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Originally Posted by timun
All of that said, is it absolutely illegal to build an attached garage at the back of a house in a low-density residential district with access to it from the alley? No. You can apply for a relaxation of the LUB requirements. I presume the properties in Highwood that tvp2005 and Fuzz linked to did so. The one, 188 Hartford Road, is on a funky pie-shaped lot; maybe that was one of the reasons the City allowed them the relaxation. (Although that's a really weird-looking house all-in-all...). The other, 16 Hartford Road, is on a pretty steep slope, and that's likely why they allowed the attached garage there; structurally it may not have made any sense to build a detached garage there. Notice, however, that almost all the other properties in the area have detached garages in the back.
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I think the intent of the
no access to an attached garage from alley rule is to stop people from paving over their backyard to access a garage that's integral to the house on the front of the parcel. If you wanted to build a garage immediately next to the alley with some type of indoor connection to your house I think most file managers would be willing to grant that relaxation at development permit.