ᐅ From which point is the 5.50-meter distance between the garage and the street measured?

We have decided to forgo the carport (see photo) and instead install a prefabricated garage. The street runs at an angle. According to the development plan (see pink marking in the photo excerpt), a distance of 5.50 meters (18 feet) must be maintained between the street and the garage. Does anyone know if this 5.50-meter (18 feet) clearance to the garage is measured along the longest side (i.e., the boundary with the neighbor) or the shortest side? Or must the 5.50-meter (18 feet) distance be maintained along the entire length of the street frontage?

My husband thinks that since the street is angled, he can choose where to measure the distance (he’s a technician; he believes in physical laws but not in administrative regulations) 🙂 but he doesn’t want me to call the building authority to confirm. ;-) Now I’m worried that if the garage (built on the expensive concrete slab) is in place, we might have to dismantle everything again if we only keep the 5.50-meter (18 feet) distance on the longer side.

Thank you very much for your help.

Draw a parallel line to the street with a distance of 5.5m (18 feet). The area must remain clear.

A minimum distance of 5.50 m (18 feet) must be maintained between garages (...) and public traffic areas.

If you draw a line in your plan that runs parallel to the "traffic area" at a distance of 5.50 m (18 feet), you will have your answer – I believe that exceeding this line, no matter which corner, is simply not allowed.

Just give them a call and ask 😉

To my knowledge, the required distance must be maintained everywhere, meaning perpendicular from the garage.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Now I’m worried that once the garage (on the expensive slab foundation) is built, we will have to dismantle everything again if we only keep the 5.50 m (18 feet) distance on the longer side.

I share that concern.

The purpose of this distance is to allow a car to be parked in front of the garage, for example, when manually opening the garage door (if you choose not to use an automatic system), so that you can get out first and open the garage without any part of the car sticking out onto the street.

The 4.40 meters (14.4 feet) should be 5.50 meters (18 feet).