Yonkers, NY Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 43-133A(1) starts from a default ban: off-street parking for single- and two-family dwellings must sit within a building or in a side or rear yard. Subsection A(4) then carves out the one front-yard exception homeowners actually use: parking spaces for a maximum of two private passenger vehicles, currently licensed and in active use, may also be located within a paved driveway, constructed in accordance with a valid building permit, but only within one of four defined areas: directly in front of an integral garage whose door faces the front wall; immediately contiguous to and an extension of the abutting side yard; immediately abutting the driveway where it sits outside the minimum front yard setback and isn't a side-yard extension, provided the landscaped edges along the setback are maintained; or between the building and the minimum front yard for circular driveways with two curb cuts.

Corner lots for single- and two-family homes get a further rule under A(5): off-street spaces must be set back from all street lines by the same distance as the front yard requirement on the side street, or at least 10 feet if the corner lots back up to each other. Article X's paving standard, § 43-134C(1), requires that parking areas, aisles, parking spaces and private roadways and driveways be paved with an impervious surface in accordance with Yonkers building codes, so an unpaved gravel or dirt driveway used for parking doesn't qualify for the front-yard exception at all, unless the approving agency requires a pervious surface for drainage reasons.