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

8 (Motor vehicles). ' The same item separately bars parking on commercial property except on a paved surface. This sits alongside two related motor-vehicle nuisance rules in the same section: item 1 prohibits storing an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, salvaged or disabled vehicle, trailer, camper, boat or similar equipment in front, side or back yards, driveways, sidewalks or walkways for 24 consecutive hours or more if visible from the street or a neighboring property, and item 2 prohibits major vehicle disassembly, disrepair, stripping or dismantling on residential property, plus a ban on painting vehicles outside an approved spray booth.

Because the setback rule cross-references the zoning code's required front and side yard setbacks, the specific number of feet off the property line that counts as 'setback' area varies by zoning district, but the parking prohibition itself applies citywide to any residential lot. The section was last amended by Ordinance 2022-015 Section 5 and Ordinance 2026-001, adopted January 13, 2026.