Glen Cove, NY Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Driveway blocking exception
- Momentary passenger pickup/drop-off only
- Fine for blocked driveway
- $125
- Curb clearance required
- Within 12 inches of curb
- Fire hydrant clearance
- 15 feet, unless attended
- Issuing officers
- Police, Auxiliary Police, Code Enforcement
- Governing section
- § 265-27.1(C)
Summary
Glen Cove bans parking or standing in front of a public or private driveway except to briefly pick up or drop off a passenger, one of more than a dozen specific on-street parking violations Chapter 265 spells out with its own $125 fine.
C. Blocking Driveway. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or when in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers in front of a public or private driveway. ... § 265-27.1C Blocked driveway $125
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 5003439; v76 updated 2026-08-26; through 08-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 265-27.1 lists Glen Cove's parking violations one by one rather than leaving them to a general prohibition. Subsection C bars standing or parking, occupied or not, in front of a public or private driveway, with the only exception being a momentary stop to pick up or drop off a passenger, and only when doing so does not conflict with other traffic or a police officer's or traffic device's directions. The same article separately bars double parking on the roadway side of a parked vehicle (Subsection A), parking on a crosswalk (B), standing within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection (D), within 30 feet of a traffic signal or stop sign (E), and within 15 feet of a fire hydrant unless an attended, licensed driver can move the car immediately (F). Vehicles must park within 12 inches of the curb, facing the direction of travel on a one-way street (H and I), and a driver who leaves a car unattended must stop the engine, lock it and set the brake (K).
Any Glen Cove Police officer, Auxiliary Police officer or Code Enforcement Officer can issue a summons for these violations under Section 265-27.2, and Section 265-27.3 fixes the fine for a blocked driveway at $125, the same amount charged for parking on a crosswalk, within 20 or 30 feet of an intersection control, or improper curb parking.
Violations & Fines
Blocking a driveway carries a $125 fine under the Section 265-27.3 schedule tied to Section 265-27.1C, issued the same way as the chapter's other numbered parking violations, from double parking ($120) to parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant ($125).
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