(A) Compliance with ZDO requirements. All accessory uses, structures, and activities shall be subject to the applicable general, dimensional, operational, and use-specific regulations set forth in this ZDO, including the regulations that apply to the associated principal use (including the development standards in Chapter 166: Development Standards). In case of any conflict between the accessory use standards of this section and any other requirement of this ZDO, the standards of this section shall control.
(B) Time of establishment. An accessory use or structure may be approved in conjunction with approval of the principal use or structure; however, no accessory use or structures shall be established on the subject parcel until after a certificate of occupancy has been issued for the principal use.
(C) General standards. All accessory uses and structures shall:
(1) Directly serve the principal use or structure;
(2) Be customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure;
(3) Be subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal use or structure;
(4) Be owned or operated by the same person as the principal use or structure;
(5) Be located on the same lot as the principal use or structure or on a contiguous lot;
(6) Together with the principal use or structure, not violate the bulk, density, parking, landscaping, or open space standards of this ZDO; and
(7) Not constitute a combination use, which is the combination of two principal uses (combination uses will not meet the above standards in terms of being subordinate or providing service to the principal use).
Unless otherwise specified in this section, any accessory use or accessory structure shall be treated as a permitted use in the zoning district in which it is located.
(D) Location of accessory structures. Unless otherwise specified, all accessory structures shall comply with the following general location requirements:
(1) An accessory structure may be located only to the side or rear of the lot, and shall not be within a front yard area.
(2) Detached accessory structures shall be located at least five feet from any lot line and ten feet from any other principal or accessory structure.
(3) An accessory garage may be attached to the principal building by an open breezeway or similar structure.
(4) No accessory structure shall be located within any platted or recorded easement or over any known utility.
(E) Maximum height. The maximum allowed height for an accessory structure shall be 15 feet from grade, but in no case shall an accessory structure be taller than the associated principal structure.
(F) Maximum floor area.
(1) Accessory to residential uses. The combined floor area of all detached accessory structures accessory to residential uses shall consist of no more than 30% of the total floor area of the principal structure.
(2) Accessory to nonresidential uses. For uses accessory to nonresidential uses, the following standards shall apply:
(a) If located in a detached structure, the maximum floor area shall be limited to no more than 10% of the lot area; and
(b) If located within the principal structure, the maximum floor area shall be limited to a maximum of 30% of the gross floor area of the principal structure.
(G) Residential occupancy prohibited. No accessory structure shall be used for residential occupancy.
(H) Shipping containers and the like. Any shipping container, or other similar modular component, used in the construction of a residential structure shall be, at a minimum, painted with no visible logos, brands, lettering, and advertisements on the exterior surface.
(Ord. 05-10, passed 3-23-10; Am. Ord. 022-21, passed 9-14-21)