(a) Defined. "Accessory use" means any purpose for which a building, structure, or a tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained, or occupied which:
(1) Is customarily incidental and subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principal building, structure, or use which it serves.
(2) Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building, structure, or use, with the single exception of such accessory off-street parking facilities as are permitted to locate elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the building or use.
(b) Permitted Accessory Uses - Residential and Office. The following accessory uses are permitted in each Residential District and the Residential Office District:
(1) Private garages or carports.
(2) A structure for storage incidental to a permitted use.
(3) A guest house, without kitchen facilities, or rooms for guests in an accessory building, provided such facilities are used for the occasional housing of guests of the occupants of the principal building, and not as rental units or for permanent occupancy
(4) A swimming pool, bath house, and other recreational facilities designed for the use of the occupants of a single-family dwelling and their guests. Swimming pools shall comply with the following conditions and requirements :
A. The pool shall comply with the side yard requirements of the Zoning District in which it is located.
B. The swimming pool, or the entire property on which it is located, shall be walled or fenced to prevent uncontrolled access by children from the street or from adjacent properties. Such fence or wall shall not be less than six feet in height and maintained in good condition with a gate and lock.
(5) A child's playhouse, tree house, birdhouse.
(6) Statuary, arbors, trellises, barbecue equipment, flag poles, fences, play equipment, nonmechanical laundry drying equipment, walls and hedges.
(7) Fallout shelters.
(8) Another structure or use customarily found in conjunction with and required for full utilization and enjoyment of the principal use, and which meets the definition of accessory use.
(c) Permitted Accessory Uses - Commercial and Industrial Districts. In a commercial or industrial district, any use which is customarily found in conjunction with and required for the full utilization and economic viability of the principal use which meets the definition of accessory use, and which complies to the applicable standards of the district in which it is located is permitted.
(d) Accessory Uses Not Permitted - Residential and Office Districts. None of the following shall be permitted as an accessory use in a Residential or Office District:
(1) Overnight parking or outdoor storage of trucks, tractors, over three- fourths ton rated capacity, or buses.
(2) Outdoor storage, unless specifically permitted by the specific zoning district regulations.
(e) Standards.
(1) An accessory building may be erected as an integral part of a principal building or it may be connected thereto by a breezeway or other similar structure.
(2) An accessory building may be erected, detached from the principal building. No detached accessory building shall be erected in any required yard or court, except a rear yard, and shall not occupy more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the area of the required rear yard.
(3) For computing the percentage of occupancy of a rear yard, as required in subsection (e)(2) hereof, if a detached accessory building is connected to the principal building by a breezeway, the ground area of such breezeway shall be considered as a part of the accessory building and be included in the computation.
(4) A detached accessory building shall not exceed twenty-five feet in height.
(5) A detached accessory building shall be at least six feet from the side or rear lot lines.
(6) On a corner lot abutting in the rear the side lot line of a lot in a Residential District, any accessory building or part thereof within twenty-five feet of the common lot line shall not be closer to the side street lot line than the least depth of the front yard required on such other lot fronting the side street; and in no case shall any part of such accessory building be closer to the side street lot line than the least width of the side yard required for the principal building to which it is accessory.
(7) Any accessory building if not located in the rear yard, shall be an integral part of, or connected with, the principal building to which it is accessory, and shall be so placed as to meet all yard and court requirements for a principal building of the same height and other dimensions as such accessory building.
(Ord. 360. Passed 2- 24-75.)
(8) Detached accessory buildings with garage doors shall be served by a paved driveway.
(9) Minimum design requirement for residential paved areas with asphalt are 2" of asphalt and 6" of granular material.
(10) Minimum design requirement for commercial/industrial paved areas are 3" asphalt and 8" of granular material.
(Ord. 1040. Passed 10-23-95.)