Garage to workshop on a 8,625 sq ft demo lot — aerial
Garage conversions · CONVERSION 03
Garage to workshop
Not habitable space, which is a different permit path entirely.
Site data
- Lot
- 8,625 sq ft
- Existing footprint
- 1,723 sq ft
- This proposal
- 324 sq ft
- Building coverage
- 23.7%
- Front / side / rear
- 92.0′ / 28.5′ / 5.0′
- Scale
- 1″ = 20′
measured off the compiled model · no engine diagnostics · sizes are placeholders until this is drawn on your lot
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5 sheets, from one model
These are not separate drawings kept in step by hand. They are projections of the same model, so a change to the model changes all of them at once.
Sheet A-001 — Site plan
Why this passes — and what sends one back
- Setbacks measured to the new edge, not to the house — 28.5′ to the nearer side line here.
- The scale is written down (1″ = 20′), not left to be inferred from the page size.
- North arrow on the sheet.
- Existing dashed, proposed solid. This is the first thing read at the counter, and getting it backwards is a refusal on its own.
- The coverage arithmetic is shown, not just its result — 1,723 sq ft existing + 324 sq ft proposed over 8,625 sq ft of lot.
What sends this one back
Where the car goes now
The conversion itself rarely trips zoning — deleting the covered parking space does. The first thing checked is the replacement spot, so the sheet has to show parking after the conversion, not just the room.
What the sky can’t see — you add these
- What is inside the garage today — a photo shows a roof, not a floor plan
- Where the driveway actually runs, if canopy covers it
provide them and they go on the sheet · invented lines never do
Same lot, 4 ways
Every conversion in this category is drawn on the identical lot, so the coverage numbers on the cards can be read against each other.
What this is not
This page is a demonstration our engine drew — not a permit that was submitted and not a drawing that was approved. Structural calculations and Title 24 energy compliance have to be signed by a licensed engineer or a certified analyst: we hand those off and we do not stamp them. Decks and small wood structures mostly fall inside the prescriptive tables and need no stamp at all, which is why they are the cleanest category here.
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