A carport in Elkhart County is a detached accessory structure needing an Improvement Location Permit and a building permit. It must stand six feet from other structures, five feet off side lines, and ten feet off the rear.
Elkhart County zoning treats a carport as an accessory structure. As a roofed structure it needs an Improvement Location Permit from Planning and Development and a building permit from the county Building Department showing footings and anchorage adequate for the code's wind and snow loads. Zoning Section 5.5.2 requires a detached carport to stand at least six feet from any other structure, five feet from a side lot line, and ten feet from the rear lot line, capped at 18 feet high, or up to 25 feet where the side setback is increased. An attached carport is reviewed with the house, and Section 5.5.10's floor-area cap counts it toward total accessory area.
Building a carport without the required permits is a zoning violation subject to stop-work orders. A carport inside a required setback or closer than six feet to another structure must be corrected.
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