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Parking spaces required for homes in Hesperia

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

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

What Hesperia's code says

Hesperia code What Hesperia's code adds
Parking in the front yard
  • RV parking or storage areas in the front yard must be surfaced with concrete, asphalt, gravel or crushed rock.
    Applies: Where the development code allows RV parking in the front yard.
    § 16.20.090 · code text
    All recreational vehicle parking and/or storage areas located within the front yard as allowed by the development code, or other applicable adopted city ordinance, resolution, or code shall be surfaced with either concrete, asphalt, gravel, or crushed rock.
Garage and covered spaces
  • At least 9 feet wide by 19 feet deep of unobstructed area.
    Applies: Each covered space in a garage or carport, residential districts.
    § 16.20.090 · code text
    Covered off-street parking spaces in a garage or carport shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in depth of unobstructed area provided for parking purposes.
  • Interior size of at least 19 feet wide by 19 feet deep.
    Applies: Fully enclosed two-car garages in residential districts, measured without exterior walls or supports.
    § 16.20.090 · code text
    A fully enclosed two-car garage shall have a minimum interior size of nineteen (19) feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in depth.
  • At least 1 space per unit must be covered.
    Applies: Multiple-family and senior units.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    A minimum of one space per unit is to be covered.
  • Required covered spaces must be conveniently reachable from the dwelling they serve.
    Applies: No more than 150 feet away, or as the reviewing authority approves.
    § 16.20.090 · code text
    All required covered off-street parking spaces shall be located so as to be conveniently accessible to the dwelling unit served by such parking space, not to exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet or as approved by the reviewing authority.
  • Required off-street parking spaces may not be subleased, rented or made available to residents of other properties.
    § 16.20.090 · code text
    No property owner shall sublease, subrent or otherwise make available to residents of other properties, the off-street parking spaces required by this article.
Guest parking
  • 0.25 space per unit.
    Applies: Condominiums and townhomes.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | Guest parking | 0.25 spaces/unit |
  • Guest parking spaces must be designated and dispersed throughout the development.
    Applies: Condominiums and townhomes.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    Guest parking spaces shall be designated and dispersed throughout the development.
Spaces per apartment or condo
  • 1.25 spaces per unit.
    Applies: Multiple-family studios.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | Studio | 1.25 spaces/unit |
  • 1.75 spaces per unit.
    Applies: Multiple-family 1-bedroom units.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | 1 bedroom | 1.75 spaces/unit |
  • 2.25 spaces per unit.
    Applies: Multiple-family units with 2 or more bedrooms.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | 2 or more bedrooms | 2.25 spaces/unit |
  • 1.25 spaces per unit.
    Applies: Senior studio units.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | Studio | 1.25 spaces/unit |
  • 1.50 spaces per unit.
    Applies: Senior 1-bedroom units.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | 1 bedroom | 1.50 spaces/unit |
  • 1.75 spaces per unit.
    Applies: Senior units with 2 or more bedrooms.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    | 2 or more bedrooms | 1.75 spaces/unit |
Spaces for a single-family home
  • 2-car garage.
    Applies: Single-family detached homes with 1 to 4 bedrooms. A bonus room, den or similar room that can be a bedroom counts as one.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    1—4 bedrooms | 2-car garage
  • 3-car garage.
    Applies: Single-family detached homes with 5 or more bedrooms. A bonus room, den or similar room that can be a bedroom counts as one.
    § 16.20.080 · code text
    5 or more bedrooms | 3-car garage

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Frequently asked questions

How many parking spaces does a home need in Hesperia?

Hesperia's code: RV parking or storage areas in the front yard must be surfaced with concrete, asphalt, gravel or crushed rock. (Where the development code allows RV parking in the front yard.) (§ 16.20.090); At least 9 feet wide by 19 feet deep of unobstructed area. (Each covered space in a garage or carport, residential districts.) (§ 16.20.090).

General information, not legal advice.

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