07-23-2007, 03:44 PM
Glen, I'll take a stab at answering ...
I think the living space is OK, with a bathroom, if permitted as guest house. But living space has to be permitted as such; you cannot just informally convert workshop into living space.
Of course, people can and do all the time, but I'm talking about conforming to zoning.
No, you are not supposed to have a hotplate/frig/ bar sink combo as you have essentially created a little apartment. A guest house is for sleeping and for guests to go into house and do all their meals. But they are allowed to have a bathroom!
If I'm wrong about this, hopefully I will be corrected and learn something ... as I am trying to be on top of these rules.
There are many nonconforming garage apartments, etc.., and until a) you make your neighbors mad enough to complain or b) you need to pull a permit for something else and get an inspector out there, no one really cares, as far as I can tell.
I think the living space is OK, with a bathroom, if permitted as guest house. But living space has to be permitted as such; you cannot just informally convert workshop into living space.
Of course, people can and do all the time, but I'm talking about conforming to zoning.
No, you are not supposed to have a hotplate/frig/ bar sink combo as you have essentially created a little apartment. A guest house is for sleeping and for guests to go into house and do all their meals. But they are allowed to have a bathroom!
If I'm wrong about this, hopefully I will be corrected and learn something ... as I am trying to be on top of these rules.
There are many nonconforming garage apartments, etc.., and until a) you make your neighbors mad enough to complain or b) you need to pull a permit for something else and get an inspector out there, no one really cares, as far as I can tell.