I would like it to be both nice and dry. The garage will be about 6 feet away from the house. There will also be a small breezeway connecting the two together.
I will have to guess no with the international building codes.
I know money isn't in everyones pocket like used to be but I would not go the pole route. Instead build it to match your house as much as possible since it will be that close.
If you're lucky you might can get it built without a permit. In my area as well across the nation if you build anything the county requires you to purchase a permit. Therefore it HAS to built by international building codes or they will turn you down. Anyone (neighbors) can call the housing authority on you or housing authority might just see something new going up and want to see permit, whose doing the wiring, plumbing etc...
When you go down to get a permit give them least amount of info as necessary . If you say "shop" they will want to know if you're going to do fix peoples cars...make money another words. Remember it's all about the money. When I had my shop built I told the it was a storage building. lol
