Vehicles parked in a driveway may not block the public sidewalk, and city lots generally require parking on a paved or improved surface rather than the front lawn. Connecting a new driveway to a county road needs a Highway Department permit.
Across Elkhart County a vehicle in your driveway may not overhang or block the public sidewalk. In the cities of Elkhart and Goshen, residential parking is expected to be on an approved hard surface such as concrete, asphalt, or gravel, not on the open front lawn, and vehicles stored outside must be operable and plated. Widening a driveway or adding a curb cut inside a city requires city approval to meet setback and drainage standards. In the unincorporated county, building a new driveway approach onto a county-maintained road requires an access permit from the Elkhart County Highway Department so the culvert and sight distance meet code. Inoperable vehicles left in a driveway can be cited as a nuisance.
Blocking a sidewalk brings a parking citation; parking on unpaved front yard in the cities draws a code-enforcement notice, and cutting a new driveway to a county road without a Highway Department access permit can trigger removal.
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