Setbacks as they pertain to overhanging eaves question

[rosierivets]

Curious, does everyone universally treat the required side yard setback as the distance between the building wall and the property line?

What about cases where there is an oversized eave/cantilevered roof area that isn't necessarily a porch. In my municipality we count the overhang towards lot coverage, but it's not clearly spelled out as an allowable exemption in the setback.

Thanks!

[Seabishop]

It counts towards everything here.

[Jeff]

Goes both ways, just make sure you spell out which way you want it, or I'll pin the walls on the setback lines.

[Otis]

We allow eaves to go up to 18 inches into the setback.

[JNA]

Answer from my fair city's code:

Side yard means the yard between the foundation line of any part of the building, structure, or use and the side line of the lot, and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.


Every part of every required yard shall be open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky except as follows;

Cornices, eaves, gutters, or other projections from a building or structure may project not over three feet into a required yard, but may not extend closer than one foot to any lot line.

[btrage]

We allow 24 inches of eave overhang.

[mendelman]

We allow for all kinds of require setback encroachments - eaves/gutters, porticoes, balconies, bay windows, etc.

I think any code should allow for some permitted encroachments (with definitive parameters).

[mike gurnee]

To help persons with existing structures conserve energy, the codes I have worked with often permit encroachments for passive solar energy functions.

[The One]

We allow two foot projections for residential eaves and one foot for rear yard projections from accessory buildings