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Aloha,
We have a carport we would like to enclose, but are new to the area and the building process. Im wondering if we need a permit, if so how long does the process take and how do we go about doing it?
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Hello Kevin,
I hate to sound cynical but more than likely you will need a permit and the process will take close to forever! We have been waiting on approval for a shed, of all things, since May and it doesn't look like we are any closer to the end of that saga than the ten months it took just to get our house plans from Neil Erickson's office. If you want to enclose the carport I would suggest you start the paper process and the required permit$ at least six months in advance. Best of luck and I sure hope things go faster for you than they have for us!!!
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Kevin - give me a call and I can point you in the right direction. To enclose a carport isnt difficult... some cost to it but not difficlut.
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Legally, yes, you are supposed to get a building permit when you enclose a carport.
There are some building code differences between carports and garages. Windows can look into carports, but not garages and there may be some requirements about types of wall construction between garages and the rest of the house.
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I am with hotcatz, an opening into a garage such as a door must be one hour burn rated. Your SGD was probably put in after the fact or it was a carport turned into a garage with no change of use or no permit.
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Edited by - kapohocat on 07/30/2006 12:45:45
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I dunno. It was built in 2001 and the people moved into it in July 2001. From what I understand it was built the way it is. No changes yet.
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From the pictures on that link, your garage is detached - and not closer than 6'... so the SGW is okay.
I think 1SMS's is attached from what he mentioned and also he will need a permit changing it from accessory space to living space if he makes it into a living area rather than a garage.
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Edited by - kapohocat on 07/30/2006 13:48:50
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Aloha Kevin,
I was looking up something else in the 1991 Uniform Building Code and came across Chapter 11 "Requirements for Group M Occupancies" of which Division 1 is "private garages, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings."
In section 1104 under "Special Hazards" it is stated: "Under no circumstances shall a private garage have any opening into a room used for sleeping purposes." So, I guess you could have your living room window look into your garage if you wanted. At least according to this section of code.
There are definitions of what a garage is versus a carport and such things as that, so you may want to check out a copy of the UBC from the library to see all the details. There are also Hawaii County Code requirements as well as the UBC. Hawaii County is currently using the 1991 UBC although they may go to the 1997 one sometimes soon since Oahu is already using that one.
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Yikes! I hate to say it, but i think the building of such structures might be easier and less time consuming than the research and semantics behind deciding how to build!
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