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Distance rules for pergola, carport or apprentice

You must respect distance rules in relation to your property limits. These rules may be laid down in the city planning document of the municipality (MORE: titleContent, municipal map, RNU: titleContent) where your project is located.

You must inquire with the city planning of the Town Hall:

In the absence of local rules, your project should be:

• Either at the property limit,
• Either to 3 minimum meters from your property limit.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the pergola, carport or apprentice

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or communal map. To find out if you are subject to any specific local regulations of the PLU or the municipal map, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP .
• Co-ownership Regulation if your property is in a condominium. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your condominium, you can contact your condominium trustee or the President of the trade union council.

Administrative authorization to settle a pergola, carport or apprentice

To build or settle a pergola, carport or apprentice, you must ask the City Hall for a city planning authorization. The authorization to apply depends on the situation of your land (protected area, urban area) and the surface of your pergola, carport or apprentice.

Sectors protected are: remarkable heritage sites, the historic landmarks, classified sites or pending classification, natural reserves, remarkable spaces and coastal environments to be preserved.

To find out if your land is located in a sheltered area, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall:

Garden shelter distance rules

You must respect distance rules in relation to your property limits. These rules may be laid down in the city planning document of the municipality (MORE: titleContent, municipal map, RNU: titleContent) where your project is located.

You must inquire with the city planning of the Town Hall:

In the absence of local rules, your project should be:

• Either at the property limit,
• Either to 3 minimum meters from your property limit.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the garden shelter

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or communal map. To find out if you are subject to any specific local regulations of the PLU or the municipal map, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP .
• Co-ownership Regulation if your property is in a condominium. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your condominium, you can contact your condominium trustee or the President of the trade union council.

Administrative authorization to settle a garden shelter

To build a garden shelter, a city planning authorization may be necessary depending on its surface area and the situation in protected or unprotected area of your land (remarkable heritage sites, historic landmarks, classified sites or pending classification, nature reserves, national parks).

You can get this information from your city hall.

Veranda distance rules

You must respect distance rules in relation to your property limits. These rules may be laid down in the city planning document of the municipality (MORE: titleContent, municipal map, RNU: titleContent) where your project is located.

You must inquire with the city planning of the Town Hall:

In the absence of local rules, your project should be:

• Either at the property limit,
• Either to 3 minimum meters from your property limit.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the veranda

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or communal map. To find out if you are subject to any specific local regulations of the PLU or the municipal map, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP .
• Co-ownership Regulation if your property is in a condominium. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your condominium, you can contact your condominium trustee or the President of the trade union council.

Administrative authorization to settle a veranda

The construction of a veranda has the effect of creating floor area and change the exterior appearance of your home. One city planning authorization is necessary. It varies depending on the size of the construction and the situation of your land. You need to know if your land is located in a protected area. It can be a remarkable heritage site, historic monument approaches, a classified site or in the process of being listed, a nature reserve, a remarkable area or a coastal area to be preserved.

Terrace Distance Rules

You must respect distance rules in relation to your property limits. These rules may be laid down in the city planning document of the municipality (MORE: titleContent, municipal map, RNU: titleContent) where your project is located.

You must inquire with the city planning of the Town Hall:

In the absence of local rules, your project should be:

• Either at the property limit,
• Either to 3 minimum meters from your property limit.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the terrace

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or communal map. To find out if you are subject to any specific local regulations of the PLU or the municipal map, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP .
• Co-ownership Regulation if your property is in a condominium. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your condominium, you can contact your condominium trustee or the President of the trade union council.

Administrative authorization to build a terrace

The building your terrace is not subject to the same authorization scheme whether it is level or elevated.

Distance rules for swimming pool or jacuzzi

You must respect distance rules in relation to your property limits. These rules may be laid down in the city planning document of the municipality (MORE: titleContent, municipal map, RNU: titleContent) where your project is located.

You must inquire with the city planning of the Town Hall:

In the absence of local rules, your project should be:

• Either at the property limit,
• Either to 3 minimum meters from your property limit.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the swimming pool or jacuzzi

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or communal map. To find out if you are subject to any specific local regulations of the PLU or the municipal map, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP .
• Co-ownership Regulation if your property is in a condominium. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your condominium, you can contact your condominium trustee or the President of the trade union council.

Swimming pool safety device

To prevent drowning, private swimming pool fully or partially buried must have any of the following:

• Protective barrier
• Audible alarm system: Immersion alarm informing of the fall of a person into the water or perimeter alarm informing of the approach of a person to the basin
• Security cover (tarpaulin)
• Veranda type shelter that completely covers the basin

Your equipment must comply with Afnor standards.

Swimming pools on the ground, inflatable or demountable are not covered by this obligation.

Administrative authorization to settle a swimming pool or jacuzzi

You can build or settle a swimming pool or a jacuzzi in your garden provided you respect certain rules. Of authorizations in town hall may be necessary beyond a certain area of the basin or beyond a certain height of the shelter.

Viewport Distance Rules

Before settling a fence, it is recommended that youlimit your land to know the boundaries of ownership because, depending on its location, it will not have the same status:

• In case of a location set back from the property limit without encroaching on the neighboring land, your fence is private (construction and maintenance are at your expense and you do not have to consult your neighbor).
• If you are located on the property boundary: your fence is medium (you have to agree with your neighbor, because you together pay the construction and maintenance costs)

In order to settle a private fence (hedge consisting of trees, shrubs or shrubs), a minimum distance from the boundary may be fixed by existing special regulations or by local customs constant and recognized. To find out about these local rules, you must ask the city planning department of your town hall.

If there are no local rules, the minimum distance to respect from the neighboring terrain varies according to the height of your plantations :

• Height less than or equal to 2 meters: Minimum distance of 0.5 meters from your property limit
• Height greater than 2 meters: minimum distance of 2 meters from your property limit

The distance is measured from the middle of the tree trunk. The height of the plantation is measured from the ground to the top of the tree.

If you do not comply with these rules, your neighbor may demand that your hedge be uprooted or reduced to the legal height.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the fence

The characteristics of your fence must comply, if they exist, with rules of height, materials, color and appearance. These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or municipal card
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision
• Condominium payment if your property is in a condominium

Local rules provided for by local customs may also exist. To find out, you must contact the city planning department of your city hall:

In the absence of any applicable local rules, for the construction of a wall or the installation of another type of fence (fence, palisade...), the minimum height to be respected (including a chaperon for a wall) depends on the number of inhabitants of your municipality:

• Municipality of less than 50,000 inhabitants: height minimal 2.60 meters
• Municipality of 50 000 inhabitants or more: height minimal 3.20 meters

Administrative permission to settle a viewport

In principle, fences are exempt from formality. However, regardless of the materials used, you must make a request for Advance Work Statement (AD) in the following cases:

• MORE: titleContent or municipal card that imposes it
• Areas where the City Hall has decided to make the fences subject to declaration
• Land located in an area where it is mandatory: approaches to a remarkable heritage site classified or historic monument approaches, in a registered site classified or awaiting classification
• Height greater than or equal to 2 meters for a wall

To find out if you are concerned, you must contact the city planning department of your city hall:

You have to file your file with the city hall. The method of transmission of your PNR differs depending on whether you are in Paris or in another municipality.

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Distance rules for solar panels

You can get electricity from rooftop-settled solar panels from your house.

You can also settle them on the ground in your garden respecting certain distance rules.

You must respect distance rules in relation to your property limits. These rules may be laid down in the city planning document of the municipality (MORE: titleContent, municipal map, RNU: titleContent) where your project is located.

You must inquire with the city planning of the Town Hall:

In the absence of local rules, your project should be:

• Either at the property limit,
• Either to 3 minimum meters from your property limit.

Administrative authorization to settle solar panels

Distance rules of an air-conditioning or heat-pump unit

You can put an air conditioning or heat pump box on the floor, on a balcony or on a wall of your facade. However, you cannot settle it to a boundary wall to avoid encroaching on your neighbor's land.

You must ensure that the noise generated by the enclosure does not cause abnormal neighbourhood disorder.

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of an air conditioning or heat pump housing

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or communal map. To find out if you are subject to any specific local regulations of the PLU or the municipal map, you can contact the city planning department of your town hall
• Specification if your land is in a subdivision. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP .
• Co-ownership Regulation if your property is in a condominium. To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your condominium, you can contact your condominium trustee or the President of the trade union council.

Administrative authorization to settle an air conditioning or heat pump housing

You can put an air conditioning or heat pump box on the floor without special permission if it is not hooked to your facade.

If you settle it to your facade or balcony, you change the exterior appearance of the building.

You must then file a preliminary declaration of works (DP) to the City Hall. The method of transmission of your PNR differs depending on whether you are in Paris or in another municipality.

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Well or drilling distance rules

You must respect distance rules. Your well or borehole must be more than:

• 35 meters from your property limits because you must control the drainage of run-off water and prevent any accumulation of it within a perimeter of 35 meters around the drill head
• 200 meters from landfills and storage facilities for household or industrial waste
• 35 meters from public or non-public sewage works, sewage pipes or pipes carrying materials liable to impair the quality of groundwater
• 35 meters from storage of hydrocarbons, chemicals, plant protection products or other products likely to affect the quality of groundwater
• 35 meters from livestock buildings and their annexes
• 50 meters from parcels potentially affected by the application of animal manure and manure from classified installations
• 35 meters if the slope of the land is less than 7 or 100 meters if the slope of the land is more than 7 of the plots concerned by the spreading of sludge from urban or industrial wastewater treatment plants and the spreading of waste from installations classified for the protection of the environment

Rules related to the characteristics (color, materials,...) of the well or borehole

The characteristics of your project must comply with specific local rules if they exist (for example, materials, colors, aspects). These rules may be contained in the following documents:

• MORE: titleContent or municipal card
• Departmental Health Regulations
  To find out if you are subject to any specific local rules, you can contact your local council:

• Specification if your land is in a subdivision
  To find out if you are subject to specific local rules in your subdivision, you can contact the President of your ASP.

Administrative authorization to drill a well or borehole

1 month before start of works

You must declare to the City Hall any well or borehole made for domestic use of water:

Declaration of work: sampling, drilling and boreholes for domestic use

You can also declare your well or borehole through an online service:

Unified declaration for underground works (DUPLOS)

Before starting work

You have to report your well or drilling to the underground system operators so that the work can be done safely. You must use an online service:

Online service Networks and Pipelines

After you build your well or drill

An approved laboratory must carry out an analysis of water intended for human consumption:

No later than 1 month after completion of the work

You must declare to the City Hall the work carried out and attach the results of the analyzes of the water of your well to the initial declaration of work form:

Declaration of work: sampling, drilling and boreholes for domestic use

After your well or borehole has been commissioned

If you subscribe to the drinking water service, a drinking water service agent can access your property and proceed to control your well to prevent risks of water pollution. You have to put in place measures to avoid polluting the water of the public network.

In the absence of implementation of these measures and after a formal notice without effects, the service can proceed to the closure of your drinking water connection.