Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall be compatible with the principal use, and no accessory building or structure shall be constructed on any lot prior to the construction of the principal building to which it is accessory. The following regulations shall apply to uses in all residential districts:
(A) Accessory buildings and structures. Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall not be erected or altered in required yards, courts or other open areas, except those that are herein permitted as obstructions in yards, courts or other open areas.
(B) Detached accessory buildings provisions. Except as herein otherwise required for a specific accessory use, detached accessory buildings, as herein permitted as obstructions in required rear yards, shall:
(1) Be not more than one story or 15 feet in height, whichever is lower;
(2) Cover not more than 30% of the area of the rear yard; and
(3) Be located not less than five feet from a lot line of adjoining lots, except:
(a) On corner lots, not nearer to the lot line that the distance of the required side yard for the lot adjoining the rear lot line and not nearer to the side street line the distance required for a side yard adjoining a street, or in the case of a reverse corner lot, the required front yard on the lot adjoining the rear lot line; and
(b) On through lots that do not have a rear lot line adjoining a no-access strip, not nearer to the rear lot line adjoining a street than the distance required for a front yard.
(C) Detached accessory buildings; other restrictions.
(1) No detached building accessory to a single-family detached dwelling hereafter erected or altered at any location on a lot shall be more than one story of a building with a flat roof, or 20 feet for a gable, mansard or gambrel roof, nor shall it be nearer than ten feet from the principal building on the lot.
(2) No detached accessory building hereafter erected or altered shall project nearer to a lot line adjoining a street than the distance equivalent to the shortest distance between the lot line and the nearest wall of the principal building, except an attached private garage may project nearer to a lot line adjoining a street.
(1983 Code, § 9-1-10) (Ord. 09-07, passed 9-8-2009)