analysis can support a modified or omitted base, and the Director may approve an alternative paving material under subsection (E)(1)(c) if it matches the service life and appearance of concrete or asphalt; the City Engineer reviews and reports on any proposed base modification or alternative material at the Director's request. 11 area) separately defines "driveway" as a path of travel connecting a street to a garage, carport, accessory structure or side yard, and it carves out its own narrow unpaved allowance: driveways may remain unpaved only in the designated special districts of Placerita and Sand Canyon, or on residential lots exceeding one-half acre.

060(E) standard. Parking lot design under the same section also caps slope at five percent generally and fifteen percent for access ramps and driveways, and requires wheel stops on any parking area sloped over three percent.