Before installing a carport on your property, it is important to assess not only its intended location, but also the distance to the property lines and the technical specifications of the planned structure. Most of the uncertainty arises in cases where a carport is to be built closer to a neighboring property. By checking the applicable requirements in advance, you can avoid potential disputes with neighbors and legal violations.

A shelter is a structure designed to protect people or objects from precipitation and the sun, consisting of a roof supported by posts (it may or may not have end walls).

If a carport, as a separate engineering structure with its own roof, is constructed on the grounds of single-family or two-family residential buildings and a distance of at least 3 meters from the property line is maintained, written consent from the owners or managers of adjacent lots is not required.

When is a neighbor's consent required?

Written consent from the owner or manager of the adjacent property is required:
• when constructing a carport closer than 3 m, but no closer than 1 m from the property line (measuring the distance in a horizontal plane from the most protruding structures), when any structure located 1–3 m from the property line the height at any point is greater than the horizontal distance from that point to the property line;
• when constructing a carport closer than 1 m to the property line.

Requirements for sheds on garden lots:
On garden lots, a shed must be located no closer than 1 m from the lot boundary. It is also necessary in all cases to ensure that the structure does not cause harm to the user of the adjacent lot.

If a shed is to be built at a distance shorter than the specified one, written consent from the owner of the neighboring lot or the board (chairperson) of the gardeners’ association is required.