Upper Darby, PA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

§ 550-33B governs driveways and front-yard parking Township-wide. Subsection (3) sets an eight-foot minimum width for private residential driveways, while subsection (4) requires commercial driveways, including those serving three or more dwelling units, to be at least 12 feet wide for one-way traffic and 24 feet wide for two-way traffic. Subsection (5) flatly prohibits parking in the front yard in every residential zoning district, with the single carve-out in subsection (6): attached and semidetached dwellings on corner lots in the R-3 Zoning District may park in the front yard on the non-address side of the property, provided a three-foot-wide planted buffer separates the driveway from the property line.

Subsection (7) requires every driveway, without district exception, to be paved with a solid surface material such as brick or stone pavers, concrete, or asphalt, ruling out gravel or dirt parking pads. These standards sit in Article VIII, Parking Regulations, alongside § 550-33A's use-by-use minimum space counts and § 550-33B(1) and (2), which cap residential lots at one commercial motor vehicle for commuting and bar any vehicle with more than two axles from parking on residential premises at all. The Zoning Officer administers all of Article VIII and requires a zoning use permit before a driveway is installed or altered, under § 550-53A and B.