Accessory buildings and uses shall be subjected to the following regulations.
(A) No accessory building or accessory use shall be erected or conducted in any front yard unless such accessory building or accessory use is located at least 300 feet away from the public road or private street upon which the lot involved is located.
(B) No accessory building or accessory use shall be erected or conducted within five feet of any other building or within ten feet of any property line.
(C) No accessory building shall be used for, or occupied as, a dwelling.
(D) Every single-family and two-family dwelling may provide one private garage for use by the occupants of the single- or two-family dwelling. This private garage may be attached to the dwelling or detached from the dwelling. The maximum size of such private garage shall not exceed the greater of 816 square feet or 70% of the floor area of the dwelling unit that it serves, but in no case shall the size of the private garage exceed 1,200 square feet.
(E) Every single-family dwelling and two-family dwelling may have not more than one primary accessory building and one smaller accessory building (noted below as a shed), in addition to the attached or detached garage permitted herein, provided that the following requirements are met:
(1) Accessory building height, as described below, is a measurement of side wall height, and is measured from the existing grade to the bearing point of the roof truss. Total accessory building height, measured from the existing grade to the peak of the roof, may not exceed 35 feet;
(2) On a parcel of property less than two acres in size, accessory buildings are permitted as follows:
(a) One shed, not larger than 120 square feet and not taller than 12 feet in height; and
(b) A primary accessory building that shall not exceed the total area stated as follows, as measured along the exterior walls, nor exceed the height of 16 feet.
1. A parcel one acre in size or smaller - 1,200 square feet;
2. A parcel over one acre but two acres or less in size - 1,500 square feet;
(3) On a parcel of property at least two acres in size, but less than five acres in size, accessory buildings are permitted as follows:
(a) One shed, not larger than 200 square feet and not taller than 12 feet in height; and
(b) A primary accessory building that shall not exceed the total area stated as follows, as measured along the exterior walls, nor exceed the height of 16 feet.
1. A parcel over two acres but three acres or less in size - 1,800 square feet; and
2. A parcel over three acres but less than five acres in size - 2,100 square feet.
(4) On a parcel of property at least five acres in size, but less than ten acres in size, accessory buildings are permitted as follows:
(a) One shed, not larger than 240 square feet and not taller than 12 feet in height; and
(b) A primary accessory building that shall not exceed 2,400 square feet in total area, as measured on the exterior walls, nor exceed a height of 16 feet.
(5)
On any parcel of property ten acres or more in size, three detached, accessory buildings are permitted as follows:
(a) The total square footage of all three accessory buildings shall not exceed 3,520 square feet. The area shall be measured on the exterior walls of each building.
(b) The maximum size of any single accessory building shall not exceed 3,200 square feet.
(c) The maximum height of an accessory building shall not exceed 16 feet.
(d) One of the accessory buildings shall not exceed 320 square feet in size and 12 feet in height.
With clarification that the maximum height of any accessory building is to be measured at the bearing point of the roof trusses on the exterior wall (not the bottom of the roof trusses).
(Ord. passed 7-12-2012, § 4.8; Ord. 14-01, passed 9-11-2014; Ord. 2020-01, passed - -2020; Ord. 22-4, passed 12-8-2022) Penalty, see § 154.999