Fountain regulates carports under Zoning Ordinance Section 17.13.060. Pre-manufactured or membrane carports are only permitted as accessory to single-family or two-family lots. Units under 200 sq ft are exempt from zone-district development standards but must be anchored. Larger units must meet all zone setbacks, lot coverage, and height standards and obtain a Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permit. Only one carport is permitted per property.
Under Section 17.13.060 of Fountain's Zoning Ordinance, pre-manufactured or membrane carports are only permitted accessory to single-family and two-family lots. A plot plan showing address, residence and carport location, dimensions, easements, rights of way, sidewalks, structural setbacks, structural height, and lot coverage must be submitted (Section 17.13.060(B)). Pre-manufactured or membrane carports under 200 sq ft are exempt from zone district development standards but must be anchored to the ground (Section 17.13.060(C)); HOA or metro-district rules still apply. Carports of 200 sq ft or more must comply with all zone-district development and dimensional standards including setbacks, lot coverage, and structural height, and require a building permit from Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (Section 17.13.060(D)); these carports are exempt from the accessory-structure setbacks otherwise stated in Section 17.07.050. All attached carports and all site-built (wood-framed) carports require a PPRBD building permit regardless of size (Section 17.13.060(E)–(F)). Carports may not overhang or send runoff onto adjacent properties or sidewalks/right-of-ways (Section 17.13.060(G)) and may not be located in the sight-distance triangle between 3 ft and 9 ft above the roadway (Section 17.13.060(H)). Only one carport is permitted per property (Section 17.13.060(I)), and carports may only be used to store vehicles as defined in Chapter 8.20 — not inoperable vehicles or junk (Section 17.13.060(J)).
Carport built without a required PPRBD building permit: stop-work order and after-the-fact permit fees. Sight-triangle, runoff, or one-per-property violations: code enforcement action. Use for inoperable vehicles or junk storage: nuisance violation under Chapter 8.20.
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