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Permissible setback uses HPP - mr. bill - 03-06-2010
It's Sat. I am brainstorminon on my HPP house plans all weekend and have a burning desire to know what can and cannot be done within the setbacks. Some examples in question are, overhangs/patio covers and walls/covered parking/well house/paved parking/garden structures. I will call the planing Dpt. next week. If you have anything to share on this subject, it will be much appreicated as I have this weekend to work on it.
Thanks
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RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - bjbTay - 03-06-2010
Hi Bill,
I am also working on our plans.
The information I received from the building department is as follows:
Front set back: 25'
Rear set back: 25'
Sides: 15'
Height restriction: 35'
I just looked at my notes, and if I understand what I wrote, the front and rear set backs can have a 6' eave encroachment, and a 5' eave encroachment on the sides. Sorry I don't have anything more for you than that.
When you call the building dept. next week will you please let me know what you find out, as I also need information on the driveway, etc.
Good luck with your plans!
Barbara Taylor
Hawaii Dreaming
RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - mr. bill - 03-06-2010
Hi Babara
Thanks for your reply. The setback dimensions for one acre lots in HPP are allegedly, 30' front and back and 20' sides. However I got this secondhand from my realestate agent so, I will cover that point with the planing Dept.
I will post whatever info. gained.
Are you also building in HPP?
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RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - Carey - 03-06-2010
Within setbacks:
Permitted porte cochere & fences (under 6' without permit) are the 2 things I know of
RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - Rob Tucker - 03-06-2010
Setbacks will vary with lot sizes and there are also differences in whether the house is permitted as a one or two story.
I suggest not calling the planning department but writing instead and getting a written answer. It's nice to have something int he files.
RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - mr. bill - 03-06-2010
Cary;
OK I give; what is a (porte cochere)?
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RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - David M - 03-06-2010
Dictionary:
porte cochère |#716;pôrt k#333;#712; sh e(#601
r|noun Architecture
a covered entrance large enough for vehicles to pass through, typically opening into a courtyard.
• a porch where vehicles stop to discharge passengers.
ORIGIN late 17th cent.: French, literally ‘coach gateway.’
Wikipedia
Porte-cochere
A porte-cochere (French porte-cochère, literally "coach gate", also called a carriage porch) is the architectural term for a porch or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse and carriage or motor vehicle to pass, in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather.
The porte-cochere was a feature of many late 18th and 19th-century mansions and public buildings. Well-known examples are at Buckingham Palace in London and the White House in Washington D.C. Modern examples of porte-cochere exist in Central Milton Keynes on the boulevard system. Today a porte-cochère is often constructed at the entrance to public buildings such as churches, hotels, health facilities, homes, and schools where people are delivered by other drivers. Porte-cochères should not be confused with carports in which vehicles are parked; at a porte-cochère the vehicle merely passes through, stopping only for a passenger to get out.
At the foot of the porte-cochere, there are often a couple of guard stones to prevent the wheels of the vehicle from damaging the wall.
David
Ninole Resident
RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - DanielP - 03-06-2010
I believe that a fence or a paved parking area is all that would be allowed of the above mentioned items. No "structural" components allowed. No Portico.
Dan
RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - Peter Epperson - 03-06-2010
A swimming pool can be built right up to the edge of your property. No need to maintain setbacks. We have also built some rather elaborate pool equipment buildings that were 5'-11 1/2" tall with no permit. As long as it's under 6' tall it's ok. At least it was as of last year. Things change quickly at the building dept., you might want to ask first. The only time they have been inconsistent about the under 6' rule relates to buried water tanks. Even though they are completely buried, water tanks fall into some special category and they need to stay out of the setbacks.
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RE: Permissible setback uses HPP - jerry - 03-06-2010
Of course if you put electrical equipment in your "rather elaborate pool equipment buildings" then you need to have a minimum of 6 feet of headroom.
Jerry