Garage Building Codes (New York, Brookhaven, Buffalo: apartment, house, inspections)
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How far from your property line do you need to be if you are building a 24 x 24 garage in the town of Brookhaven Suffolk county? some say 3 feet some say 10 feet does anybody know? Would be greatly appreciated.
How far from your property line do you need to be if you are building a 24 x 24 garage in the town of Brookhaven Suffolk county? some say 3 feet some say 10 feet does anybody know? Would be greatly appreciated.
National building code is 3 feet. The town can make it more restrictive but not less than 3 feet.
We use the Residential Code of New York State not the National Building Code. All "Not fire resistance rated" structures shall be a minimum 5'-0" from property line and 10'-0" from a "Not fire resistance rated" Structure.
Just Google TABLE R302.1 EXTERIOR WALLS New York State.
This is all determined by the definition of "Fire Separation Distance".
Call Brookhaven. You need to know your zoning (ie A1 residential, etc.) in order to receive the proper setbacks for your zoning. Brookhaven prohibits the accessory structure from being placed closer to the street than the front foundation line of the house. If you don't know you're zoning, they will tell you which department to call to learn it.
How far from your property line do you need to be if you are building a 24 x 24 garage in the town of Brookhaven Suffolk county? some say 3 feet some say 10 feet does anybody know? Would be greatly appreciated.
For 95% of questions, the Town Codes have the answers. If you cannot find it, ask the Building Dept.
Search "Accessory Structure". In your Town Code, a lot of the term "garage" goes into the realm of a public auto garage. You want the household one, don't you? That is generally under accessory structure.
I didn't look up your code, but you will need a building permit, so you will be heading to the Building Dept. anyway.
For 95% of questions, the Town Codes have the answers. If you cannot find it, ask the Building Dept.
Search "Accessory Structure". In your Town Code, a lot of the term "garage" goes into the realm of a public auto garage. You want the household one, don't you? That is generally under accessory structure.
I didn't look up your code, but you will need a building permit, so you will be heading to the Building Dept. anyway.
Town Code online, assuming the OP doesn't know what zoning his house is under, is useless. If he does know what sort of residential district he is zoned as, this will help. http://ecode360.com/documents/BR0012...search=setback
Being that this is the Town of Crookhaven, and that their Code changes are at least 3 months behind at any given time, a call to the Town is in order. No need to head to Town Hall for that. If this person is in any sort of special district (historic or property is near water) there will be other hoops to jump through before a permit application can be considered.
That setback chart is interesting...I thought they capped garage heights at 14' so you couldn't get walkable space up above. Maybe it got changed...maybe its just a footnote not included. I'd love to go 18' to the peak on a garage.
That setback chart is interesting...I thought they capped garage heights at 14' so you couldn't get walkable space up above. Maybe it got changed...maybe its just a footnote not included. I'd love to go 18' to the peak on a garage.
Looks like it might have changed. It might have something to do with roof pitch. I had to get a variance to exceed 14' when we built our garage. I'm in an historic district and the garage was designed to match the house. The pitch on the 14' structure didn't complement the house.
Chances are, present plans for an 18' tall garage, the plans examiner is going to look closely at the ceiling heights of the 1st and second floor. He could reject it or tell you that you need collar ties to give you a usable 2nd floor for storage, but bring down the ceiling height enough that it can't be an apartment.
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