(a) The following accessory uses are permitted in Multifamily Districts on lots where the main use is a dwelling:
(1) Private garages and private parking areas. Private garages and private open off-street parking areas shall be permitted in Multifamily Districts in accordance with the standards and regulations set forth in Chapter 1172, the minimum distance requirements for accessory uses found in Section 1164.10 and the regulations found in Section 1164.11. If a lot is improved with a single-family dwelling, the provisions of Section 1160.04(a)(1) shall apply.
(2) Parking of commercial vehicles. For lots improved with townhouses or apartments, parking of commercial vehicles shall be permitted for service or delivery only. Such parking or storage of commercial vehicles shall not extend beyond a single twenty-four hour period. For lots improved with a single-family dwelling, the regulations of Section 1164.04(a)(2) shall apply.
(3) Garage sales. Garage sales permitted in Chapter 729 are prohibited in Multifamily Districts, except upon a lot or parcel improved with a single- family dwelling.
(4) Professional offices and home occupations. Home occupations as well as professional offices that provide an office in the dwelling unit of a person practicing any of the recognized professions, including, but not limited to, accountant, architect, artist, clergyman, dentist, engineer, lawyer, physician, realtor, appraiser, photographer, planner or mental health counselor, may be conducted by such person at his or her residence, provided that the following conditions are met:
A. No person is employed other than members of his or her immediate household.
B. The home occupation or professional office generates no outdoor storage of materials, equipment or vehicles.
C. Such home occupation or professional office occupies no more than twenty-five percent of the total ground floor area of the dwelling unit.
D. The home occupation or professional office is conducted wholly within the dwelling unit whose main use is as a residence.
E. No equipment is used which will create objectionable disturbances beyond the premises.
F. No window display or signboard is used to advertise such occupation, other than a nameplate with a maximum size area of two square feet attached to the dwelling unit, as provided for in Section 1170.04(c)(6). Such nameplate may designate such occupation thereon along with the occupant's name and address.
G. The home occupation or professional office does not change the residential character of the dwelling exterior.
(5) Gardens and household pets. The raising for private use of flowers, fruits, vegetables or nursery stock, and the keeping of household pets, are permitted in Multifamily Residential Districts, provided that:
A. Household pets shall be construed to include dogs, cats, rabbits, canaries, parakeets, fish and other domestic animals and birds, but shall not include snakes, livestock, fowl, mules, donkeys, cows, bulls, swine, sheep, goats or tamed wild animals and wild birds.
B. In addition, the keeping of all permitted animals must conform to the provisions of Chapter 618 of the General Offenses Code.
(6) Storage sheds. Storage sheds shall be permitted to be placed or erected within the rear yard of all single-family and two-family dwellings within Multifamily Districts, subject to the following specific limitations and/or conditions:
A. Storage sheds shall not exceed 120 square feet in area, nor be greater than eleven feet in height from finished grade, except that storage sheds to be placed in rear yards comprising less than forty feet measured from the rearmost part of the rear wall of the dwelling house to the rear property line, shall not be greater than eighty square feet in area, nor be greater in height than ten feet.
B. No part of the storage shed shall be located closer than three feet to a rear or side property line, except in the case of a corner lot, in which case no part of the shed shall be located closer than ten feet to a side line of an abutting residential lot, nor be closer than twenty feet to the street line.
C. Storage sheds shall be wholly of wood or face brick construction.
D. Storage sheds shall be located in accordance with the above and the location shall be approved by the Building Department. If the Building Department, upon viewing the site, determines that a shed placed or erected according to these regulations will be injurious to, or cause a nuisance to, abutting property owners, the Building Department shall not issue a permit. In making such determination the Building Department shall take into consideration the following factors:
1. The size of the lot;
2. The shape of the lot; and
3. The location of the main structure on the lot when compared to abutting properties.
Any person from whom a permit is withheld shall have recourse to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
E. Storage sheds shall be placed or erected on a four-inch concrete pad. Storage sheds shall not have open areas beneath the floor that would attract rodents or other animals.
F. Approved storage sheds shall be permitted to remain on the lot or premises for which a permit was issued, provided such shed is maintained in a good and sound structural condition, is kept neat and clean in appearance and is maintained in accordance with the applicable maintenance provisions of the Building and Housing Code of the City.
G. Two sets of drawings (drawn to scale) are required of the proposed shed along with a completed application form. Drawings are to include a site plan, a foundation plan and elevations of each side. Dimensions are to be clearly noted on the drawings along with a materials list.
H. A permit is required before the placement or erection of a storage shed or the relocation and/or reconstruction of an existing storage shed.
(7) Central air conditioning units. Central air conditioning condensers shall be permitted in any Multifamily Residential District, provided that they are located only in the side or rear yard and do not extend closer to the side or rear lot line than the minimum side or rear setback requirement of the respective zoning district in which the premises are located.
(8) Recreational facilities. Recreational space for multifamily developments is required in accordance with Section 1164.11(c). Recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, patios, picnic grills, playhouses, children's playground equipment and swimming pool cabanas, may be permitted in the side or rear yard of a premises in any Multifamily Residential District. Insofar as possible, all accessory uses should be combined into one structure. Architectural style, materials and colors of accessory buildings should conform to that of the main use structure. All recreational facilities shall meet the minimum side and rear setback requirements of Section 1164.10. In addition, all swimming pools must meet the requirements of Chapter 1363 of the City's Building and Housing Code.
(9) Landscaping.
A. Landscaped areas, exclusive of buildings, driveways and parking areas, shall not be less than fifty percent of the total land area in multifamily development, as regulated in Section 1164.07, the schedule of area, yard and height regulations.
B. Required screening and buffering shall be as regulated in Section 1164.12.
(11) Recreational vehicles. For lots improved with a single-family dwelling, the regulations pertaining to recreational vehicles in Single-Family Districts shall apply. (See Section 1160.04(a)(3).) For lots improved with townhouses or apartment dwellings, the storage and parking of recreational vehicles shall be permitted only in areas designated as the off-street parking facility for the main residential structure. Such recreational equipment must be owned by an occupant of the main residential structure. All other provisions for recreational vehicles found in Section 1160.04(a)(3) shall apply to Multifamily Districts.
(b) The following accessory uses on lots in which the main building is a public or private school, church or other conditionally permitted nonresidential use are permitted:
(1) Off-street parking.
A. Off-street parking is required, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1172, on the same lot or parcel on which the main building is situated.
B. Compliance with paragraph (b)(1)A. hereof shall be reviewed by the Building Commissioner and either the City Planning Commission or the Architectural Board of Review, as required.
(2) Screening and landscaping in a nonresidential development. Landscaped areas, exclusive of buildings, driveways and parking areas, shall not be less than fifty percent of the total land area in a non-residential development. As a part of meeting this landscaping requirement, the screening and buffering regulations of Section 1164.12 may be applied.
(3) Unattached buildings. Unattached accessory buildings, including detached garages, will be permitted, provided their location conforms to minimum distances as covered under Section 1164.10.
(4) Sales of certain commodities by charitable and religious organizations. Temporary sales of certain commodities by religious and charitable organizations, as regulated by Chapter 763 of the Business Regulation and Taxation Code, are permitted as accessory uses.
(5) Central air conditioning units. Central air conditioning condensers shall be permitted in any Multifamily Residential District, provided that such condensers shall be permitted only in the side or rear yard and shall not extend closer to the side or rear lot line than the minimum side or rear setback requirement of the respective zoning district in which the premises are located.
(6) Recreational facilities. Recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, patios, picnic grills, playhouses, children's playground equipment and swimming pool cabanas, may be permitted in the side or rear yard of a premises in any Multifamily Residential District. Insofar as possible, all accessory uses should be combined into one structure. Architectural style, materials and colors of accessory buildings shall conform to that of the main use structure. All recreational facilities shall meet the minimum side and rear setback requirements. In addition, all swimming pools must meet the requirements of Chapter 1363 of the City's Building and Housing Code.
(Ord. 96-61. Passed 4-21-97.)