Sonoma requires all driveways and parking pads to be hard-surfaced and set back from the street, and prohibits parking within the minimum required width of any driveway or private road serving a residence.
SMC 19.48.030 (General parking regulations) requires that required parking spaces remain permanently available, marked, and maintained on the site they serve, and that uncovered parking spaces be set back at least five feet from any street with the setback area fully landscaped. SMC 19.48.070 (Development standards for parking facilities) requires that driveways, parking areas, and other vehicular surfaces be constructed of a hard, all-weather surface (brick, concrete pavers, stone pavers, cement concrete, or asphalt) for not less than 20 feet behind the public sidewalk or driveway approach. SMC 19.12.040(E) sets private road and driveway widths — 20 ft minimum for roads serving 5 or fewer dwellings and 24 ft for 6+ — and prohibits parking within those minimum widths. Statewide, CVC 22500(e) makes it unlawful to block a public or private driveway with a parked vehicle.
Parking that blocks a driveway is a CVC 22500(e) violation and may be towed at the owner's request under CVC 22651(d). Substandard or unpermitted driveway surfaces are handled by the City Building Division and Planning as a zoning enforcement matter under SMC Title 19.
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