Driveway
A driveway (also called drive in UK English)[1] is a private road for local access to one or a small group of structures owned and maintained by an individual or group.
Driveways rarely have
Driveways may be designed and decorated in ways that
Some materials used for driveways include concrete, decorative brick,
Driveways are commonly used as paths to private
Often, either by choice or to conform with local regulations, cars are parked in driveways to leave streets clear for traffic. Moreover, some jurisdictions prohibit parking or leaving standing any motor vehicle upon any residential lawn area (the property from the front of a residential house, condominium, or cooperative to the street line other than a driveway, walkway, concrete, or blacktopped surface parking space).[2] Other examples include the city of Berkeley, California that forbids "any person to park or leave standing, or cause to be parked or left standing any vehicle upon any public street in the City for seventy-two or more consecutive hours."[3] Other areas may prohibit leaving vehicles on residential streets during certain times (for instance, to accommodate regular street cleaning), necessitating the use of driveways.
Residential driveways may serve as the place for conducting garage sales, automobile washing and repair, and recreation, notably (in North America) for basketball practice.
See also
- Access management
- Pavement (material)
- Parkway
References
- ^ "Drive". oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Chapter 71A Vehicles, Parking Restrictions in Residential Areas" (PDF). Township of Barnegat, NJ. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Parking Enforcement & Restrictions". Transportation Division, City of Berkeley, CA. Retrieved 26 January 2015.