Designing for 3' eaves (hopefully)

 The prairie style has deep eaves.  A good example is a house in White Salmon at 737 Tohomish which has 3' eaves. In particular, the garage is placed on the west 5' setback line and has 3' eaves. We are using this house as the model of what we'd like to build in this regard.  I have a question in the White Salmon asking if we are permitted such 3' eaves.  

House at 727 Tohomish White Salmon



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