No gutters on detached garage

[DMZwerg]

Since when did gutters become a requirement, anywhere, for any reason.

How about Oakridge, CA?
(you did ask "a requirement, anywhere, for any reason" ... I took it as a personal challenge to find at least one example ... Oakdale showed up first on Google searches :smirk: )

PDF link is an example of some local requirement for garages to not only have overhangs but gutters as well!

http://www.projectoakridge.com/OAKRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL RE2.pdf

I know of a number of municipalities that have different requirements on gutters, overhangs and distances to property lines for garages. Locally gutter requirements on garages are the least common, but overhang minimums, maximums, and/or minimum distances to property lines affecting allowed overhangs are fairly common.

Know your local ordinances!

 

[incognito]

I know of a number of municipalities that have different requirements on gutters, overhangs and distances to property lines for garages. Locally gutter requirements on garages are the least common, but overhang minimums, maximums, and/or minimum distances to property lines affecting allowed overhangs are fairly common.

Know your local ordinances!

Heck, I could have saved you the work. My subdivision requires gutters. Nothing unusual.


I reiterate:

When did appraisers become code police? If correction of all items to code were required, virtually NO house, except the very newest, would qualify for financing. And very soon, they too would be "out of code compliance" the second some new code comes into effect...

I will add to that; "When did appraisers become the deed restriction police". If you TRULY believe what you say, than I will submit that 95% of the appraisals YOU have completed, DMZ, are inadequate, because I GUARANTEE you that you do not know ALL of the municipal codes, building codes and deed restrictions for every property you have appraised, and have certainly overlooked at least one item per house.


Please...

 

[DMZwerg]

I reiterate:I will add to that; "When did appraisers become the deed restriction police". If you TRULY believe what you say, than I will submit that 95% of the appraisals YOU have completed, DMZ, are inadequate, because I GUARANTEE you that you do not know ALL of the municipal codes, building codes and deed restrictions for every property you have appraised, and have certainly overlooked at least one item per house.


Please...

There is a difference between knowing each and every local ordinance when some item is common and knowing enough to know where to look something up when it is uncommon. Scope of Work issue. Once you detect something unusual SOW may expand to include additional research.

Knowing and verifying that the property complies with local ZONING is another thing altogether and one I firmly believe in. I review the zoning on subject properties and sometimes on each comp as well. Knowing if the property is compliant with current ZONING is part of highest & best use as well as key in determining whether or not the property is legal, legal non-conforming, illegal based on zoning, or no zoning ordinances exist ... or are you going to try telling me that we aren't the zoning police and should be skipping that section entirely?

I hope you caught that mention of zoning ORDINANCES because that is exactly what they are and determining whether or not a property complies with local zoning ordinances is absolutely an integral part of most appraisal assignments (aka, part of Highest & Best Use, especially that whole "legally permissible" part).