Shed & Accessory Structure 📍 Minneapolis, MN 👤 Homeowner

Detached Office Shed for a Remote Worker — Minneapolis, MN

A backyard office with power — coverage math against an existing garage, a trenched conduit route, and one preemptive label that avoided the occupancy flag.

✓ APPROVED ON FIRST SUBMISSION

18 hours Turnaround

$99 Investment

0 Revisions Needed

Advanced Site Plan Package Used

The Challenge

A 10×14 backyard office with electrical service is treated differently from a storage shed in Minneapolis — it needed a site plan showing the structure, the underground electrical route from the house panel, and compliance with the 60% rear-yard coverage rule alongside an existing garage.

Our Solution

We drew the office 3 ft off the rear and side lot lines, computed combined accessory coverage with the garage at 47% of the rear yard, routed the trenched conduit run with an 18-inch depth note, and labeled the structure "accessory office — not a dwelling" to head off an occupancy question.

The Result

Approved without comment. The homeowner was on video calls from the new office six weeks later.

The "not a dwelling" label was genius — my neighbor's identical shed got flagged for exactly that and mine sailed through.

★★★★★ Katie H., Homeowner — Minneapolis, MN

The Challenge

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