It is the purpose of Section 1173.06 inclusive of this Ordinance, to regulate accessory uses in order to promote the public health, safety, and welfare. It is the intent of these sections to permit such uses to be established and maintained in a manner which makes them compatible with principal uses and harmonious with uses upon adjacent properties
(a) General Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, an accessory use or structure shall be permitted in association with a principal use or structure provided that:
(1) It shall be forty-five percent (45%) or less of the gross floor area of the principal use or structure.
(2) It shall not contain or be used as a dwelling unit.
(3) It shall meet all yard requirements of the principal use, except as modified by the District Regulations, if applicable.
(b) Dwellings as Accessory Uses. Mobile homes or manufactured housing units shall not be permitted as accessory uses in any district.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1173.02 of this Ordinance, an owner- occupied, single-family dwelling unit may be converted to allow the incorporation of one (1) additional dwelling unit for the exclusive occupancy of an elderly household, a member of which shall be an elderly person related to the owner of the single-family dwelling unit. Such accessory elderly dwelling unit shall be wholly contained within the existing principal building or shall be attached to it by a common wall, floor, or ceiling but shall not include the construction of kitchen facilities. The application for the zoning permit for such conversion shall be accompanied by an affidavit attesting to the owner’s present occupancy of the dwelling unit and to the age and relationship of the elderly person.
(d) Retail Sales and Service as an Accessory Use. Retail sales and services are permitted as accessory uses when clearly incidental to the principal use. With the exception of restaurants in conjunction with a motel, such uses shall be conducted wholly within the principal building and without exterior advertising or display. These activities shall be conducted solely for the convenience of the employees, patients, patrons, students, or visitors and not for the general retail public. In hospitals and clinics, these accessory uses may include drug stores, florists, gift and book shops, and cafeteria institutional settings; office buildings, hotels, country club houses, and airports, such activities may include gift and book shops, restaurants, cafeterias and coffee shops, lounges, pro shops, beauty and barber shops.
(e) Accessory Buildings Used for Storage. Accessory buildings used for storage shall not include the use of temporary structures including tents, trailers, mobile homes, auto or truck bodies, beds, boxes, trailers, truck caps and campers, or railroad cars whether affixed to a permanent foundation or not. Accessory buildings used for storage shall otherwise meet all other zoning setback, height, area, and percent of lot coverage requirements for the particular use or district in which located and shall be maintained in good condition.