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Manassas Park staff urge caution on wider front driveways, recommend lot‑coverage limits and grading plans first
Summary
City staff told council that Manassas Park’s current front‑yard driveway rule (20 feet or 20% of frontage) protects some front landscaping but there is no citywide total lot‑coverage cap; staff recommended establishing lot‑coverage limits and codifying grading/drainage plan requirements before loosening driveway width limits.
A City of Manassas Park presentation by Calvin O'Dell, director of community development, laid out staff concerns about expanding front‑yard driveway widths without first setting a total lot‑coverage policy and stronger grading/drainage requirements.
O'Dell explained the current regulation: front‑yard driveways are limited to 20 feet maximum width or 20% of the lot frontage, whichever is greater, and corner lots are treated as having two front yards. He said the zoning ordinance contains no total lot‑coverage cap for most residential R‑1 parcels, so a homeowner could, in certain configurations, end up with a front impervious area that approaches or…
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