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Driveway to a farm

A driveway is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and maintained by an individual or group. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (768x1024, 218 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (768x1024, 218 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...


Driveways can be decorative in ways that public roads can not, due to their lighter traffic or the willingness of an owner to invest in their construction. Driveways are not resurfaced, snow blown or otherwise kept up by governmental bodies. They are often designed to conform to the architecture of the connected home or other building.


Materials used for driveways include concrete, decorative brick, cobblestone, asphalt, decomposed granite, and various materials in alternation with grass or other ground cover plants.


Driveways are commonly used as a path to a garage. Or, in the case of large estates, a driveway may be the road that leads to the house from the public road, possibly with a gate in between. There are examples of one driveway which splits to service two or more garages maintained by different owners. Look up garage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Often, by choice or by local regulation, cars are parked in driveways to leave streets clear for traffic. Residential driveways are also frequently used by their owners for such things as a Garage sale, auto washing and repair, and for recreation, most notably in the US for basketball shooting practice. Yard Sale warriors will ride once again!!!!!!!!!! ...


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Town of Kickapoo - Ordinances (1618 words)
The driveway within the area of the public right-of-way shall slope away from the public road at a minimum of l% and a maximum of 5% to prevent erosion onto the public road.
The angle of any intersection of a town road and driveway shall be no less than 90 degrees for a horizontal distance of 50 ft. from the intersection as measured from the edge of the roadway.
No driveway permit is required for entry for agricultural purposes into a field or woods that border a town road.
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