Title 17 LAND USE
Chapter 17.120 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
17.120.020 Accessory structures.
Accessory structures incidental to a principal use or
principal structure are permitted provided:
A. Accessory structures may be built anywhere that a
principal building may be built, and may be built to occupy up to thirty (30)
percent of a required rear yard and/or the back fifty (50) percent of a required
side yard, and provided further that no accessory building in a required side or
rear yard shall be within fifteen (15) feet of a public street right-of-way
line.
B. Except in the Agricultural One, Two, Three and Four Zone
Districts, no accessory building shall be built within five (5) feet of any other
building on the parcel unless the adjacent walls of both are of eight (8) inch solid
masonry or equal construction.
C. Except on farms in the Agricultural One, Two, Three and
Four Zone Districts, accessory buildings to be built in required rear or side
yards may not be built within five (5) feet of a rear or side lot line, unless the
wall facing said rear or side lot lines shall be of eight (8) inch solid masonry or
equal construction, contain no openings, have no roof overhang, and roofs shall
not discharge water on adjacent parcels.
D. Temporary real estate signs indicating property is for
sale or rent may be placed anywhere on the premises provided they meet all
other requirements of
Section 17.116.050(C).
E. No mobile home or trailer home structures, truck
trailers, or railroad cars shall be utilized as accessory buildings
regardless of purpose except the same may be allowed on parcels of no less
than eight (80) acres in size which are, in addition, located in an
agricultural zone district. These accessory buildings, where allowed,
shall be set back not less than two hundred (200) feet from any property
line. Nothing in this paragraph E shall prohibit nor limit
contractor's and business' use of licensed, operable truck trailers.