How much trouble and cost is a permit there?

I would not need a permit to widen a drive or to pave over it until we enter the public right of way. Then we have to post a bond and get a permit.

It's up to you and how well you want to sleep at night.

As far as the asphalt, we would do a 3" base and 2" top course at minimum.

 

i think the problem would be the curb cut and how wide you can make that

 

Stop posting in here, get out there get it done, you already jumped out of the plane,,,,As soon as you start laying the BT you are just resurfacing, GETERDONE, GMOD

 

Fwiw, my town does not require anything to do a curb cut which is rare. However, asphalt counts as impervious lot coverage so that could be a sticking point.

 

In the tiny little town where I live, they require a permit to expand the driveway, regardless of material used.

That being said, I have seen a half dozen of my neighbors do it without any permit. When I went to do mine, I applied for the permit, never heard anything, called the town and they said "yea, we know we have that in the regs but everyone does it without a permit, so we aren't going thru the trouble of issuing you one" First time I heard that being admitted.

x2 with what GMOD said....you have all the ingredients to a simple resurfacing...

 

It depends a lot on your town. Around here if you play with curb without a permit, they remove it and charge you for the town to put it back in the way they want it - could be expensive!
I'd go with 2.5" of asphalt.

 

I've decided to hit up the town and find the costs of the permits, I just don't like the idea that i could waste 1000's of the green just to save a few as much as i want to.