(A) In B-2 Districts, accessory uses, buildings or structures may be established provided such uses are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted principal use.
(B) Accessory uses are limited to the following:
(1) Garages, or carports, storage sheds or other incidental structures;
(2) The placement, number and nature of signs shall be governed by the following regulations.
(a) A single, non-illuminated real estate sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises on which the sign is displayed, during the period of active effort to sell, rent or lease such premises shall be permitted provided such sign is removed promptly after an agreement to sell, rent or lease is entered into.
(b) Political signs shall be permitted provided they are not erected more than 30 days prior to the election for which they are intended and are removed within 48 hours after such election.
(c) A single non-illuminated construction sign shall be permitted on the site of a building under construction, remodeling or renovation provided such sign is used for identification purposes only and does not exceed 40 square feet in area.
(d) Directional signs shall be permitted provided they do not exceed four square feet in area.
(e) Temporary signs related to a specific holiday, religious event or historical observance, or to an event conducted by a church or by a public or private non-profit school or college, or to a community event, or to a porch, garage or yard sale, shall be permitted. Such signs shall not be erected more than 30 days prior to an event, holiday or observance for which they are intended and shall be removed 48 hours after such event, holiday or observance.
(f) Temporary signs related to a sale to be held on the premises shall be permitted.
(g) The maximum total area of all the on-site signs located on the premises of a permitted principal use shall not exceed 40 square feet.
(h) No sign, or any part thereof, shall be located on or extend above a public right-of-way.
(3) Fences, walls, and hedges shall be permitted provided they are not electrified and that barbed wire does not constitute any part of such fences, walls and hedges. No fence, wall or hedge shall exceed a height of six feet above finished grade. Any and all gates in such fence, wall or hedge shall be no greater in height then the rest of the fence, wall or hedge. Any such gate shall open from the inside.
(4) Private swimming pool that is incidental to a permitted principal use.
(a) For the purpose of this division (B)(4), the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL. Any pool, be it ground level or elevated, where swimming is normally permitted, not located within a completely enclosed building, and containing or normally capable of containing water to a depth at any point greater than one and one-half feet.
(b) No such swimming pool shall be allowed unless it complies with the following conditions and requirements.
1. The pool is intended to be used solely for the enjoyment of the occupant and guests of the permitted principal use of the property on which it is located.
2. The pool, accessory building, patio or other structures shall not be located in any front yard or within any side or rear yard setbacks.
3. The swimming pool of ground level pools, an area five feet beyond and surrounding elevated pools, or the entire rear or side property on which the pool is located shall be enclosed within a permanent fence not less than five feet in height. Such a fence shall be erected around a swimming pool before it is filled with water.
4. No lighting used on or with respect to any swimming pool shall be directed or reflected outside the premises on which the swimming pool is located to such an extent that it interferes materially with the use and enjoyment of any other premises.
5. The area of the pool, elevated decks and accessory buildings will be included as part of the total lot coverage permitted in the zoning district where the pool is located.
(Ord. 2052, passed 9-3-1998; Ord. 2317, passed 12-21-2006)