Protect the access while the property moves.

Begin with everything the asphalt must meet.

Established properties often have more fixed edges and fewer places to stage the work.

Garage slabs, curbs, sidewalks, catch basins, loading aprons, landscaped edges, neighbouring grades and public-road connections can all influence a driveway or parking-lot scope. Recording these interfaces helps separate surface renewal from work that may require grade correction, drainage changes or reconstruction.

Make circulation visible before phasing.

Commercial properties may need customer access, loading, garbage collection, fire routes, accessible paths and tenant entrances to remain usable. Residential properties may have limited alternate parking or a single point of access. A paving brief should identify what can close, what must stay open and when the property is least disrupted.

The City’s parking information illustrates why driveways, emergency access and turning space affect the larger street and property system. Property-specific layout, accessibility and fire-route requirements still need to be confirmed for the actual site.

Treat new asphalt as new runoff.

The City explains that impervious surfaces such as parking lots, driveways and roofs increase stormwater runoff compared with absorbent ground. The paving conversation should therefore identify existing catch basins, roof discharge, ponding, low points and the intended discharge path before elevations are finalized.

What belongs in a Clearbrook request?

Include the address, current surface, approximate area, known failures, operating or parking constraints, visible drainage features, tie-ins, desired timing and whether site plans or existing marking layouts are available.