Curb cut

A curb cut is an opening in the curb that lets vehicles cross the sidewalk into a lot — the street end of every driveway, garage, and loading dock. It sits at the junction of two regimes: street rules requiring permits for the cut itself, and zoning rules governing where cuts may be placed and how wide they may be, with particular restrictions near corners for sightlines and pedestrian safety.

Curb-cut feasibility quietly bounds parking and loading plans: a lot whose frontage cannot lawfully accept a cut cannot put its parking on site, whatever its area suggests. On corner lots, the apparent abundance of frontage shrinks once corner restrictions are applied — an early check that saves late redesigns.