Define 3 car garage

[rslaback]

The property that my wife and I are buying this June allows for us to build a detached garage of no more than 3 cars. With the way the property sits and where I would like to put the garage, I'd like to go about 2.5 cars wide and 1.5 cars deep.

Has anyone ever had any hassle with doing something like this? What would you consider the dimensions to be if you built such a building?

 

[Playwme]

Our definitions mean nothing. It's the local definition that counts. They could mean "no more than 3 garage doors". Area wise, yours sounds like a 3 car turned 90 degrees.

 

[LB-1911]

Give these a look - 3 car garage plans
https://justgarageplans.com/house-plans.php?id=40&pageID=1

Plan 10-068
https://justgarageplans.com/3448/plan-detail/10-068.php

Should give you a few dimensions to work with.

Is there a height requirement as well?

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

Define the car (truck) as a Megacab, long bed dually and you can get away with a nice size 2 car.

 

[sublimate]

Sure, and here are your 3 cars:

 

[Flexia]

Mines a 2 car garage but 40ft deep so I can fit 4 cars

 

[SILVERPLATE]

To be safe I would check to see if specific measurements are available to avoid something you might have to change later.

 

[Jimmies63]

Don't rule out height. 3 becomes 6 at 12' ceiling height.

 

[Lassen Forge]

3 cars wide. doesn't need to have a door for each, but you should be able to park 3 side by side. IIRC its 10 or 12 feet per car. Our 4 car was 52 feet, if that means anything.

 

[moron88]

what you should look into is the regulations of other out buildings. they may limit you to a 3 car garage, but may allow a sizable barn or pole building. or perhaps 2 separate 3 car garages.

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

Leave it to a municipality that could easily define something to leave it incredibly ambiguous.

 

[FBJR]

Just ask if it is defined by SF or by doors.

I had a fire a few years back which gutted my 2 car which I had planned to build into a 3 car anyway. I left the 2 car walls, added 12 ft to one side and a second floor. It is 22x32 but the 2nd floor was more issue than the size!!

So the wife has a 12x22 separate garage and I have a 20x22 with a huge upstairs.