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chris410 · 07-23-2019, 08:49 AM

Morning all,

I am on a smaller lake, not on winni, but I figured you guys would be the best audience to ask as I am sure some of you may have been down this road before. I tried the state website and their shoreland permit page just confused me.

Essentially what I have is a very large deck off the front of my house (36'x8') (part of it was grandfathered in to the 50' setback.) There is a 12'x8' section that has a roof over it. I am looking to extend that covered section so it is a little larger (22'x8'), screen it in, as well as adjust the pitch of the roof so the snow slides off it better.

Does a deck constitute as an impervious surface?

Would I need to pull a shoreline permit to do this? All work would be on top of an existing deck, the new covered screened porch would be seasonal and this part of the porch would not be within 50' of the water.

*Cliff notes, I want to extend my covered porch over my existing deck, do I need a shoreland permit?

07-23-2019, 08:49 AM	#1
chris410 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 19 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Covered Porch on deck permissions Morning all, I am on a smaller lake, not on winni, but I figured you guys would be the best audience to ask as I am sure some of you may have been down this road before. I tried the state website and their shoreland permit page just confused me. Essentially what I have is a very large deck off the front of my house (36'x8') (part of it was grandfathered in to the 50' setback.) There is a 12'x8' section that has a roof over it. I am looking to extend that covered section so it is a little larger (22'x8'), screen it in, as well as adjust the pitch of the roof so the snow slides off it better. Does a deck constitute as an impervious surface? Would I need to pull a shoreline permit to do this? All work would be on top of an existing deck, the new covered screened porch would be seasonal and this part of the porch would not be within 50' of the water. Cliff notes, I want to extend my covered porch over my existing deck, do I need a shoreland permit? Last edited by chris410; 07-23-2019 at 08:55 AM. Reason: more detail*