A. Accessory Buildings: No accessory building may be located within five feet (5') of an interior lot line, nor within five feet (5') of the rear lot line.
B. Attached Accessory Buildings: Where an accessory building is structurally attached to a main building it shall be subject to, and must conform to, all regulations applicable to such main building.
C. Semidetached Buildings: For purposes of front, side and rear yard regulations, a semidetached two-family dwelling or bungalow court shall be considered as one building occupying a lot.
D. Yard Requirements On Corner Lots: On corner lots the front yard requirement for streets upon which the front of the building faces shall apply. The side yard shall equal to the front yard requirements on lots fronting upon the side streets. No accessory building on the lot regardless of the way it faces, shall project beyond the front yard line of either street.
E. 1. The use of prefabricated containerized transport containers, shipping containers, cargo containers, dry freight containers, semitrailers, or enclosed cargo vancs, as accessory buildings or storage buildings shall not be permitted in the City of Orofino on property within Residential (R2 and R3) and Central Business District (C3) Zones. Mixed Use District (MXD) and Public (P) Zones shall secure a special use permit ot place said units. Said units may be placed on property with the zoning designation of Industrial (C-4) as a permitted use.
2. Special Use Factor: The following factors will be used to consider approval of the special use.
a. Location of containers in respect to setback requirements, containers shall not reduce any number of required parking spaces.
b. Containers shall have similar color and appearance as the primary structure.
c. Containers shall be an accessory use to the primary structure or use.
d. Containers shall only be located on the side and rear portions of the property and positioned in such a way to be the least noticeable to other surrounding property owners.
e. The size of the container is reasonable to the size of the lot for the intended use.
3. This prohibition does not preclude their use in conjunction with bona-fide shipping and transport activities.
F. Recreational Vehicles:
1. Unoccupied Recreational Vehicles: The outside parking of unoccupied recreational vehicles is permitted on property regardless of zone, providing the current use is compliant with all city codes. Said parking shall not interfere with setbacks and shall not extend into the public right-of-way. To be considered unoccupied the recreational vehicle shall not be occupied as living quarters or provide any type of accomodations to include temporary shelter for any length of time.
2. Occupancy Of Recreational Vehicles: No person shall live in or occupy a recreational vehicle or allow any person to live in or occupy a recreational vehicle within the City of Orofino unless said recreational vehicle is located within a legally established recreational vehicle park or recreational vehicle campground, with the following exceptions:
a. The temporary occupancy of a recreational vehicle parked on a residentially zoned property for a period of up to fourteen (14) days is permitted. No residential property shall be permitted more than a total of forty-five (45) days of temporary occupancy during any calendar year.
b. A residential property owner in the City may request an Administrative Permit to site a recreational vehicle to be occupied for temporary living quarters for a period not to exceed one (1) year in the event there is an active building permit on the property for remodel or construction of a permanent dwelling in place. Any such temporary living quarters shall at all times have serviceable water, wastewater and electrical services. The location and sufficiency of any such temporary use recreational vehicle shall be submitted with the site plan for the construction for approval.
3. Violations - Penalties: Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in Section 11-2-18 of this Code. (Ord. 787, 3-8-2016; amd. Ord. 813, 5-25-2021; Ord. 818, 7-26-2022)