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Detached bedroom rules? - Guest - 11-14-2007
Hi all,
This week I learned from the Planning Dept about a different type of detached habitable living space other than a guesthouse -- a detached bedroom, which is not limited to the 500 square foot size and can have a bathroom. No kitchen of course.
I was told that this type of extension does not have to be physically connected to the house, even by a breezeway, so long as it is 50 feet or less from part of the main house, including the garage/carport.
Anyone have any experience permitting these or other knowledge about the rules and restrictions?
RE: Detached bedroom rules? - Hotzcatz - 11-15-2007
Did a few of those years ago (sometime in the eighties, I think it was) and then they made them illegal unless they were connected by a walkway or roof, now they are legal again. There is a place around the corner from here where every room is a separate building, even the bathrooms are their own little buildings, but I didn't get their building permit for them.
RE: Detached bedroom rules? - Kapohocat - 11-16-2007
Wow! You are so right Kathy H.
After reading this, I got ahold of planning in the last 15 mins before the weekend today. You are so very right about the bedroom. Planning said as of May 9, 2007 - you could have a detached bedroom, no more than 50 ft from main living area. No bar sinks, but can have a fridge. No size limit and no limit of # of detached bedrooms. (of course SOH/DOH might have some requirements for more than 5 bedrooms - didnt check that yet.) And no doesnt have to be connected in any fashion.
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Edited by - kapohocat on 11/16/2007 21:14:06
RE: Detached bedroom rules? - John S. Rabi - 11-17-2007
Just remember, no more than five bedrooms on one cesspool/septic system.
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RE: Detached bedroom rules? - John S. Rabi - 11-17-2007
The garage is not part of the living area.
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