Bridgeport City Zoning Code

An accessory use is permitted if it is listed as a permitted accessory use in the district use provisions. Accessory uses not listed as such are not permitted, except when the Zoning Officer determines a use qualifies as "subordinate and customarily incidental to" the principal use of the subject tract.

Accessory uses, when permitted, are subject to the district regulations, the provisions of the uses regulations established herein, and all other applicable sections of this chapter.

Accessory uses must be subordinate to a principal permitted use on the lot and may not in any case be a principal use.

Any proposed use that is accessory to a use that is permitted by conditional use, special exception, or variance shall require the same type of approval.

Boardinghouse. A residential use in which a maximum of 12 rooms that do not meet the definition of a lawful dwelling unit are rented for habitation or a dwelling unit includes greater than the permitted maximum number of unrelated persons. A boardinghouse shall not include a use that meets the definition of hotel/motel, residential care facility, bed-and-breakfast home, or group home. A college fraternity or sorority house used as a residence shall be considered a type of boardinghouse. A boardinghouse may either involve or not involve the providing of meals to residents but shall not include a restaurant, dine-in open to the public unless the use also meets the requirements for a restaurant, dine-in. A boardinghouse shall primarily serve persons residing on site for five or more consecutive days. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Multifamily building/unit. A multifamily dwelling is a single, detached, residential use or building containing at least three separate dwelling units, with units arranged in a variety of combinations, including side-by-side, over-and-under, or back-to-back with another dwelling unit. When contained in mixed-use building, "multifamily building/unit" shall refer to at least one dwelling unit contained in a single building containing other uses. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Single-family detached dwelling. A dwelling unit designed and used exclusively as the residence for only one family unit, that is the only dwelling unit located on the parcel it is situated on, and that is not attached to any other structures or dwelling units, except accessory structures permitted in this chapter. A single-family detached dwelling may be a mobile/manufactured home.

Single-family semi-detached dwelling (twin). A dwelling unit in which one side wall is a vertical unpierced fire-resistant wall in common with a neighboring dwelling unit designed so that the vertical party wall separates two families, and acts as the lot line dividing the properties, but it is otherwise surrounded by required yard areas.

Two-family detached dwelling (duplex). A building having two separate dwelling units where each unit shares one and only one common partition. Both dwelling units are located on a single parcel and are under common ownership.

Single-family attached dwelling (townhouse). One dwelling unit that is attached to two or more dwelling units, and with each dwelling unit being completely separated from and attached to each other by unpierced vertical fire-resistant walls. Each dwelling unit shall have its own outside access. Side yards shall be adjacent to each end unit.

Group home. A dwelling unit operated by an individual, family or organization with a program to provide a supportive living arrangement for individuals where special care is needed by the individual served due to age, emotional, mental or physical handicap. This definition shall expressly include facilities for the supervised care of developmentally disabled persons and all persons subject to protection under the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988. [Note: The Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments defined "handicap" as follows: "1) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities; 2) a record of having such an impairment; or 3) being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance as defined in Section 802 of Title 21." This definition was subsequently adjusted by Section 512 of the Americans With Disabilities Act to address certain situations related to substance abuse treatment.] Group homes must be licensed where required by any appropriate government agencies, and a copy of any such license must be delivered to the Zoning Officer prior to the initiation of the use.

Mobile home park. A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more lots, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the placement thereon of mobile homes. A mobile home park is permitted only by conditional use, where such use is permitted. The burden of providing compliance with these standards shall be on the applicant.

Adult use. A building or portion thereof that includes an adult bookstore, adult live entertainment facility, adult movie theater, or similar use where specified sexual activities are performed or where specified anatomical areas are viewed by persons other than the artist and one other person with the consent of the client.

After-hours club. A commercial use that permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. and that involves some form of monetary compensation paid by such persons for the alcohol or for the use of the premises, provided the applicant proves compliance with State Act 219 of 1990.

Athletic/health club. A building, facility or structure, which, through membership and/or compensation, offers facilities and programs operated by a nongovernmental agency for athletic, health or recreational workout and training, including, but not limited to, gymnasiums, exercise and weight rooms, game courts, locker rooms, jacuzzi and sauna, reduction and tanning salons, weight control programs, classes, group instruction, and accessory pro and health food snack shops:

Bank. A building or portion thereof where the primary use is the processing of credit or monetary transactions, including a savings and loan association, credit union, and other financial establishment.

Brewery/distillery/winery. A facility for the production, packaging and sampling of alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, cider and distilled liquors, for retail or wholesale distribution, for sale or consumption on- or off-premises, and which produces 100,000 gallons or more of such beverages per year.

Car wash. A building, structure or area of land with machine- or hand-operated facilities used principally for the cleaning, detailing, polishing, washing or waxing of motor vehicles:

Convenience store. A building or portion thereof where retail trade that is not specialized in a particular product occurs. An array of different items, including but not limited to take-out coffee, tobacco and tobacco-related products, dairy products, delicatessen, dry goods, prepared foods for eat-in or carry-out, prepackaged food, grocery items, newspaper items, and similar product lines may be present. A convenience store involving the sale of gasoline shall be regulated as an auto service station. Such use shall be distinct from retail establishment when the following criteria are met:

Dry cleaners or laundromat. A business specializing in or providing on-site processing for laundry, dry-cleaning, and/or clothes pressing. Self-service (coin or card operated) facilities are included in this category.

Event facility. A location, building, site or structure which is used as a place for the purpose of accommodating a group of diners, patrons, guests, or other attendees for functions such as banquets, wedding receptions, parties, entertainment, meetings, conferences, performances, and/or similar gatherings.

Firing range. A parcel of land used for the purpose of discharging firearms at fixed and/or moving targets or flying targets. The following standards shall be met:

Funeral home. A building or portion thereof used for human funeral services or wakes. Such facilities may contain provisions for chapel, embalming, viewing, and other services used in preparation of the deceased, including the storage of caskets, supplies, and funeral vehicles.

Hotel/motel. Overnight lodging including hotels, motels, inns, and similar uses where guests may rent a room on a nightly basis for a fee. The following additional standards shall be satisfied:

Massage therapy establishment. Any place in the Borough where massage therapy is administered for the payment of a fee or other compensation or consideration, but not including a hospital, nursing home, medical clinic or the office of a physician, surgeon, physical therapist, chiropractor, or osteopath currently licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and including barbershops or practices licensed by the Department of Cosmetology, or any athletic program of accredited junior and senior high schools or colleges in which a massage is administered by a trainer within the scope of such athletic program. The following additional standards shall be satisfied:

Medical marijuana dispensary. A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) to dispense medical marijuana. The term includes the facility from which medical marijuana is dispensed.

Microbrewery/microdistillery/microwinery. A facility for the production, packaging and sampling of alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, cider and distilled liquors, for retail or wholesale distribution, for sale or consumption on- or off-premises, and which produces a combined total volume less than 100,000 gallons of such beverages per year. This shall include "nanobreweries."

Mixed-use building. A building which contains both residential dwelling unit(s) and at least one nonresidential use. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Parking structure. A building or structure designed and used for the parking of motor vehicles open to customers, patrons or tenants of a business or residence, all or parts of which may be above or below ground. Parking structures shall be constructed to the following minimum standards indicated below:

Personal care business. A personal care business requires direct, physical contact with the customer in the performance of a personal service. Such uses generally require a license from the Commonwealth Department of Professional Occupations. Personal care businesses may include: barbers, beauticians, nail manicurists, estheticians, tanning salons, and tattoo parlors. See "massage therapy establishment."

Professional service business. Such use shall include businesses which typically offer service in conjunction with the sale of goods. Such uses differ from retail or office business in that the customer area is usually separated from the service area, and some form of laboratory, fabrication area or processing area is necessary. Such use includes, but is not limited to, shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops, tailor, photography studio, copying service, eyeglass labs, and other similar uses, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. This use does not include auto repair garage.

Recreation, indoor. A building or portion thereof providing private or public walk-in or regularly scheduled recreation-oriented activities in an indoor setting. Examples of such facilities include, but are not limited to: arcade, billiard hall, bowling alley, and skating rink.

Recreation, outdoor. Land or facilities providing daily or regularly scheduled recreation-oriented activities in an outdoor setting. Examples of such facilities include, but are not limited to: golf course or driving range; and sports or athletic fields and stadiums. Does not include outdoor or drive-in theaters or automobile or animal racing tracks.

Restaurant, dine-in. A building or portion thereof where food and beverages are sold for direct consumption on the premises to persons seated within the building. Customers are normally served by a restaurant employee while seated at the table or counter at which said items are consumed. A dine-in restaurant may include carry-out services, but shall not include establishments where food service is subordinate or incidental to the consumption of alcoholic beverages, entertainment, or to the sale of merchandise or non-food-related services. See also "restaurant, take-out" and "microbrewery/microdistillery/microwinery."

Restaurant, take-out. A building or portion thereof where food and beverages are sold primarily in containers for take-out and where the food/beverages are primarily consumed off-site. Customers generally pay for their food/beverage prior to consumption either at a counter or by paying ahead of time via computer/phone. Limited sit-down service may be provided when it is incidental to the take-out function and does not occupy more than 20% of the gross leasable floor area of the use. See also "restaurant, dine-in" and "microbrewery/microdistillery/microwinery."

Retail establishment. A building or portion thereof involved in the sale, lease, or rental of new or used products, not including vehicle or machinery sales/rental. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Storage facility (self-service). A building, structure or group of buildings and structures consisting of or containing varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled access stalls or spaces, for the storage of business, private, or household goods.

Studio. The workshop and/or gallery of an artist, sculptor, photographer, or performance artist (musician, actor, dancer, etc.). Such use may be open to the public and offer educational events, private lessons, and may include the retail sale of artist work. Such use shall also include a martial arts studio or similar use.

Supermarket. A retail store devoted to the sale of food goods and associated household products customarily incidental to food shopping activity. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Tavern/bar/nightclub. Any building or portion thereof wherein alcoholic beverages are served or sold at retail for consumption on the premises, of which the principal business is the sale of such beverages, and where the sale of such beverages comprises at least 75% or more of gross receipts.

Theater. Any building or portion thereof that is used primarily for the screening of films or for the viewing of live performances such as dance, dramatic, oratorical, musical, or similar performance art. Theaters generally have a stage or dais that is distinct from the area where the general audience is located; tickets are generally required for entry to events. Such use may include associated offices, ticket windows, and limited food/beverage service when licensed by the appropriate agency.

Cemetery. An area of land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, dedicated for such purposes and licensed by the state authority having jurisdiction. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Conservation/recreation. An area of land which is dedicated or deed-restricted for open space, forest, stream, or wildlife preservation, or for some other general conservation purpose. Such use shall also include a publicly owned or publicly operated recreational facility or park.

Day care facility. A day nursery, nursery school, kindergarten, or other agency giving day care to children, senior citizens, or disabled persons. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Educational institution. A facility, building, lot, parcel, use, or group of facilities, buildings, and uses that provides a broad educational curriculum to individuals enrolled therein, and is licensed by the State Department of Education, including private and public kindergartens, elementary, junior and senior high schools, colleges, universities, theological schools, and trade schools. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Emergency services. A facility, building, lot, parcel, use, or group of facilities, buildings, and uses that provide for ambulance, fire, police, rescue, and other emergency services of a municipal or volunteer nature. May include a supporting social club building or facility. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Government facility. A use owned by a government, government agency or government authority for valid public health, public safety, mail distribution or similar governmental purpose, and which is not owned by Bridgeport Borough. This term shall not include uses listed separately in this section. This term shall not include a prison or a recycling center.

Hospital. A use involving the diagnosis, treatment or other medical care of humans that includes, but is not limited to, care requiring stays overnight. For a medical care use that does not involve any stays overnight, see "medical office or clinic." A hospital may involve care and rehabilitation for medical, dental or mental health, but shall not primarily include housing or treatment of the criminally insane or persons actively serving an official sentence after being convicted of a felony. A hospital may also involve medical research and training for health care professionals.

Library, museum, or community center. A facility, building, lot, parcel, use, or group of facilities, buildings, and uses that is open to the general public or a subset thereof (e.g., senior citizens) for educational, social or recreational programs and other community uses, and owned and operated by a civic, educational, municipal, philanthropic, religious, or tax-exempt entity.

Membership club. A building or portion thereof that houses the headquarters or meeting place of members of a non-profit organization where educational, recreational, civic, social, fraternal, religious, political, or labor union activities take place. Only members of the organization or authorized guests shall attend events at the club. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Place of worship. A church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or other place of religious worship, including any accessory use or structure, such as administrative facilities, education or day care facilities or dwelling(s) located on the same lot. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Plant nursery. The outdoor raising of plants, shrubs and trees for sale and transplantation.

Residential care facility. A facility in which residents that are elderly, ailing, or recovering from illness/injury reside within rentable rooms or dwelling units and where they have access to skilled medical care and are provided supervision or assistance with activities of daily living. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation facility. Such a use shall include a building, structure, or use in which the treatment of persons for substance abuse or addiction to drugs or alcohol is performed. Included in this definition is the dispensing of an agent in decreasing doses to an individual to alleviate adverse physiological or psychological effects incident to withdrawal from the continuous or sustained use of an opiate and for assisting patients in reaching and maintaining a narcotic drug-free state of detoxification.

Swimming pool, non-household. A man-made area with walls of man-made materials intended to enclose water in which the depth exceeds 24 inches for bathing or swimming and that does not meet the definition of a "household swimming pool." The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Co-working space. A building or portion thereof containing desks or other workspaces and facilities that involves a shared working environment for people who are usually not employed by the same organization. Co-working sites typically operate on a membership basis, though co-working sites may host classes or events which are open to the public or to prospective members. Common facilities such as a kitchen, meeting rooms, and the like shall be permitted.

Office, business/professional. A building or portion thereof consisting of facilities for the conducting of business by employees and which may involve public access or appointment-only customer/client interaction.

Medical office or clinic. An office which offers scheduled appointments or walk-in service for the examination, diagnosis and/or treatment of medical or dental concerns for outpatients. Such facilities may include a reception/waiting area, examination rooms, X-ray or other imaging facilities, employee breakrooms, and pharmacy facilities. Patients may remain on the premises overnight when medically necessary.

Research facility. A building or portion thereof consisting of facilities wherein the conducting of scientific or medical research, investigation, experimentation or testing takes place. Such facilities shall not include the manufacture, production, or sale of products.

Animal care. A business dedicated to the care of dogs, cats, or other common household pet. Such use may include veterinary care and the overnight boarding, breeding, grooming, sale, training, and the like for household pets. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Artisan manufacturing. A business specializing in the manufacture and production of goods created on-site by a craftsperson using hand tools and/or small-scale, light mechanical equipment. Examples of such work include pottery, fiber crafts, sculpture, leathercraft, jewelry, soaps, metalwork, cabinetry, stained glass, textile production, candle-making, and hand-made food products. Artisan manufacturing may also include display and retail sale of such goods produced on site. Artisan manufacturing may also include demonstration of and instruction in the production processes.

Assembly plant. A building, structure, or use engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, and distribution of such products, but excluding fundamental industrial processing.

Auto, boat and/or mobile/manufactured home sales. A business specializing in the retail sale or rental of new or used automobiles, trucks, and the like.

Auto repair garage. An area where repairs, improvements and installation of parts and accessories for motor vehicles and/or boats are conducted that involves work that is more intense in character than work permitted under the definition of "auto service station."

Auto service station. An area where gasoline is dispensed into motor vehicles and where no repairs are conducted, except work that may be conducted that is closely similar in character to the following: sale and installation of oil, lubricants, batteries and belts and similar accessories and safety and emission inspections, and sale of pre-packaged propane.

Building supply or lumber yard. A business involved in the retail sale or wholesale of building supplies such as bricks, concrete, lumber, plumbing, roofing materials, doors, windows, and similar products typically purchased for construction and repair of buildings.

Communications facility. The antennas, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications services. Such equipment must comply with the regulations of § 560-1911, Requirements and standards for communications facilities.

Contractor's office/storage. A facility, building, lot, parcel, use, or group of facilities, buildings, and uses including offices, workshops, and/or storage of materials for services rendered in the building trades, including carpentry, cement, electric, furniture-making, heating, painting, plumbing, roofing, landscaping, and the like. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Junkyard. Land or a structure used for the collection, storage, dismantling, processing and/or sale, other than within a completely enclosed building, of material of one or more of the following types: "junk" (see definition in Article II); three or more junk vehicles that are partly or fully visible from an exterior lot line, dwelling and/or public street (this shall not apply to such vehicles allowed to be stored within the requirements for an auto repair garage or auto service station); and one or more mobile/manufactured homes that are not in a habitable condition.

Kennel. An establishment licensed by the commonwealth to operate and house cats, dogs, or other permitted household pets, and where grooming, breeding, boarding, training or selling of animals is conducted for profit:

Manufacturing, processing, and production. A facility, building, lot, parcel, use, or group of facilities, buildings, and uses engaged in the manufacture or assembly of products, parts, or materials. The processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, and distribution of such products is included under this use. The following additional standards must be satisfied:

Medical marijuana grower/processor. A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit from the department under this act to grow and process medical marijuana, subject to the following express standards and criteria:

Mineral extraction. The removal from the surface or beneath the surface of the land of bulk mineral resources using significant machinery. This use also includes accessory stockpiling and processing of mineral resources. "Mineral extraction" includes but is not limited to the extraction of sand, gravel, topsoil, limestone, sandstone, oil, coal, clay, shale and iron ore. The routine movement of and replacement of topsoil during construction shall not by itself be considered to be mineral extraction.

Recycling center. A use involving the bulk commercial collection, separation and/or processing of types of waste materials found in the typical household or office for some productive reuse, but which does not involve the actual processing or recycling of hazardous or toxic substances, and which does not primarily involve the processing of nonrecycled solid waste unless the use also meets the applicable requirements for a solid waste transfer facility. This definition shall not include a junkyard.

Solid waste transfer facility. A type of solid waste disposal facility which receives and temporarily stores solid waste at a location other than the generation site, and which facilitates the bulk transfer of accumulated solid waste to a facility for further processing or disposal, and which may or may not involve the separation of recyclables from solid waste.

Warehouse. A facility, building, lot, parcel, use, or group of facilities, buildings, and uses engaged in the storage, wholesale, and/or distribution of manufactured equipment, goods, materials, products, or supplies. The bulk storage of chemicals and materials that are explosive, inflammable or hazardous is strictly prohibited.

Wholesale sales. The sale of goods in large amounts to retailers or supply companies, rather than to consumers directly.

Other uses not expressly permitted. Any one individual use not specifically prohibited that complies with Article XIX, General Regulations, and all other applicable sections of this chapter.

Accessory structure, residential. A building or structure erected for the private use of the owner or occupant of a single-family dwelling unit, which is situated on the same lot as the residence, and used for common household purposes, storage or vehicular parking, including but not limited to a detached garage, storage shed, gazebo, deck, barn, private greenhouse, carport, or shelter for pets. Residential swing sets shall not be considered structures. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Accessory structure, nonresidential. A building or structure erected for uses customarily incidental to a nonresidential use permitted in nonresidential zoning districts and legally established as a principal use of the premises. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Bed-and-breakfast home. A home occupation that offers up to four rooms for rent by paying guests on an overnight basis for periods not to exceed 14 days. A bed-and-breakfast home is permitted only as accessory to an owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Commercial vehicle parking. The parking of pickup trucks, panel trucks, vans and similar vehicles over 3/4 tons capacity on lots or parcels, whether containing advertising or not, which are associated with or instrumental to the operation of a business. Flatbed, truck, semi- and tractor trailers designed, intended, arranged or used for hauling or transporting goods, property or equipment shall be included in this definition. Commercial vehicle parking is permitted in all districts if the following additional regulations are satisfied:

Communications antenna/tower. A structure used for transmitting or retransmitting electronic signals, and the nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications services. Communications antennas shall include, but are not limited to, antennas used for cellular telephone communications. Such equipment must comply with the regulations of § 560-1911, Requirements and standards for communications facilities.

Daycare home, family or group. A facility located in a single-family detached dwelling or in a dwelling unit other than the child's own home where the child care areas are being used as a family residence, operated for profit or not for profit, in which child day care is provided to children who are not relatives of the caregiver. Includes both family day care (six or fewer children) and group day care (more than six children but fewer than 12). The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Drive-through facilities. A building, design, facility, or structure, or portion thereof, from which a business, product or service is transacted, or is capable of being transacted, directly with customers located in a motor vehicle during the transaction. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Fences, walls, and berms. Any constructed barrier or structure of any material or combination of materials, erected to enclose or screen areas of land which may be located within the yard requirement of the zoning district. Fences, walls, and berms are permitted in all zoning districts if the following additional regulations are satisfied:

Garage sale. The accessory use of a residential lot for the occasional sale or auction of only common household goods and furniture and items of a closely similar character. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Home occupation. A routine, accessory and customary nonresidential use conducted within or administered from a portion of a dwelling or its permitted accessory building. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Keeping of pets. A pet is a privately owned companion animal that is kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes (not intended for research or resale). A household pet includes the following animal groups only: dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, fish, hedgehogs, rabbits, rodents, reptiles and amphibians. Nothing herein shall prohibit the keeping of an emotional support animal, Seeing Eye dog, service animal, or medically supportive animal.

Livestock. The keeping of animals other than domesticated pets and fowl/poultry shall be limited to lots of at least one acre in size and shall be limited to two heads of livestock per acre, with the exception of horses, which shall be limited to one horse per acre. Riding academies, livery or boarding stables, and commercial kennels are not included in this provision.

Mobile food vending. Vending, serving, or offering for sale food and/or beverages from a mobile food vending unit. The following requirements shall be satisfied:

No-impact home-based business. A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves no customer, client, or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery, or removal functions to and from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity shall satisfy the following requirements:

Outdoor dining. Outdoor dining shall be permitted as an accessory use on the same premises as a licensed food establishment (restaurant) that has indoor seating.

Outdoor storage and waste disposal. The outdoor keeping of junk, material, merchandise, or any goods in an unroofed or open area, or unenclosed building for more than 24 hours. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Parking lot. A surface level area designed according to the standards of this chapter and used for the parking of motor vehicles to serve accessory to the principal use on the lot. Parking lots utilized by uses established on the premises where the parking occurs are permitted as accessory uses for all nonresidential principal uses, as well as multifamily building, provided:

Recreational vehicle storage. The keeping of a vehicle built on a single chassis; 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; designed primarily not for use a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Refuse collection facilities. An enclosed area for the storage of household or commercial refuse and recyclable materials pending removal from the site. Refuse collection facilities may either be located inside the building(s) or within an area enclosed by either walls or opaque fencing and permitted in all zoning districts, according to the following provisions:

Renewable energy systems. Solar, small-scale wind, and geothermal energy facilities are permitted as accessory uses in all zoning districts.

Rooftop dining. The use of a rooftop area for the consumption of food or beverages by a licensed food establishment (restaurant) that has indoor seating.

Satellite dishes or antennae.

Short-term rental. A transient vacation rental or use in which overnight accommodations are provided in single-family detached dwellings to guests for compensation. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Swimming pool, residential. A body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than 24 inches which is primarily used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing. Wading pools are exempt from these provisions and are considered temporary pools if made of plastic, light metal, or other light-duty materials which do not exceed a full volume depth of 24 inches at the lowest point, and which are completely emptied of water when not in use. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Unit for care of relative. A dwelling unit that is created for and limited to occupancy by a relative of the permanent residents of the principal dwelling unit and is necessary to provide needed care and supervision to such relative. The following additional regulations must be satisfied:

Water feature. An artificial body of water accessory to the principal use on the property that is not required for retention or detention purposes and does not meet the definition of "swimming pool, residential." Water features may be of a recreational or decorative nature, and may include koi ponds. Water features are permitted in all zoning districts if the following additional regulations are satisfied:

Such other accessory use or structure that the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer is clearly customary and incidental to a permitted by right, special exception or conditional principal use.