Accessory uses are permitted in any zoning district in accordance with the following regulations.
(A) An accessory building, structure or use is a building, structure or use on the same lot or site with, of a nature customarily incidental or subordinate to, and of a character related to the principal use of a structure.
(B) Accessory uses to single-family and two-family dwellings, and multi-family dwellings may not include commercial uses, except as permitted as home occupations in § 152.027.
(C) Residences for watch persons and caretakers are permitted accessory uses to research and industrial uses.
(D) No accessory building shall exceed 35 feet in height, nor shall any accessory building exceed the principal building in height.
(E) An accessory building sharing one or more common walls with the principal building shall be considered part of the principal building for purposes of this chapter, and must meet all yard requirements applied to the principal building.
(F) No detached accessory building shall be located closer than six feet to any other building or mobile home.
(G) No accessory building (except a well house) or recreational structure or use and no dish antenna may extend in front of the real line of a single-family or two-family dwelling or mobile home. Accessory buildings and structures may be built in the front or side yards of other uses if all other requirements of this section are met; provided that no accessory building and no structures which form a major part of the use, such as gasoline pumps or the canopy over them, shall be placed in the required front yard (setback).
(H) No accessory building or recreational structure or use, or dish antenna may extend within three feet of a lot line, nor within 20 feet of a street right-of-way line.
(I) Recreational uses and buildings accessory to multi-family dwellings complexes shall be in accordance with § 152.027. For swimming pools and tennis courts as accessory uses to any residential use, measurement for location and spacing shall be from the edge of the pool for in-ground pools, without raised decks, from the edge of the court markings from tennis courts, and from the edge of the raised portion of the deck for above-ground pools or pools with raised decks.
(J) Fences and walls are permitted as accessory uses, provided that they comply with the following:
(1) For the purposes of this section, a FENCE is a barrier composed of wire, wood, metal, plastic or a similar material, and a WALL is a barrier composed of brick, stone, rock, concrete block or a similar masonry material.
(2) No fence or wall more than three feet in height, or retaining wall more than five feet in height, which is more than 75% solid, may be placed in any front yard, including along the side lot line or in the yard to the front of any principal building, unless required or specifically authorized in another section of this chapter.
(3) Fences may not exceed seven feet in height, except that in commercial and industrial districts, a fence may not exceed ten feet in height. Fences greater than seven feet in height shall be of an open type similar to woven wire or wrought iron. Fences and walls may exceed the height requirements of this section if required or specifically authorized in another section of this chapter.
(4) Fences and walls are exempt from the setbacks requirements of this chapter.
(5) No fence or wall shall impede vision as regulated in § 152.043.
(6) Fences, if replaced, shall meet the requirements of this section.
(K) Because the proliferation of private satellite dish antennas raised substantive concerns of aesthetics and safety, because their size and appearance differs from other antennas in widespread use, and because they have special reception requirements, special regulations are needed to deal with them. Dish antennas (earth stations) are permitted as accessory uses, provided that they comply with the following regulations.
(1) General requirements.
(a) A building permit is required when installing, moving or substantially constructing or reconstructing a dish antenna.
(b) A dish antenna must be installed in compliance with the manufacturer’s specifications at a minimum.
(c) No dish antenna shall be installed in any public right-of-way or in any drainage or utility easement.
(2) Location in yards. A dish antenna shall be installed in the rear yard only, in all districts.
(3) Setback requirements.
(a) The minimum required setback for dish antennas, from the side line, shall be the same as for the principal building, except on corner lots; on the side abutting the street, the minimum required setback shall be the same as the required front yard setback along that street.
(b) The minimum required setback for dish antennas from the rear lot line shall be six feet or the same as accessory buildings, whichever is greater, but in no case shall any part of the antenna come closer than three feet to the property line.
(c) In districts where there are no side or rear requirements, a minimum setback of six feet from the side and rear lot lines shall be required of dish antennas, but in no case shall any part of the antenna come closer than three feet to the property line.
(d) In all cases, no dish antenna shall be located within ten feet of any street right-of-way.
(1992 Code, § 152.040) (Ord. passed 11- -1988) Penalty, see § 152.999