WeÂ’re looking at buying a house that has a front attached garage and rear alleyway access in the backyard. ItÂ’s a nice feature for future detached garage build. However, I noticed that there is a concrete swale, for drainage, running inside the property line and parallel to alley access. In short, in order to get to detached garage, one has to drive over the concrete swale.
The structure itself isnÂ’t big enough to cause me bother but more concerned around bylaws/ city creating a fuss.
Based on what I see on cityÂ’s website and quick call to them, IÂ’ll need to leave the concrete swale untouched and clear. But the guy on phone (city) wanted me to dial roads dept to confirm this understanding but thatÂ’s a few days away. Solution is probably using a ramp over the swale each time I get in/ out of the garage.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Will city allow a garage build and access? Thoughts?