Atlantic County, NJ Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 86-704 sets the County's driveway design standards for any land development the Development Review Committee (DRC) reviews because it touches a County road. Location comes first: where a site abuts both a County road and a municipal or internal street, access must be taken from the municipal or internal street, and the plan must carry a deed-restriction note prohibiting access onto the County road, reviewed and approved by the County before final DRC approval. Distance rules follow in § 86-704(A)(3)-(5): a driveway for a use other than a single-family dwelling must sit at least 75 feet from the right-of-way line of a street intersection and at least 25 feet from a property line, while a single-family driveway may come no closer than 25 feet from an intersection right-of-way and must clear a property line by 10 feet, or by 20 feet from an existing or proposed adjacent driveway.

Where a single site has two or more driveways onto one County road, § 86-704(A)(4) requires a minimum 50-foot clear distance between them, measured along the curbline of the tangents of the driveway curb radii. Design standards in § 86-704(B) require driveways to be built so no vehicle backs onto the County right-of-way, and to intersect the County road as near 90 degrees as site conditions allow, in no case less than 75 degrees; depressed curbing may be required to keep street stormwater flowing, and truck turning templates must be shown where anticipated vehicles require them.

Opposing driveways for non-single-family uses must line up directly across from each other, or if that is not possible, offset by at least 150 feet. These are County-road access controls tied to DRC review, not a municipal zoning standard for residential lot coverage or paved-surface parking.