(A) Only specifically authorized accessory uses are allowed; accessory uses must be subordinate to principal use.
(B) (1) No accessory use shall be permitted in any district unless such use is specifically authorized by this chapter.
(2) No accessory use shall be deemed to be authorized by this chapter unless such use is subordinate to and on the same zoning lot with the principal use in conjunction with which it is maintained.
(C) No accessory use, building, or structure which is attached to or within ten feet of the principal structure permitted by this chapter may be located in a front yard except by conditional use permit. No accessory building and no structure, equipment, or material of any kind may be located or erected in a required side yard. No separate accessory building shall be erected within five feet of any side or rear lot line. Accessory buildings may be located in a rear yard but may not occupy more than 30% of a rear yard.
(D) In any commercial district, any accessory use customarily incident to the principal permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted except those uses specifically prohibited in the district.
(E) No accessory building may be used for residential dwelling purposes at any time.
(F) Accessory uses in residential districts shall be permitted for the principal permitted uses and conditional uses of the residential districts only in accordance with the provisions in division (G) below hereby adopted by reference and declared to be part of this subchapter.
(G) For single-family dwellings, duplexes, townhouses and multiple-family dwellings, and nursery schools and day care centers, the following are permitted accessory uses:
(1) Private garages:
(a) Attached garages shall be limited to maximum dimensions of 30 feet by 36 feet and conform to the design of the house;
(b) Unattached garages shall be limited to maximum sidewalls of ten feet as measured from the highest grade elevation on either side of the wall to the top of the eave. They shall have overall maximum dimensions of 30 feet by 36 feet and a maximum of four-twelfths roof pitch or to conform to the design of the house; and
(c) Roofing and siding materials shall be of a type customarily used on site-constructed residences. This is not to include corrugated galvanized steel or steel panel siding. Siding and roofing material requirements may receive a variance if consent of all adjacent landowners is obtained.
(2) Buildings or structures for customary residential storage purposes not over ten feet in height and not exceeding 150 square feet in gross floor area;
(3) Readily moveable sports, recreation, or outdoor cooking equipment;
(4) Permanent sports or recreational structures or facilities, such as tennis courts, swimming pools, barbeque pits, and similar improvements provided a site plan for such facility is approved;
(5) Home occupations but only as defined herein;
(6) Non-commercial greenhouses provided that greenhouses over 100 square feet in floor area must have an approved site plan; and
(H) For churches, convents, and monasteries, all customarily incidental uses reasonably necessary to allow the free exercise of religion but not to include commercial use are permitted accessory uses.
(I) For all conditional use principal establishments, all customarily incidental uses reasonably necessary to promote the primary purposes of the principal use, provided that such use must be specifically authorized by the Board of Adjustment for the principal use, are permitted accessory uses.
(J) For all other principal use establishments, no accessory uses are permitted.
(Ord. passed - - 2006)