Keep Entrances & Driveways Informal

Desirable Characteristics
  • Driveways which minimize destruction of trees and buffers
  • Driveways which minimize paved surfaces, especially when visible from roadways
  • Driveways which minimize sight lines from roadway to house
  • Narrow, curving driveways
Avoid
  • Entrance piers and gates
  • Mulch at driveway entrances
  • Formal, manicured effects
  • Entrance piers and gates break the continuity of the traditional street scape.
House Behind Nice Driveway
Tree Covered Driveway
Narrow Path in the Woods
Sidewalk and Brick Pillars
Lion Statues
White Concrete Gate Posts
Lighted Gate Points