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Can I put a garage in my front yard in Rochester Hills?

No. A detached garage is limited to the side or rear yard. The front yard is not allowed (§ 138-10.102.A).

An attached garage is treated differently. It counts as part of the main building and follows the house setbacks (§ 138-10.101), so it must sit behind the front setback for your district, 25 to 40 feet in the one-family districts (§ 138-5.100, Table 6). It cannot stand forward of that line either.

Two related rules to know. In R-5, garage doors may not face a street, and no parking is allowed in front or street-facing yards (§ 138-6.700.H). Citywide, front-yard parking at one- and two-family homes is limited to a driveway or garage (§ 138-11.102.D).

Sources

Full text: Rochester Hills ordinance on Municode. Applies to districts: RE, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5.

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