cottage renovation on existing footprint

Onshore · 03-17-2014, 08:02 AM

Not a case of money talks. You cannot convert a seasonal porch to living space if that porch is within the 50 ft primary buiilding setback and the conversion reduces the current distance between the living space and the reference line. You could be seeing cases where the porch was more than 50 ft away. It could be cases of lateral expansion that did not reduce the pre-existing setback. It could be that the pre-existing enclosed porch was heated, insulated and finished so as to already have been considered living space. Or... it could have been done illegally and they just haven't been caught yet.

03-17-2014, 08:02 AM	#9
Onshore Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 502 Thanks: 12 Thanked 423 Times in 145 Posts	Not a case of money talks. You cannot convert a seasonal porch to living space if that porch is within the 50 ft primary buiilding setback and the conversion reduces the current distance between the living space and the reference line. You could be seeing cases where the porch was more than 50 ft away. It could be cases of lateral expansion that did not reduce the pre-existing setback. It could be that the pre-existing enclosed porch was heated, insulated and finished so as to already have been considered living space. Or... it could have been done illegally and they just haven't been caught yet.