Driveway and paving rules in Maine
What the state says about driveway and paving work, with the page each rule comes from. It's a summary of the published rules, not legal advice, and your city or county can have rules of its own, especially for work that meets the street.
Updated October 8, 2026
On this page: 4 sections
Who licenses driveway and paving work
The Maine Attorney General says the state doesn't license home contractors.1
Driveways onto a state highway
The Maine Department of Transportation's regional offices issue driveway and entrance permits under its Driveway and Entrance Rules.2
Stormwater and shoreland limits
Maine's minimum shoreland zoning rule, which each town adopts, caps non-vegetated surfaces, driveways and parking areas included, at 20% of the part of a lot inside the shoreland zone, or 70% in General Development districts next to coastal wetlands or certain rivers and in Commercial Fisheries districts (06-096 CMR chapter 1000).3
Door-to-door sales
Maine's law on door-to-door home repair transient sellers expressly includes driveways in home repair services, and a transient seller's contract must meet the transient sales, consumer solicitation, home solicitation and home construction contract laws (32 M.R.S. 14501 and 14503).4-5
Sources
What a driveway costs in Maine
Published national ranges for concrete driveways, patios and walkways, asphalt paving, sealcoating and gravel.
Contractors in Maine
Maine has 438 driveway contractors listed, and 334 of them hold an active USDOT registration. Browse them by county, or ask for quotes and we'll pass your job to contractors near you.
Cite this page
“Driveway and paving rules in Maine.” AllDrivewayServices.com, updated October 8, 2026. https://alldrivewayservices.com/me/rules/