Stained Driveway -ARC Approval?
 

Will I need ARC approval before staining my driveway? Thanks.

Call ARC as the approvals are different depending on where you live, also ask about restrictions on colors, etc. If you need approval, fill out the form and make sure your contractor follows it. Usually takes 2 weeks for review, NO cost. If you include your email, you will get a copy of the approval electronically.

Hopefully you will. A drive around north of Hy 466A will reveal that any color, any design, any pattern and most any coating is apparently OK. Apparently too, any character from Daffy Duck to someone's dog, to Tinker Belle, to Micky and Minnie Mouse, to the owners' initials, to a college logo, etc. and any pattern from swirls, circles, swoops, diamonds, squares etc. are currently allowed. Not to mention how poorly many of those driveways painted or coated a few years ago and not properly maintained look awful today; worn, weathered bleached chipped and faded. I'll bet somewhere there is even the apparently dreaded "white cross" painted boldly on someone's driveway.
Compare that to the poor widow who was nailed a year ago for painting her home a conservative color which had been dropped/modified slightly from the "approval list" the year or so before she painted (and apparently (per published accounts) tried to get approval but couldn't because the "powers to be" were apparently hiding behind their COVID masks and would not respond to her requests for approval or guidance).

Thanks - not a single neighbor of mine has obtained ARC approval before staining their driveway. On a side note, none have obtained ARC approval for their landscape work either, which I think is crazy. So far, I have obtained ARC approval for anything I’ve done outside of my home. My neighbors seem to think I’m a little paranoid, but I am a “rule follower”, or try to be anyway, and I don’t want any problems down the road. Funny, that some of my contractors don’t bring up ARC approval.

ARC approval is fairly easy to navigate. There's no harm in requesting ARC approval for anything and then you don't have to worry about the "nefarious" actions of others.

If you have obtained approval for anything outside your home, why are you asking about staining you driveway?

call it a PSA and leave it at that :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I jus flipped a coin, it came up heads............so yes, you should get approval.

:thumbup:

Bogie - I thought we agreed you wouldn’t address me going forward - I know my presence here really annoys you, and I can’t do anything about that - you seem to enjoy going out of your way to “put me in my place” - I don’t get it.

Just asking a question that you did not answer………
Agreed?

It takes little effort to go through ARC. Better safe than sorry if you plan to sell someday. I planted a small crape myrtle tree and received approval same week. Rusty from the Villages has a youtube show just this week on the topic.

I got approval for my driveway. If you look on the ARC application there is a line to initial regarding colors which includes “driveway coatings”.

I have three documents related to restrictions.

One restricts driveway painting for Villas but has no restrictions for Homes.

One is punctuated poorly such that it isn't clear if it restricts driveway painting.

One doesn't mention driveways at all.

District 1 is having a meeting this Friday to discuss driveway painting and whether they should re-add restrictions for Home driveways (apparently, these were removed in 2013).

Safest bet is to contact ARC and ask the question.

There's a house a few blocks from us that has a garish colored driveway. I've often wondered about ARC saying it was o.k. and what their neighbors think about having to look at it daily. I don't have to but do drive past it occassionally. A phone call to the office won't cost you anything just to double-check.

Michael, I will add to my previous comment, make sure that whomever you decide to use for your driveway gives you a NON-SLIP finish, and uses suitable material for this environment. House paint is NOT suitable, concrete stain (Xylene based) is suitable, and BOTH can be very slippery when wet if a non slip agent (like Shark Grip) is not added to the final coat.