Shade sail on a 7,700 sq ft demo lot — aerial
Patio covers & pergolas · COVER 04
Shade sail
The light version, seasonal. Often below the permit threshold.
Site data
- Lot
- 7,700 sq ft
- Existing footprint
- 1,538 sq ft
- This proposal
- no added footprint
- Building coverage
- 20.0%
- Front / side / rear
- 91.0′ / 28.0′ / 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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One sheet, 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. A proposal with no interior has nothing to elevate or section — so the engine produces one sheet and does not pad the set.
Sheet A-001 — Site plan
Why this passes — and what sends one back
- Setbacks measured to the new edge, not to the house — 28.0′ 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 — 1,538 sq ft existing and nothing added, so coverage does not move.
What sends this one back
Assuming “open” means “exempt”
Some codes leave an unenclosed roof out of lot coverage, others count every covered square foot — and the refusal comes from assuming the friendly answer. The sheet shows the cover’s area on its own line so either arithmetic can be checked.
What the sky can’t see — you add these
- Where the existing wall really is — the photo shows the roof, and a cover attaches to the wall
- A recorded easement under the footing line
provide them and they go on the sheet · invented lines never do
Same lot, 5 ways
Every cover 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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