(A) Location.
(1) Accessory buildings may be attached or detached from the principal building. Accessory uses may be within an accessory building or within a principal building. When a side yard is required, no part of an accessory building shall be located closer than 7 feet to the side lot line along such side yard. When a rear yard is required, no part of an accessory building shall be located closer than 7 feet to the rear lot line or to those portions of the side lot lines adjacent to such required rear yard. In a residential district, no detached accessory building shall be closer than 10 feet to the principal building.
(2) Notwithstanding the above provisions, no accessory building or structure shall encroach on a utility easement without waivers from local public or quasi-public entities or utility companies to which such easement was dedicated. No accessory building or structure shall be located in a drainage easement so as to impede or obstruct the flow of surface water.
(B) Time of construction. No accessory building or structure shall be constructed on any lot prior to the start of construction of the principal building to which it is accessory.
(C) Percentage of required rear yard occupied. No accessory building or buildings shall occupy more than 40% of the area of a required rear yard.
(D) Height of accessory buildings in required rear yards. No accessory building or portion thereof located in a required rear yard shall exceed 15 feet in height.
(E) On reversed corner lots. On a reversed corner lot in a residential district, no accessory building or portion thereof located in a required rear yard shall be closer to the side lot line adjacent to the street
than the required front yard on the adjacent lot to the rear. Further, in the above instance, no such accessory building shall be located within 7 feet of any part of a rear lot line which coincides with a side lot line or portion thereof of property in a residential district.
(F) Canopies. Freestanding canopies for motor vehicles are not permitted within any residential district.
(Ord. 2015-08, § 3.13, passed 6-23-2015)