Waynesville, MO Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 405.700 of the Waynesville Municipal Code governs how off-street parking areas are built and where vehicles may sit on a residential lot. Under the improvement standards in that section, parking areas, except those required for single-family and two-family residences, must be surfaced with a permanent asphaltic concrete, portland cement concrete, or double seal on an adequate base, and driveways providing ingress and egress cannot exceed thirty-five feet in width measured at the street right-of-way line. The section also keeps parking areas six feet clear of an adjoining lot in a residential district.

Separately, and specifically for front yards, § 405.700 prohibits parking a motor vehicle in the required front yard of a residential lot, or the required front yard of a lot used for residential purposes in any other district, unless the vehicle is in a driveway leading to a required off-street parking space, in the area behind the required front-yard line, or in a circular drive. That combination means a resident cannot park across the lawn or in an unpaved side strip of the front yard just because the driveway is full; the vehicle has to stay within the driveway, behind the front-yard setback line, or on a circular drive that itself meets the section's surfacing and width standards.

Lighting for any parking area also has to be directed away from abutting property, and no parking area may extend into the street right-of-way beyond the drives that access it, in the City of Waynesville, Missouri.