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2.0 SITE & LANDSCAPE
PERVIOUS
IMPERVIOUS
EDGING
Fines and/or decomposed granite
Unit/pre-cast pavers
Stone
Steel
Integral colored concrete, banded with stone and/or seeded
Crushed rock
Compacted earth or sand
Open-celled pavers
Stone (sand set)
Porous pavers
Tire strips with grass or ground cover
Stone(mortared)
• On Harbourside and Oceanfront Homesites a minimum of 30% of auto court paved areas and driveway are to utilize pervious materials. Within Hillside Homesites, a minimum of 20% of the auto court area should utilize pervious applications, as slopes allow.
• One driveway entry is allowed for each Homesite and should generally not exceed 10-12 feet in width except at the driveway apron, guest parking, garage entrances and auto court areas. On Hillside Homesites where site walls are necessary along driveways a
12 foot width is permitted.
• Straight driveway alignments are to be avoided. Driveways are to be aligned so that they follow the natural contour of the land. A combination of indigenous plantings and curved alignments are to be used to ba e views of driveways.
• Single-bay garage doors are to be used and are to be recessed a minimum of 12 inches.
Inappropriate paving materials include the following:
PAVING
EDGING
Stamped concrete
Concrete block
Modern “antiqued” brick
Painted rocks
Untextured, uncolored concrete
Low wire fencing
Figure . - Decomposed granite driveway
32 SANDY BANK BAY DESIGN GUIDELINES