Related for Maasrot 3:6
הַגַּגּוֹת פְּטוּרִין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵם שֶׁל חָצֵר הַחַיָּבֶת. בֵּית שַׁעַר, אַכְסַדְרָה וּמִרְפֶּסֶת, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כֶּחָצֵר, אִם חַיֶּבֶת, חַיָּבִין, וְאִם פְּטוּרָה, פְּטוּרִים:
Roofs make [produce] exempt, even though they belong to a courtyard that makes [produce] require [tithing]. A gate house, portico, or balcony, these are like the courtyard [to which they are attached]; if [the courtyard makes the produce] require [tithes], they make it require, and if it makes exempt, they make exempt.
Tosefta Maasrot
Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar says in the name of Rabbi Akiva, any [courtyard] that one opens and another closes, such as two joined [courtyards] with two [different] occupants, the roofs are exempt, even if they are [located] within a courtyard that is liable. (Maasr. 3:5.) [In such a case,] they may ascend to the top of the roof and eat.
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