Accessory building means a subordinate building detached from, but located on the same lot as the main building, the use of which is incident and accessory to that of the main building or use. When clearly incident to and located on the same land as the main permissible building or use, accessory buildings or uses shall be permitted in a Single-Family Residential District as follows:
(a) Garage or parking areas shall be provided.
(1) Unattached garages:
A. Unattached garages are permitted to be built to the side or rear of the main dwelling only; and
B. Unattached garages shall be located not nearer than thirty-five feet to the side lot line and not nearer than fifteen feet from any portion of the main dwelling.
(2) Unattached garages shall meet the following requirements:
A. Entrance doors facing to the side of the main dwelling;
B. A minimum width of fourteen feet, a minimum depth of twenty-two feet and a maximum height of twenty feet to the ridge measured from the grade at the garage door;
C. Doors shall be of sufficient size to allow passage of a full-sized automobile;
D. The exterior shall be of the same style and type of construction so as to conform with the existing main dwelling;
E. Sufficient gutters shall be installed and construction must include a concrete floor and masonry foundation of the type to bear to weight of a full-sized automobile; and
F. All utilities supplied shall be installed underground.
(b) On a lot upon which a single-family dwelling is situated, a shed or other structure for housing animals shall be permitted in the rear of the main dwelling only. Such shed or other structure shall not be located nearer than 100 feet to the main dwelling or to a street, or nearer than fifty feet to any lot line provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply to usual household pets when kept as household pets. This section shall not apply to stables which are regulated by Chapter 1268.
(c) Structures other than unattached garages.
(1) Decks and gazebos and decorative structures and pool houses:
A. Decks.
1. First floor decks shall not be nearer than twenty-five to the rear yard lot line and not nearer than thirty-five feet to the side yard lot line.
2. Second floor or other decks shall not be nearer than fifty feet to the rear yard lot line and not nearer than thirty-five feet to the side yard lot line.
B. Gazebos and decorative structures. Such structures shall not be nearer than twenty-five feet to the rear yard lot line and not nearer than thirty-five feet to the side yard lot line. Such structure shall have a maximum height of fifteen feet at the ridge, shall not be nearer than fifteen feet to the main dwelling.
C. Pool houses. Such structures shall be located only to the rear of the main dwelling and shall not be nearer than fifty feet to any street or rear yard lot line and not nearer than thirty-five feet to the side yard lot line. Such structures shall not be nearer than fifteen feet to the main dwelling.
(2) Other structures. A shed, tool shed or other similar object or structure not covered above, shall not be located to the front or side of a main dwelling or nearer than fifty feet to a street or rear lot line or nearer than thirty-five feet to any side lot line, provided however, that school bus shelters hereunder may be located to the front of the main building nor more than twenty-five feet from a street. Such structure shall not be nearer than fifteen-feet to the main dwelling.
(d) No excavation, well-drilling, grading, or site improvements shall be started or no building or other structures shall be erected, altered, moved or reconstructed, until an appropriate permit has been applied for and issued by the Building Inspector.
(e) The sum of all accessory building shall not exceed 1,000 square feet.
(f) No accessory building shall be made into temporary or permanent living quarters.
(g) Unless otherwise noted in this section, the height of accessory buildings shall not exceed one story or twenty feet.
(Ord. 2009-47. Passed 1-20-10.)