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City of Lincoln
Building & Safety Department

Michael Merwick, Director

 

Garage

  • Storage space not more than 4 motor vehicles owned and used by occupants of building.


  • May be located in the required rear yard but may not occupy more than 40% of the required rear yard.


  • Not be closer than 2 ft. to any side or rear yard.


  • No more than 15 ft. in height.


  • If located not less than 60 ft. from the front line, it may extend in the required side yard but not closer than 2 ft. to the side lot line


  • A garage which is entered from an alley will not be located closer than 10 ft. to the alley line.


  • Any portion of a garage shall have an unobstructed headroom clearance of not less than 6 feet 8 inches above the finished floor to any ceiling, beam, pipe, or similar construction except for wall-mounted shelves, storage surfaces, racks, or cabinets.


  • Garage floor surfaces shall be of approved noncombustible material. The area of the floor used for parking of automobiles or other vehicles shall be sloped to facilitate the movement of liquids to a drain or toward the main vehicle entry doorway.


 


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