Tracy, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

3225, no more than 50 percent of a residential front yard may be paved, unless the paving is pavers, bricks or masonry laid out as a clear landscape feature that precludes parking, in which case it does not count against the cap. The section defines "front yard" as the full-width area between a dwelling's front facade and the front lot line, excluding the driveway itself; "driveway" as the paved area following the shortest, minimum-width route between the public right-of-way approach and a garage or carport entrance; and "paving" as any permanent hard surface such as asphalt, concrete, pavers or other masonry.

3530(a), Required improvements and maintenance of parking areas, makes it unlawful to park on any unpaved surface at all and requires every public or private parking area to be paved with a surfacing material meeting City of Tracy Standards. The same section requires each parking lot to be graded and drained to dispose of surface water, with a grading permit before work starts, and requires any lot with five or more spaces to be striped and marked according to City standards. Read together, these two sections mean a Tracy homeowner cannot pave more than half a required front yard for parking, cannot use that cap as an excuse to park on unpaved dirt, gravel or lawn instead, and must direct any parking area's drainage under a grading permit.