Walworth County, WI Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Sec. 74-75 applies to any driveway installed, altered, changed, replaced or extended after the ordinance's effective date, meaning existing driveways aren't forced to retrofit unless they're being changed. The opening itself cannot exceed 35 feet measured at the property line, whatever the use. A second, separate rule targets higher-traffic uses: entrances and exits for drive-in theaters, banks, restaurants, motels, funeral homes, vehicle sales, service, washing or repair stations, garages, or public parking lots must sit at least 200 feet from any pedestrian entrance or exit to a school, college, university, hospital, park, playground or library.

Sec. 74-74(3), the parking access rule, sets the width side of the equation: driveways must be at least 10 feet wide for a one- or two-family dwelling, at least 12 feet wide for a commercial bed and breakfast, and at least 24 feet wide for every other use, though the Committee can approve a different width. Read together, a residential driveway in an unincorporated Walworth County town has to thread three numbers at once: at least 10 feet wide, no more than 35 feet of opening at the road, and, for the higher-traffic uses listed, 200 feet clear of sensitive pedestrian entrances.

These standards are administered by the County Zoning Agency at the same time as the parking and access-permit review for a new or altered use.