Asphalt Paving in Mountain View Acres, CA

Asphalt paving in Mountain View Acres comes with a jurisdiction question. Mountain View Acres is a census-designated place of about 1.6 square miles that is surrounded by Victorville and north of Hesperia, but it is not part of either city. It is unincorporated San Bernardino County, and it has been counted as its own place since the 1980 census, when it had 1,686 residents. By 2020 it had 3,337 people and 995 housing units.

Why it matters

Because Mountain View Acres is unincorporated, its roads are county roads. Driveway approach work there needs a San Bernardino County encroachment permit, not a City of Victorville permit, even if the house across the boundary uses the city's process. We confirm which side of the line a property is on before any approach work.

An older neighborhood

Mountain View Acres was settled before much of the surrounding city filled in, so it has a mix of older homes, larger lots and newer infill. Older driveways here are often thin asphalt on little base, or gravel. Typical work:

• Driveway replacements with a proper compacted base
• Gravel drives converted to asphalt
• Side-yard parking for trailers and RVs
• Crack sealing and sealcoating

Owners

About 72.7 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Long-time owners often want to stop the cycle of patching an old drive and rebuild it once.

Elevation and weather

At about 3,074 feet, Mountain View Acres is a little higher than central Victorville and shares its weather: many days above 90 degrees, frequent freezing nights and spring wind.

Permit timing

The county says simple encroachment permits take about two weeks and requires 48 hours' notice to the inspector before work starts, plus a final inspection. We build that into the schedule.

Costs

HomeGuide's national table puts a 400 square foot asphalt driveway at about $2,000 to $4,800 and a 600 square foot one at about $3,000 to $7,200. Gravel conversions on larger lots cost more in total but often less per foot.

Neighborhood access

Streets here are quieter than the city's main roads, but they are residential. We keep trucks and equipment on your property or directly in front of it, sweep at the end of each day and keep driveways next door clear.

Wind

Spring winds are strong here, as everywhere in the valley. We pave and seal on calm days.

Older drives on thin base

Where the neighborhood's older homes have original asphalt laid on little or no base, patches rarely hold for long. Rebuilding with 6 to 8 inches of compacted base under 2 to 3 inches of asphalt, the residential section HomeGuide describes, is the lasting fix.

Weather here

At about 3,074 feet, the neighborhood gets the valley's long hot summers and frequent freezing nights. Cracks left open over winter widen quickly, so fall crack sealing is worth scheduling.

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