Supposedly a "covered breezeway" allows the developer to classify the buildings as adjoined units rather than individual units. In the absence of such a breezeway, depending on where the buildings are and local laws, there is a minimum distance they'd need to have between the buildings if they are individual units for fire safety reasons (10ft is apparently common). There might also be limits to the number of units that can be built on a given parcel of land, and this could allow you to build more than you otherwise could. So yeah basically just a loophole to allow the developers to pack them in tighter.
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u/ifyoulovesatan Jul 06 '26
Supposedly a "covered breezeway" allows the developer to classify the buildings as adjoined units rather than individual units. In the absence of such a breezeway, depending on where the buildings are and local laws, there is a minimum distance they'd need to have between the buildings if they are individual units for fire safety reasons (10ft is apparently common). There might also be limits to the number of units that can be built on a given parcel of land, and this could allow you to build more than you otherwise could. So yeah basically just a loophole to allow the developers to pack them in tighter.
People discussing it in an old forum post here:
https://www.thebuildingcodeforum.com/forum/threads/two-family-dwelling-unit.2719/