§ 47-19.1. General requirements.

A.

No accessory use or structure shall be permitted to be constructed, placed, erected or built on any parcel of land or water, prior to the start of construction of the principal building, except the following:

1.

A fence as permitted by Section 47-19.5. (Temporary Fences).

B.

No accessory use or structure may be located within a required yard specified by the zoning district where the development site is located, unless specifically permitted by the ULDR.

C.

No accessory use or structure shall be permitted to be used if the principal structure is no longer in use.

D.

All accessory uses or structures built in the front yard shall conform to the front and side yard restrictions for residential buildings in the district in which they are built.

E.

No accessory use or structure shall be permitted within a sight triangle except as provided in Section 47-35 of the ULDR.

F.

No accessory use or structure greater than two and one-half (2½) feet in height shall be permitted within five (5) feet of the waterway as measured in accordance with Section 47-2.2.R., unless specifically permitted, and in accordance with the ULDR or when required by the Florida Building Code.

G.

No accessory use or structure shall be permitted to be located in a manner which may cause runoff onto adjacent properties.

H.

No accessory use or structure shall be located on a corner lot within fifteen (15) feet of any side street property line. For other than corner lots, when an accessory use or structure is permitted in the front or rear yard, but is not expressly permitted in the side yard, such accessory use or structure shall be setback from the side property line a minimum distance equal to the required side yard required by the zoning district where the development site is located.

I.

Whenever the principal building is on the rear of the lot, not over twenty-five (25) percent of the front yard area shall be occupied by an accessory use or structure.

J.

An accessory use or structure may be attached to another accessory use or structure. However, in no instance shall the aggregate gross floor area of all accessory uses or structures on a parcel exceed forty-nine percent (49%) of the gross floor area of a principal building on the development site, either individually or together, unless otherwise provided for herein.

K.

When a garage is constructed on a corner lot, the garage must be set back a minimum of eighteen (18) feet from any property line adjacent to a street for the purpose of providing adequate parking or stacking area in the driveway.

L.

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 47-19, the following provisions shall apply. No accessory structure shall be built in the front yard more than one (1) story, or thirteen (13) feet in height. The following accessory buildings will be permitted in residential zoning districts: Private garage, garden house, or structure of the same classification. Within a residential zoning district, no accessory use or structure shall be greater in height than the principal building and in no instance shall the height of an accessory use or structure be greater than twenty-four (24) feet in height except that on lots of greater area than one (1) acre, an accessory building shall not be more than thirty-five (35) feet in height; providing it is located not less than thirty (30) feet from every lot line. The total areas of accessory buildings shall not be greater than thirty-five percent (35%) of the rear yard area. No accessory buildings shall be built closer than ten (10) feet to any rear line which is a street or alley line, or, in the case of corner lots, closer than fifteen (15) feet to any side street line except as otherwise provided herein.

M.

No private garage will be allowed in residential districts in which is conducted any business. One (1) commercial vehicle of not more than one and one-half (1½) tons' weight or capacity may be stored in any private garage in a residential district. Space shall not be leased for a commercial vehicle.

(Ord. No. C-97-19, § 1(47-19.1), 6-18-97; Ord. No. C-99-18, § 5, 3-16-99; Ord. No. C-03-19, § 6, 4-22-03; Ord. No. C-04-2, § 2, 1-12-04; Ord. No. C-04-3, § 2, 2-3-04)