- Each city has its own specifications and usually publishes these on a city website. These specifications may include requirements such as parking spaces must be paved with gravel or all-weather surface, be connected to a driveway or that vehicles parked in neighborhoods must not be commercial or recreational. Fines can result from not following the city's requirements.
- Requiring that residences provide off-street parking spots can profoundly affect the look and feel of a city and make it feel more hospitable by not having so many cars parked on the street. It leaves street parking available for visitors. Maintaining parking minimums could also reduce traffic and increase a city's green initiatives.
- These standards may force home builders to devote valuable land to parking, making housing more expensive.
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