Driveway and paving rules in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania requires contractors who do $5,000 or more of home improvement a year to register with the Office of Attorney General, and the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act lists driveways and patios.¹ Check a registration with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

A driveway needs a highway occupancy permit of the driveway type from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, applied for through its Electronic Permitting System. Its Publication 312 covers minimum use driveways.^2-3

In Pennsylvania, earth disturbance of 5,000 square feet or more needs a written erosion and sediment control plan, and erosion and sediment control practices apply below that (25 Pa. Code 102.4(b)). The NPDES construction permit starts at 1 acre.^4-5

In Pennsylvania, the owner can rescind a home improvement contract, driveways included, within three business days of signing, wherever it was signed (73 P.S. 517.7(b)).¹