Colorado Springs residents have until Sunday to weigh in on new rules that will govern new and existing carports in front of homes.
The city has received about 200 comments on the carport rules already and a few themes are starting to emerge, said Mitch Hammes, neighborhood services manager.
So far, he s heard that residents in favor of carports do not want to see them limited to houses with one-car garages. Overwhelming people have asked for that to be taken out, Hammes said.
The comments have also shown residents opposed to carports are concerned with their appearance and structural integrity, he said.
Colorado Springs City Council considers allowing carports outside homes
Erin Chapman
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COLORADO SPRINGS â The months of May and June have the highest average for hail loss claims. The damage it (hail) does to these cars is pretty extensive, said Christie Adelmann, Colorado Springs native. My truck has hail damage the size of quarters. I mean you get money back from insurance but it doesn t pay to fix it, said Kenneth Moore, Colorado Springs native.
To help prevent hail damage, the city of Colorado Springs is considering an ordinance that would allow carports either in the front or back yard of homes.
New development Thursday in Colorado Springs carport controversy
New development Thursday in Colorado Springs carport controversy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Hundreds if not thousands of carport owners have waited and hoped for changes in the city s ordinance regulating the structures, and the next step in that process was taken Thursday.
Mitch Hammes, manager of the city s Neighborhood Services office, presented the Planning Commission with a draft of proposed amendment changes.
Hammes said that the draft contains around a dozen changes mainly focusing on limiting the size of carports, listing the materials that can be used in construction and properly anchoring the structures so that they don t blow away and cause property damage.