re: Do any of you guys know how close you can build a garage to the property line in EBRP?

Your neighbors will love you

Can’t remember exactly but when I called about this it was like 2 feet. It was different if you were going to have gutters to prevent water runoff. I remember thinking it wasn’t much because I wanted to get as close to the line as possible. I am in Southdowns.

Is it attached or detached? Detached there’s no setback.

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Anything over 100 sq ft requires a permit in EBR. However, something like what you built will get ignored as long as you don’t have pissed off neighbors.

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This is what I was told as well about 8 years ago by the permit office. I think it’s been extended since then to 120 sq ft. It must be considered “moveable”, so no slab and, obviously detached from the main house structure.

The neighbor comment is honestly key. We built a lean-to that came real close to the neighbors property but they were cool with it (actually helped build it) but I was aware that if they ever sold, the new neighbors could demand we take it down.

So if you do end up building something close to a property line and ignore setbacks — you might have to tear it down at some point. As long as you are ok with that and you aren’t feuding with neighbors, you should be ok (temporarily, at least).