Carports, RV Covers and Metal Garages in Gold Hill and Central Point, Oregon

Permit steps in Gold Hill and Central Point

1. Find out whose limits you are in. Inside Central Point, the City of Central Point handles zoning and the building permit. Inside Gold Hill, the City of Gold Hill gives zoning clearance and Jackson County issues the building permit. Outside both, Jackson County Development Services does both, starting with its Planning Division.
2. Ask about zoning first. The state says local land-use rules must always be considered first. Get the setbacks and height limit for your lot before you pick a size.
3. Check the size. Oregon requires a building permit to build or move a carport, garage or shed of more than 200 square feet. A 20 x 20 carport is 400 square feet.
4. Bring the engineer-stamped drawings that come with a certified building, plus a sketch of where it will sit on the lot. In Central Point, a homeowner applying for their own property also completes the property owner statement.

What is exempt: under the state residential code, a one-story detached accessory structure not used for sleeping or permanent cooking needs no building permit if it is 200 square feet or less and no taller than 15 feet, measured from grade to the average height of the highest roof surface. A Central Point handout lists 10 feet instead, so ask the Building Division which height it applies.

Exempt does not mean no rules. In Central Point, setbacks apply to every structure, zoning approvals still apply, and electrical, plumbing or mechanical work needs its own permit. In unincorporated Jackson County, code standards must still be met, a shed of any size in the floodplain needs a building permit, and any floodplain work needs land use approval.

How permits work in general: our permit guide (written for Central Oregon; the questions to ask are the same anywhere).

Snow load & certified options

Central Point publishes its own figures. The city Building Department's design criteria sheet lists 25 psf roof snow load and 36 psf ground snow load for prescriptive residential design. Ask the Building Division to confirm the number for your exact address.

The lowest of our certified ratings at or above those figures is rated for 40 psf snow load. That is the starting point in Central Point. We confirm the rating at order.

Gold Hill and county addresses have no published local number that we found. The number is site-specific. The state's Oregon Design Criteria Hub is a map that gives site-specific design criteria. Look up your address, then ask the Jackson County Building Division to confirm it.

Where snow is a concern, we usually recommend the A-frame vertical roof because vertical panels shed snow better.

New to certified buildings? Certified buildings made simple explains it in three steps.

Frost, wind & other local rules

Central Point lists a frost depth of 12 inches for prescriptive residential design. Give that to whoever pours your slab or footings. Ask the Building Division for the wind figure for your address.

Central Point setbacks: a corner lot requires a 10 foot side yard. In a residential district, a side or rear yard not adjoining a street may be reduced to 5 feet for a detached accessory structure more than 55 feet from the street right-of-way line the lot fronts on and at least 10 feet from other buildings.

On county land within 200 feet of federal land, the county building office consults the federal agency about the property line.

Delivery and installation are free. We need a level, cleared spot with about 2 feet of room on every side. See site prep.

What we've delivered near Gold Hill and Central Point

We have 5 signed orders on record here. Two in Central Point: 20 ft wide x 31 ft long and 20 ft wide x 36 ft long, both on 12 ft legs, both certified. Three in Gold Hill: two at 20 ft wide x 20 ft long and one at 22 ft wide x 20 ft long, all on 9 ft legs, all non-certified.