Upland, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Front yard parking
- unpaved surfaces prohibited
- Screening alternative
- solid 6-ft fence/gate required
- Multifamily zones
- no unpaved parking anywhere
- Paving materials
- concrete, asphalt, brick, or gravel
- Unimproved lots
- no vehicle parking allowed
Summary
Upland Municipal Code Section 8.12.020(F) makes it unlawful to park or store a vehicle on any unpaved area of a required front yard in a single-family zone, and bars unpaved parking anywhere on multifamily-zoned property. Unpaved parking elsewhere is allowed only behind a legally erected solid six-foot fence or gate.
F. Parking of Vehicles. 1. Single-Family Residential. It is unlawful to park or store any permitted vehicle on any unpaved area of the required front yard of any residential property. Any residential parking in other than the required front yard on an unpaved area is permitted provided the area is screened by a solid six-foot fence and/or gate of approved materials which has been legally erected on the property. 2. Multifamily Residential. It is unlawful to park or store any permitted vehicle on any unpaved area of a property zoned multifamily. 3. Such paving shall be of a substantial material such as, by way of example, concrete, asphalt, brick, or gravel adequate to cover. 4. All areas where a vehicle is legally parked must be maintained on a regular basis. 5. It is unlawful to park any vehicle on unimproved lots in any zone.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
12's public nuisance provisions, targets bare-dirt parking rather than driveways generally. On single-family residential property, it is unlawful to park or store a permitted vehicle on any unpaved portion of the required front yard; the code allows unpaved parking outside that front yard only where the area is screened by a solid six-foot fence and/or gate of approved materials that has been legally erected on the property. Multifamily residential property gets a stricter rule: it is unlawful to park or store a vehicle on any unpaved area of a multifamily-zoned property at all, front yard or otherwise.
3 specifies it must be a substantial material, the code lists concrete, asphalt, brick, or gravel adequate to cover as examples, so a few boards or loose fill will not satisfy the standard. 4 adds an upkeep duty: any area where a vehicle is legally parked must be maintained on a regular basis, meaning a paved pad that crumbles or grows over with weeds can itself become a violation. 5 closes a loophole for vacant land, barring parking of any vehicle on unimproved lots in any zone, paved or not. These front-yard and surface rules sit alongside, but are distinct from, the chapter's separate 72-hour inoperative-vehicle limit in subsection G.
Violations & Fines
Violating Section 8.12.020(F) is treated as a public nuisance under Chapter 8.12. The city manager can issue a notice requiring the condition to be corrected, and an owner who ignores it after five days' notice under Section 8.12.030 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, and, if unresolved, city abatement with the cost assessed as a lien against the property.
Frequently Asked Questions
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