Littleton Sealcoating and Asphalt Maintenance
Littleton began as a farm stake. Richard Sullivan Little, an engineer from New Hampshire, platted the village in 1872; the town incorporated in 1890 and became the permanent seat of Arapahoe County in 1904. A flour mill and the railroad came first, and after World War II manufacturing and aerospace work brought the subdivisions that fill most of the city today. The 2020 census counted 45,652 residents on just 12.63 square miles, the smallest land area of the cities covered on this site.
That history left a housing stock with a median year built of 1982, per American Community Survey estimates, and a distinct 1950s layer: 14.1 percent of units date from that decade alone. Detached single-family homes make up 48.5 percent of the total, and owners occupy 61.2 percent of homes. For sealing purposes the older driveways deserve the closest look, because a surface from that era may already be an overlay on an overlay, and a coating will not hold on pavement that is separating underneath.
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How Littleton manages its streets, and what that means for driveways
Littleton publishes its own pavement numbers, which makes it a useful model. The city maintains 161 centerline miles of streets, or 364 lane miles, and rated the network at an average pavement condition index of 63 in April 2026. Its 2026 plan calls for 38 lane miles of surface sealing, 16 of mill and overlay and 1.5 of reconstruction. By lane miles, most of the city's work is sealing fair streets before they slip, the same reasoning behind a maintenance plan for a private lot or long driveway.
Rules at the property line are specific here. The city requires a right-of-way permit for any work or equipment occupying the public right-of-way, including sidewalks and alleys, so a paving crew staging in the street needs one. Single-family lots are allowed one access point; a request for a second goes to the Permit Center as a separate access permit, and approval is not assured. After a storm, the city expects sidewalks cleared within a reasonable time once the snow stops, a looser standard than the fixed deadlines in Denver and Aurora.
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Littleton FAQs
Can a Littleton homeowner add a second driveway?
Only with city approval. Littleton allows single-family lots one access point, and a request for another goes through the Permit Center as an access permit that may be denied. The curb cut, the sidewalk crossing and any work in an alley also need a right-of-way permit. A paving contractor quoting a second drive should confirm the access approval before pricing the asphalt, since the rest of the job depends on it.
Is sealing worth it on a 1950s Littleton driveway?
It depends on what lies under the gray. If the surface is intact and firm, cleaning, crack filling and two coats will slow the wear. If it shows alligator cracking, soft spots or pieces that lift by hand, the base has failed and sealer only hides the damage for a season. A crew should walk the driveway with the owner and point to the areas that decide between sealing, patching and an overlay.
What happens if sealer goes down on a cool Littleton evening?
Manufacturer rules call for 50 degrees and rising during application and no drop below 50 for the following 24 hours, and an evening coat breaks the first condition as the air cools. At the airport station, fall nights reach 50 or lower on about 77 of 91 days, so a coat laid late on a mild September afternoon can spend its first night below the limit and may not cure as designed. Summer mornings avoid that.
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