Springfield, OR Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Springfield Municipal Code section 5.002, titled Attractive Nuisances, groups several yard hazards together in Chapter 5's nuisance article, and one of them directly regulates where a vehicle may sit on a residential lot. Section 5.002(1)(f) makes off street vehicle parking between the street and primary building a nuisance unless it occurs on an approved or permitted driveway or parking lot, meaning informal parking pads carved into a front lawn or gravel strip between the curb and the house are not exempt just because a vehicle fits there.

Section 5.002(1)(g) separately reaches storage or parking, in a residential zone, of vehicles that require a commercial license to operate, underscoring that the front yard rule is one piece of a broader effort to keep residential frontages free of vehicle clutter. Under section 5.002(2), the prohibition does not apply to permitted construction projects that have reasonable safeguards to prevent injury to children, since the attractive nuisance framing in this section is built around child safety hazards like open excavations and abandoned appliances. Enforcement follows the same nuisance procedure as the rest of Chapter 5: under section 5.006, the enforcing officer posts and serves a notice giving the person responsible 10 days to abate the unapproved parking area or contest it, with an unresolved dispute going to a hearings officer under section 5.008.

If the condition remains, the city may abate it and assess the cost against the property as a lien under sections 5.010 and 5.014, and the underlying nuisance is separately punishable under SMC section 1.205(3) as a non-criminal violation carrying a fine of up to $720, with each day of continued violation a separate offense under section 1.205(5).