Oshawa Concrete Contractor · Reformity Inc.Concrete & Asphalt Driveways in Oshawa
Most concrete work on Oshawa homes is driveways, walkways and front steps: cracked slabs and worn asphalt on older lots south of the 401, and original builder driveways in Samac and Taunton. Grading is the rule that shapes the pour. The ground within 0.6 m of a property line can't be raised or lowered without a Site Alteration Permit, and widening or re-routing a driveway is on the same permit list, so we set forms and slopes that keep runoff draining the way the lot was designed.
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Concrete driveway plan — Control-joint layout, slopes and slab section. Click to enlarge.
Interlock driveway site plan
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Oshawa.
A plan showing slab thickness, control-joint layout, slopes away from the house and the curb details. If the curb cut changes, the same plan goes with the city's access permit application.
Concrete & Asphalt permits in Oshawa
In Oshawa, changing the grade within 0.6 m of a property line needs a Site Alteration Permit (the City also lists driveway widening and re-routing for it), a wider curb cut needs an Access to Property Permit, and the City's permit guide lists exterior stairs and steps as building-permit work. Reformity prepares the site plan and step details and handles the applications.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
City of Oshawa rules
Concrete & Asphalt rules in Oshawa.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Driveway widening
A new or wider curb cut needs an Access to Property Permit (curb cut requests are reviewed April 1 to November 30), the driveway can't cover more than 50% of the front yard, and changing the grade within 0.6 m of the property line needs a Site Alteration Permit.
City of Oshawa: driveways & curbsSite alteration & grading
Oshawa's list of work needing a Site Alteration Permit (By-law 85-2006) includes changing the grade within 0.6 m of a property line, altering a swale, widening, moving or re-routing a driveway, building a retaining wall or below-grade entrance, installing an inground pool, and importing or exporting more than 20 m³ of fill.
City of Oshawa: landscaping & gradingHeritage districts
Oshawa's only Heritage Conservation District is in the South Field at Oshawa Executive Airport. Over 40 properties are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act; altering a designated property needs a Heritage Permit (no fee), and Council has 60 days to decide on demolishing a listed, non-designated one.
City of Oshawa: heritage propertiesFront-yard paving
Zoning By-law 60-94's general rule keeps at least 50% of a residential front yard, and of an exterior side yard, as landscaped open space. Walkways and patios count toward it; driveways and parking spaces don't. Going lower takes a Committee of Adjustment variance, and cars must park on your lot, not the boulevard.
Oshawa Zoning By-law 60-94 (PDF)
What we build in Oshawa
Concrete & asphalt, done right.
- Broom-Finish Concrete
- Stamped / Decorative
- Exposed Aggregate
- Asphalt Paving
Neighbourhoods
Concrete & Asphalt across Oshawa.
- Samac
- Taunton
- Windfields
- Kedron
- Eastdale
- Donevan
- Lakeview
- Centennial
- McLaughlin
- Northglen
- O'Neill
- Vanier
Oshawa Concrete & Asphalt FAQ
Quick answers.
Replacing it on the same footprint isn't on the City's permit lists, as long as the grade within 0.6 m of the property line doesn't change. Widening, moving or re-routing the driveway is on the City's Site Alteration Permit list, a wider curb cut needs an Access to Property Permit, and the driveway can't cover more than half the front yard.
Zoning By-law 60-94's general rule keeps at least 50% of a residential front yard, and of an exterior side yard, as landscaped open space. Walkways and patios count toward it; driveways and parking spaces don't. Going lower takes a Committee of Adjustment variance, and cars must park on your lot, not the boulevard.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Oshawa property to measure and check the City of Oshawa rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
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Planning concrete & asphalt in Oshawa?
We'll measure, check the City of Oshawa rules for your lot, draw it up and give you a fixed written price. One business-day reply.