§ 6-91. Garages and carports.

(a)

Garages.

(1)

In A-l, A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-5 PUD Single-Family Residential Districts, a minimum two-car garage shall be provided for at each residence. Residential garage doors are not to exceed ten feet zero inches in height. An additional garage may be provided as an accessory building pursuant to regulations in section 36-36(a)(2). No garage shall open onto any street, roadway or cul-de-sac unless the lot in question fronts two streets which will allow the garage to face the street perpendicular to the front of the residential structure. All attached garages shall be rear or 90-degree side loaded. Conversion of an existing garage to another use shall be permitted only where replacement garage space is provided. Doors on secondary garages for the purpose of storing recreational vehicles may be of a height necessary to store the vehicle. Detached garages shall conform to building setback lines and structural regulations and may or may not face the street (final decision is the Building Official's decisions but may not be substantially visible from the street.

(2)

In a CE Single-Family Cottage Estates Residential District, a minimum two-car garage shall be provided for at each residence. Substitution of another type of structure (accessory building, workshop, storage building, etc.) for an existing garage shall not be permitted; however, an additional garage may be provided as an accessory building pursuant to regulations in section 36-36(a)(2). Conversion of an existing garage to another use shall be permitted only where replacement garage space is provided.

(b)

Carports. Carports may not, under any circumstances, be substituted for garage space. No carport in A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-5 PUD Single-Family Residential Districts may open on any street, roadway or cul-de-sac. In situations where a lot fronts two streets and the garage opens to the street perpendicular to the front of the structure, no carport will be allowed. All carports shall conform to all building setback lines, structural regulations and be rear or 90-degree loaded. All carports must be built in conjunction with existing garage space and not as freestanding structures.

(Ord. No. 100-03-07, art. II, § 7(e), 7-17-2007; Ord. No. 0-2017-001 , § I, 9-18-2017)

Editor's note

See editor's note to § 6-89. Also see chapter 36 - Zoning, for these regulations organized by zoning district.