Illegal porches and stoops
Porches can be wonderful spaces to hang out in. It's an outdoor space where you can sit and read the newspaper with a cup of coffee while watching your neighbors walk around. It also helps activate the street with human activity instead of a street being devoid of life. They do need to be a certain depth to be really functional and comfortable to sit and relax in, which we've found to start at around seven feet in depth. However, even if you only have space for something less than that, it's preferable to just a stoop. You can place some decor and potted plants there, have space for visitors to stand in the cover from the rain, or build a small fort to pelt passers by with water balloons. I'll be the judge of that, says the Livermore development code (566 page PDF; happy reading). You want an integrated porch in your new house in Livermore (4.03.050). Great! Due to the depth of your lot and your housing needs, you can only get a six foot deep porch, which you decid...