Does anyone know any municipality in the US that limits the # of cars that are parked at a private residence?

Question

Our city is proposing an ordinace that will limit the number of licensed, driveable, insured vehicles parked on an approved surface (i.e., concrete/asphalt). Are there any precedent cities that do this? Would this withstand a legal challenge, especially, if one just built a concrete driveway for this purpose and is adhering to all state and local laws concerning vehicles (valid license plates, city stickers, etc)?

Answer 1

This sounds like a way to limit how many people actually live in a specific dwelling - e.g. they are going after the houses that have large numbers of immigrants living in them.

Answer 2

If I recall, Fairfax County, Virginia enacted similar legislation a few years ago as part of its effort to reduce the number of private homes being used essentially as boarding houses.  You might want to check that.

Answer 3

Too much government.  If people have 20 cars, it should be none of the city, municipality, or government's business, especially if they are licensed and insured.  It's time we get back to freedom and stop the bs with the government trying to red-line neighborhoods via ridiculuous ordinances.  Why not simply enforce the other laws -- like immigration laws and so on?  I'd like to know what municipality you're talking about because if it is my neighborhood, I would raise cane like you wouldn't believe.  Besides that, not all driveways are concrete or even paved.  Who wants to pay the real estate tax increases that come along with paving driveways?  You're thinking about opening a real big can of worms here.