(A) Height. No accessory use shall be higher than:
(1) Fifteen feet in any Residential District but may not be higher than the dwelling that is the principal structure to the accessory use.
(2) Twenty-five feet in the Primary Business, Highway Business and General Industrial Districts.
(B) Setbacks. In the:
(1) Primary and Highway Business or General Industrial Districts, no accessory use shall encroach into any part of any yard (front, side, or rear) that is required by the minimum setback regulations of the particular district.
(2) Residential Districts, accessory uses are prohibited in any required front yard, but permitted in any side or rear yard provided such accessory uses are not closer than five feet to any side or rear lot line (the accessory use shall not exceed more than 30% of the available side/rear yard space or a ground floor coverage area in excess of 1,200 square feet whichever amount is less).
(C) Prohibited storage containers. No railroad or train car nor any truck body or shell shall be construed as a storage container unless:
(1) The proposed site is located in the General Industrial District; and
(2) A special use permit has been granted in accordance with § 154.036.
(D) Intermodal containers. Intermodal containers may be located on a site within District C-1, District C-2, or District G-1 in compliance with all regulations for accessory use as set forth in this chapter.
(E) Use as dwelling. Use of any accessory structure as a dwelling is strictly prohibited in every zoning district.
(F) Location on lots or lots of record with common ownership. A special use may be permitted on a lot or lot of record separate from the lot or lot of record on which the principal structure is located, provided that all lots or lots of record are contiguous and all such lots or lots of record have the same common ownership. Such accessory use may be permitted by special use permit that has been granted in accordance with the terms of this chapter. All accessory use shall terminate in the event the lots or lots of record which are improved with the accessory use are conveyed or separated from the common ownership with the lots or lots of record which are improved with the principal structure. Any such accessory use must be removed or terminated prior to any conveyance which terminates the common ownership or the lots or lots of record.
(Ord. O-2014-06, passed 8-11-14; Am. Ord. O-2023-07, passed 5-22-23)