For me it was just luck when I built my garage. I went in with a flat drawing of what I was going to build & just said how much for the building permit. She looked at the drawing & asked how much it was going to cost to build it , I gave her the price, & while she figured it up I was writing the check for the permit. When she told me the price I filled in the amount & handed it to her, she stamped it paid & gave me the permit & the other paper work for the new build. On the permit it said that I was building or rather then rebuilding it as I had torn the old garage down just a few weeks ago. I used the outer most edge of the old garage for the edge of the foundation & it was built. I don't know if they ever looked at it before during or after but I now have a garage that is 28X32 which is only 1 foot on the property line on the side & 2 feet on the back of the line. With my pool & the house & the garage I now have about 70% building on my property. It only takes me about 1/2 hour to mow my back yard. Before I built I called the city & asked what the limits were & how far from the house before it had to be attached to the house. I was told 13 feet & closer the garage then had to be attached to the house. My garage is 13 feet 1/2 inch from the house. During the build the guy next door tried to complain about the build being to big. The city just told him they approved it & it could be built. He was also complaining about it being an eyesore because it was to big. But what he forgot was a new garage is much nicer then an old run down garage , & the city told him to live with it. I still think they never came out to look at it EVER. Or they might have had a different opinion of it then. I did go round & round with the city electrical inspector for the electrical but thats another story. I still need a bigger garage though.
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