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Parking spaces required for homes in Daly City

Daly City's own rules on parking spaces required for homes, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Daly City Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Daly City's code says

Daly City code What Daly City's code adds
Parking in the front yard
  • Driveway in front of garage counts toward required spaces if sidewalk-to-garage-door distance is at least 19 feet.
    Applies: Single-dwelling residential, new dwellings and additions; unless a garage door recess is provided.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    Driveway areas in front of the dwelling's garage may be counted toward meeting the parking requirement if the measurement between the back of the sidewalk and face of the dwelling's garage door is not less than nineteen feet long
Spaces per apartment or condo
  • 1 space.
    Applies: Applies to a studio unit in multiple-dwelling residential, including condominiums.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    one space for each studio unit
  • one and one-half spaces
    Applies: one-bedroom unit in multiple-dwelling residential, including condominiums
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    One and one-half spaces for each one-bedroom unit.
  • 2 spaces.
    Applies: Applies to a two-bedroom or larger unit in multiple-dwelling residential, including condominiums.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    Two spaces for each two-bedroom or larger unit.
  • At least one-fourth of the normally required amount.
    Applies: Applies to apartment complexes and condominiums designed and intended for the exclusive occupancy of low income elderly persons.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    shall provide at least one-fourth the normally required amount of off-street parking
  • At least three-fourths of the normally required number of spaces.
    Applies: Applies to apartment complexes and condominiums designed and intended for the exclusive occupancy of low income persons or families other than the elderly.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    shall provide at least three-fourths the normally required number of spaces
Spaces for a single-family home
  • 2 parking spaces.
    Applies: Single-dwelling residential, new dwelling or addition of 1,500 square feet or less of habitable space; up to 3 spaces may be tandem.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    new dwellings and additions to existing dwellings resulting in one thousand five hundred square feet or less of habitable space in the dwelling shall require the provision of two parking spaces
  • 3 parking spaces.
    Applies: Single-dwelling residential, new dwelling or addition of 1,501 to 2,000 square feet of habitable space; up to 3 spaces may be tandem.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    new dwellings and additions to existing dwellings resulting between one thousand five hundred one square feet and two thousand square feet of habitable space in the dwelling shall require the provision of three parking spaces
  • 4 parking spaces.
    Applies: Single-dwelling residential, new dwelling or addition of 2,001 to 2,500 square feet of habitable space; up to 3 spaces may be tandem.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    new dwellings and additions to existing dwellings resulting between two thousand and one square feet and two thousand five hundred square feet of habitable space in the dwelling shall require the provision of four parking spaces
  • 6 parking spaces.
    Applies: Single-dwelling residential, new dwelling or addition of over 2,500 square feet of habitable space; up to 3 spaces may be tandem.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    new dwellings and additions to existing dwellings resulting in over two thousand five hundred square feet of habitable space in the dwelling shall require the provision of six parking spaces
  • At least 2 parking spaces.
    Applies: Applies to converting non-habitable space into habitable space in an existing dwelling without expanding the building envelope.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    the conversion of non-habitable space into habitable space in existing dwellings which does not expand the existing building envelope of the dwelling shall be required to provide at least two parking spaces
  • No parking spaces.
    Applies: Applies to interior improvements where the dwelling has no garage or existing structural obstructions prevent two fully-dimensioned spaces.
    § 17.34.020 · code text
    in which case no parking spaces shall be required for the interior improvements

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Frequently asked questions

How many parking spaces does a home need in Daly City?

Daly City's code: Driveway in front of garage counts toward required spaces if sidewalk-to-garage-door distance is at least 19 feet. (Single-dwelling residential, new dwellings and additions; unless a garage door recess is provided.) (§ 17.34.020); 1 space. (Applies to a studio unit in multiple-dwelling residential, including condominiums.) (§ 17.34.020).

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