(A) Accessory building.
(1) No accessory building shall be used for residential purposes except as otherwise permitted per the Madison County Zoning and Building Codes.
(2) A building permit may be issued for an accessory structure on a tract of ground with no primary structure if the applicant concurrently submits a building permit application for a primary structure on the same tract of ground.
(3) On non-urban tracts of land in the Agricultural District, prior to issuance of a permit for an accessory structure intended for agriculture purposes on a tract of ground with no primary structure, the applicant shall complete an agricultural exemption form confirming that the accessory structure will only be used for agriculture purposes.
(4) In the Agricultural and Residential Districts, the applicant shall submit an affidavit demonstrating that the structure will not be utilized for commercial or residential use unless otherwise authorized via a zoning certificate.
(5) Modular homes are not permitted as accessory structures.
(B) Access to public street. Except as otherwise provided for in this zoning code, every building shall be constructed or erected upon a lot or parcel of land which abuts upon a public street, private street, or private lane, provided regulations for private streets or private lanes, as per the Madison County Subdivision Code, are met.
(C) Bulk of building. All buildings and structures shall conform to the building regulations established herein for the district in which each building shall be located, except that parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, stacks, and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be permitted to exceed the maximum height provisions when erected in accordance with this code and all other applicable ordinances of the county.
(D) Emergency and temporary occupancy. No temporary structure (including mobile homes) shall be used or occupied for any residential, commercial or industrial use except as specifically permitted or required by this zoning code. However, the Building and Zoning Committee may, upon application therefore, permit the use for up to one year, subject to such conditions as the Building and Zoning Committee deems to be compatible with the character of the area in which the structure is located in compliance with reasonable consideration of the general health, safety and welfare. Such occupancy shall be contingent on an emergency resulting from fire, explosions, or disaster, or in conjunction with construction, demolition or related conditions.
(E) Building, maximum height and exceptions. The height limitations of this zoning code shall not apply to chimneys, water tanks, silos, parapet walls, antennas or necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above the roof level and structure of a similar nature.
(F) Building, one principal building per lot, yards. No part of an area, frontage or yard required for any lot, building or use for the purpose of complying with this zoning code shall be included as an area, frontage or yard for another lot, building or use. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this zoning code, only one principal building shall be permitted on a lot.
(G) Building, use and bulk. No building, structure or premises shall be used or occupied and no buildings or parts thereof or other structures shall be constructed, erected, raised, moved, placed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged or altered and no building shall be occupied by more families or persons than prescribed for the building, structure or premises for the district in which it is located and as otherwise regulated herein, except in conformity with this zoning code.
(H) Materials. No primary structure intended for residential use may have wall exteriors constructed with vertical metal panels, excluding structures within “A” Agriculture Districts on tracts of land two acres or greater in size and approved mobile homes.
(Ord. 2014-18, passed 4-16-2014; Ord. 2016-02, passed 2-16-2016; Ord. 2017-02, passed 6-1-2017; Ord. 2020-02, passed 1-16-2020; Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-5-2024)