Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. before main building
No accessory building shall be constructed upon a building site until the construction of a main building has actually been commenced; and no accessory building shall be used unless the main building on a lot is completed and used.
- Garage setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from alley line5 ft
If a garage is entered from an alley, it shall not be closer than five feet to the alley line in any district.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building area as percentage of main structure50 pct
Accessory buildings permitted in rear yards of residential areas shall not exceed a combined total of 50 percent of the main structure.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in residential districts15 ft
Accessory structures shall not exceed 15 feet in height in any residential district.
- Minimum side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when adjacent to residential5 ft
In nonresidential districts, no setback from side or rear lot lines shall be required, except the minimum side and rear yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential district shall be five feet.
From the ordinance
Accessory structures shall not exceed 15 feet in height in any residential district. In nonresidential districts, no setback from side or rear lot lines shall be required, except the minimum side and rear yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential district shall be five feet.