Skowhegan, ME Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

The Road and Entrance Design Standards Ordinance (Chapter 38) was adopted February 14, 2012 and amended June 10, 2013. Section 2.1 says no new or upgraded driveway, entrance, or public or private road, street or other way can access a public way in the Town without a permit. Section 2.2.1 sends an individual property, residence or business to the Skowhegan Road Commissioner before construction begins; the permit issues once the access meets the Section 2.3 standards, within five working days of application. Section 1.9 adds that no permit fee is charged for access permits under Section 2.2.1. Developments under the Subdivision or Site Review Ordinance are presumed permitted on approval, and an access permitted by Maine DOT needs no separate Town permit.

Section 2.3.2.2 sets driveway entrances at no less than 20 feet wide at the curb line or edge of shoulder, with the driveway itself no less than 12 feet nor more than 42 feet wide, measured before it flares into the road. Section 2.3.2.4 requires a suitable all-weather surface resistant to erosion for at least 50 feet from the public road, and paving, if provided, must be joined and blended with the street pavement. Section 2.3.2.3 requires a well-defined edge, with curbing continuing into the driveway for a minimum of five feet where the road is curbed. Section 2.3.2.6 bars a driveway within 50 feet of a street intersection, measured along the near edge of pavement, unless the Road Commissioner approves.

Other limits: sight distance of 250 feet on either side for streets at 25 MPH or less and 350 feet on others; no more than two access points per 100 feet of frontage; safety islands of at least ten feet where two driveways serve one property on the same street; and construction that prevents water, snow, gravel or debris from reaching the public way. The ordinance governs access to public ways and does not set a front-yard parking standard.