This part applies to uses that are customarily incidental and subordinate to a principal use of the same lot. Further this part also applies to any nonhabitable structure that is detached from a principal structure on the same lot that is incidental and subordinate in use and size to the principal structure and principal use of the same lot. Section 155.4302.B, General Standards for All Accessory Uses and Structures, establishes general standards that apply to all allowed accessory uses and structures. Section 155.4302.C, Abbreviations Used in Accessory Use/Structure District Tables, explains the abbreviations used in the tables showing whether a particular type of accessory use or structure is permitted or prohibited within the various zoning districts. Section 155.4303, Standards for Specific Accessory Uses and Structures, establishes a list of allowed accessory uses and structures, along with standards that apply to the accessory uses or structures regardless of the zoning district in which they are allowed or the review procedure by which they are approved, unless expressly stated to the contrary. These standards may be modified by other applicable requirements in this Code. If a use is determined to be an accessory use in a development, and the use is not established in Section 155.4303, Standards for Specific Accessory Uses and Structures, such accessory use shall be subject to the principal use standards in Article 4: Part 2, Principal Uses and Structures, as well as the standards in Section 155.4302.B, General Standards for AllAccessory Uses and Structures.
a. Except as otherwise authorized in Section 155.4403.J, Temporary Use of an Accessory Structure as a Principal Dwelling, an accessory use or structure shall not be established or constructed before the establishment or construction of the principal use or structure.
b. If the principal use or structure is destroyed or removed, the accessory use or structure shall be removed. This includes fences, except those allowed under Section 155.5302.C.1., Fences Prohibited on Vacant Lots.
c. Unless otherwise provided for in a use-specific standard in Article 4: Part 2, Principal Uses and Structures, or in Section 155.4303, Standards for Specific Accessory Uses and Structures, the maximum cumulative aggregate gross floor area of all accessory uses or structures on a parcel shall be 49% of the gross floor area of a principal building or use on the development site.
d. Accessory uses in connection with Sexually Oriented Businesses (155.4224.A.), due to the operational characteristics, shall be limited to the customary accessory uses identified as permitted with the principal use.
Unless otherwise provided for in Section 155.4303 (Standards for Specific Accessory Uses and Structures), accessory uses and structures shall not be located within the following:
a. Any platted or recorded easement;
b. Any required landscape easement or buffer;
c. An area over any known utility;
d. An area designated as a fire lane or emergency access route on an approved site plan;
e. An area designated as a parking area on an approved site plan;
f. A required yard setback;
h. Within 15 feet of a property line abutting a waterway or canal; and
i. Within 25 feet of the historic dune vegetation line.
3. Required Setbacks, Maximum Height and other dimensional standards for Accessory Uses and Structures
Unless otherwise provided for in Section 155.4303 (Standards for Specific Accessory Uses and Structures), accessory uses and structures shall comply with the zoning district's minimum setback standards, maximum height limitations, and all other dimensional standards applicable for a principal
dwelling unit
or structure.
In the tables designating the zoning districts in which an accessory use or structure is allowed, the following abbreviations apply:
1. An "A" indicates that the use or structure is allowable as an accessory use or structure by right in the corresponding zoning district, subject to compliance with Section 155.4302.B, General Standards for All Accessory Uses and Structures, any standards set forth for the specific use or structure, and all other applicable regulations of this Code.
2. A blank cell indicates that the use is prohibited as an accessory use or structure in the corresponding zoning district.