These regulations apply to any property in unincorporated Ada County where an accessory use is allowed under the regulations of this title and where the property has an established principal permitted use. The following table indicates accessory uses requiring a zoning certificate and/or approval by the Director:
Accessory Use | Required | |
Zoning Certificate | Administrative Approval | |
Accessory Use | Required | |
Zoning Certificate | Administrative Approval | |
Accessory structure, 200 square feet or less | No | No |
Accessory structure, >200 <1,500 square feet | Yes | No |
Accessory structure, >1,500 square feet | Yes | Yes |
Agricultural produce stand | Yes | Yes |
Agricultural structure | Yes | No |
Automotive, hobby | Yes | No |
Daycare, family daycare home | Yes | No |
Daycare, group daycare facility | Yes | Yes |
Distributed power facility, solar integrated, or solar pole | Yes | No |
Distributed power facility, solar rooftop, solar ground | No | No |
Distributed power facility, wind rooftop (1 accessory only) | Yes | Yes |
Dwelling, additional farm | Yes | Yes |
Dwelling, caretaker for an approved use | Yes | Yes |
Dwelling, secondary attached or detached | Yes | Yes |
Fence, barbed wire, electric wire, or other | No | No |
Fuel cell | Yes | No |
Gasoline, diesel, or alternative fuel sales | Yes | No |
Home occupation, large | Yes | Yes |
Home occupation, small | Yes | No |
Kennel, hobby | Yes | Yes |
Livestock confinement facility, 300 AU or fewer | No | No |
Mortuary | No | No |
Office, relating to an approved use | No | No |
Office, temporary construction | Yes
No | No |
Outdoor storage | No | No |
Pit, mine, or quarry | Yes | Yes |
Portable classroom | Yes | Yes |
Produce stand, agricultural | Yes | No |
Produce stand, roadside | Yes | Yes |
Retail sales, relating to an approved use | No | No |
Roadside produce stand | Yes | Yes |
Sign, administrative approval not required | No | No |
Sign, administrative approval required | Yes | Yes |
Small wireless facilities | Yes | No |
Swimming pool, private | Yes | No |
Temporary living quarters | Yes | Yes |
Temporary use | See chapter 4, article L of this title | |
Tower or antenna structure, private, 6 feet or less | Yes | No |
Tower or antenna structure, private, > 6 feet | Yes | Yes |
(Ord. 389, 6-14-2000; amd. Ord. 490, 4-9-2003; amd. Ord. 581, 5-25-2005; amd. Ord. 675, 11-14-2007; amd. Ord. 692, 4-23-2008; amd. Ord. 713, 11-12-2008; amd. Ord. 715, 12-3-2008; amd. Ord. 755, 7-21-2010; amd. Ord. 772, 7-27-2011; amd. Ord. 797, 4-24-2012; amd. Ord. 801, 9-12-2012; amd. Ord. 804, 11-14-2012; amd. Ord. 894, 1-9-2019; amd. Ord. 902, 10-2-2019; Ord. 970, 3-13-2024)