Are you impacted by drivers blocking your driveway? Neighbourhood Watch Ku-ring-gai & Hornsby has been approached in the past, particularly by residents living close to a railway station, or to a school. Drivers choose to over-hang or block a driveway rather than find a better parking place further away. This was a project we had to pursue.
Neighbourhood Watch suggests you paint white lines at each side of your driveway to show a visual demarcation that seems to work psychologically – drivers tend to park within any white lines. The regulation ensures that lines are measured to a point beyond the edge of your driveway, giving you a safer view of the road as you exit.
Can’t do the job yourself? Our volunteers will happily help out – please contact us to discuss further. We suggest an appropriate amount would be $20.
Our volunteers offered to paint the white lines at the edge of driveways for an elderly gentleman living close to a train station. Commuters were constantly blocking his and his neighbours’ driveways…
“Thank you. You have done a fantastic job!” – John, Lindfield.
Contact us for use of a stencil kit with all the rules & information you need. We also supply a few traffic cones and high-vis vests to make the procedure as safe as possible. The white paint is NOT included – you must source this yourself. We can point you to correct paints to buy for the job. Please then check your JUNK folder for our reply.
Available to both Ku-ring-gai Council residents and Hornsby Shire Council residents. Hornsby residents – see amended version of the Ku-ring-gai Driveway Marking Standard.
Pay-it-forward Scheme
The following is FREE to request. However, as a courtesy to future persons, we do welcome a ’pay-it-forward’’ contribution from those who can give to the community in this manner. For the driveway marking stencil kit, we would suggest an appropriate amount would be $10. This allows us to help more residents in the future.
Please see PAY-IT-FORWARD for more information and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) details.
Stencil kit
Each Driveway Marking stencil kit provided to residents includes a wooden stencil, 2 traffic cones, 2 high-vis vests, a copy of the Driveway Marking Standard from Ku-ring-gai Council and a suggested procedure to follow (please see the bottom of this page). The procedure has been provided in order to make the exercise as correct and safe as possible. Please read before you do anything. If you get it wrong, you could be upset, and it is difficult to remove an incorrectly-painted white line. You just need to buy the paint.
Driveway Marking Standard from Ku-ring-gai Council
We supply a copy of the ‘Driveway Marking Standard’ regulations provided by Ku-ring-gai Council, detailing how people can paint their own WHITE lines at the edge of their driveway to deter drivers from parking too close/over their driveway.
Updated Driveway Marking Standard for use in Hornsby Shire Council
For Hornsby residents, we supply an updated copy of the ‘Driveway Marking Standard’ regulations provided by Ku-ring-gai Council, detailing how people can paint their own WHITE lines at the ‘top of the kerb‘ position on their driveway to deter drivers from parking too close/over their driveway.
Wooden Stencil
Following an issue of their own, a resident made and donated to Neighbourhood Watch Ku-ring-gai & Hornsby three wooden stencils for residents to use. As you can see from the photo, each stencil is fairly large, measuring approx 1200mm x 800mm, which may be a problem for you to transport. Please measure the space behind your driver’s seat. The stencil simply unfolds for positioning butted up to and perpendicular to the footpath.
Thank you to Chris for making the wooden stencils.
Compact Wooden Stencil
We can now offer a compact, more transportable version of the driveway stencil for those who have smaller vehicles. It requires the setting up of the two hooks either A or B, along with the measuring and positioning 300mm into the road. Easy-to-follow instructions are provided.
Thank you to John for making the compact stencils.
Paint
You need to buy the paint.
The paint residents have used is Dy-Mark Line marking WHITE Paint (photo attached). It’s in a blue aerosol can with a WHITE cap. (They also make yellow paint which has a yellow cap, which isn’t preferred.) Some Bunnings stock it – we suggest you phone ahead. There’s also a similar product for temporary lines, so be careful to get the permanent one.
NHW
Both Bunnings and Mitre 10 also stock a Dulux product called ‘Line Marker’ which will do the job just as well, though may hurt your fingers ( – we suggest wearing rubber gloves helps).
PLEASE NOTE: Neighbourhood Watch cannot recommend or endorse any product, service, or retailer! We can only bring it to your attention. You must do your own research.
How to Achieve the Best Result
The Information sheets, ‘Painting Driveway White Lines – How to Achieve the Best Results (Original stencil)‘ and ‘Painting Driveway White Lines – How to Achieve the Best Results (Compact stencil)‘ are suggested procedures to follow (see below).
We also have ‘Painting Driveway White Lines – How to Achieve the Best Results (Original stencil) – Hornsby Shire Council’ and ‘Painting Driveway White Lines – How to Achieve the Best Results (Compact stencil) – Hornsby Shire Council’, because of the different positioning at the ‘top of the kerb‘ required in the Hornsby Shire Council area.
These procedures have been provided in order to make the exercise as correct and safe as possible. Please read before you do anything. If you get it wrong, you could be upset, and it is difficult to remove an incorrectly-painted line.
Illegal Parking ‘With Compliments’ Slip
If residents’ parking is a problem for you, we have a pdf version of an illegal parking ‘With Compliments’ slip, for placing under the offender’s windscreen wipers, available to download from the Inconsiderate Parking page.
The Road Safety Officer at Ku-ring-gai Council confirmed the following on 11 September 2024:
- The NSW Road Rule 198 covers this matter.
- The Ku-ring-gai Council Driveway Parking Transverse Plan is still current and valid. The plan shows that the white lines can be painted up to a maximum of 1m from a driveway.
- It should be noted that such lines do not have any legal standing. Rather, they serve as an encouragement to motorists not to obstruct driveways and allow for better visibility.
- They also provide guidance to Rangers to judge whether a vehicle is parked too close to or obstructing a driveway.
- Legally, motorists can park up to the wing of a driveway. Where a painted Transverse Parking Line is present, motorists are highly encouraged to park in accordance with this line marking.
- The High School Parking Rules Leaflet is a guide only and is referring to the NSW Road Rules and associated penalties. Please see the disclaimer on the reverse side of the leaflet.
Hornsby Shire Council decision
In September 2025, a Hornsby resident mentioned her conversation with two Hornsby Shire Council parking rangers confirming that Hornsby residents are allowed to paint their driveway white lines, as long as they are positioned at the ‘top of the kerb‘ – see the updated Ku-ring-gai Council Regulation above.
Neighbourhood Watch Ku-ring-gai & Hornsby 