ᐅ A carport that is not allowed to be a carport

And because it’s so interesting that you can’t find a definition for a carport anywhere.

The garage regulations in Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP) specify the following:

Covered parking spaces are considered open garages.

And if you still have doubts and are hoping for a loophole, try having a clarifying phone call with the building authority of the city or district. They will certainly provide the exact legal paragraphs and terms, as my predecessors have already tried.

In some rare cases, I do know that carports are allowed to be built in front of the house, right up to the street or curb. But I consider this really the exception and it probably has to be explicitly permitted by the development plan / zoning plan.

Another person you should normally be able to ask is an engineer, architect, or building surveyor, who will likely be one of these. For example, the Bauherren-Schutzbund offers an initial free consultation call of about 30 minutes. For further assistance, you can become a member there and receive more advice. You can consider the Bauherren-Schutzbund as an almost neutral authority.

Clarification question: Is the carport really intended to be positioned in front of the house, meaning the usable depth of the carport would only be 3 meters (10 feet)? In that case, it would only be suitable for compact cars like Smart cars and similar, but not for "regular" cars.

(Setting legal aspects aside for now...).

Well, asking very specific questions but not even managing to upload a drawing or the planning plan makes it hard for anyone to really help you, and everyone can only guess what you want.

It's surprising that in 2017 it is still so difficult to upload a drawing or something similar online...

KrustyDerClown schrieb:
In the state building code, a clear distinction is made between garages and covered parking spaces (carports?)

Well, I don’t find the distinction that clear, but it does exist. For that reason, the planners should have also mentioned the covered parking spaces in the development plan for clarity, since §21a(3) of the Land Use Ordinance refers to this term and thus differentiates it from uncovered parking spaces. Still, I don’t see any options for you.

KrustyDerClown schrieb:
Under 2.2: §14 of the Land Use Ordinance does not cover carports. So, not relevant.

Not all accessory structures are listed in §14 of the Land Use Ordinance; in my opinion, a covered parking structure is included, which makes it unauthorized in front of your house. You will probably need to redesign.

@Caspar2020: (how can I quote your quote?)
8) For building structures, other installations, and equipment that have effects similar to above-ground buildings, paragraphs 1 to 7 apply accordingly to buildings and property boundaries.
This refers to setback distances, which do not matter here because the carport presumably does not trigger any under §8 (9) of the RP Building Code.
4. Parking Spaces
An uncovered parking space would, however, be permitted in this case.