The following regulations shall govern accessory buildings, structures, and uses.

(1)

Accessory buildings, attached and detached garages, structures, and uses shall be compatible with the principal use and shall not be established prior to the establishment of a principal use on a lot.

(2)

Except as otherwise regulated herein, any accessory building or structure hereafter erected, altered, enlarged, or moved on a lot shall conform with the following:

a.

No detached garage or accessory building shall be nearer than five feet from the nearest portion of any other building on the lot.

b.

All detached garages and accessory buildings must comply with the front yard and corner side yard setback requirements as described within each zoning district.

c.

No detached garage or accessory building directly adjacent to a principal building shall be less than eight feet from any interior side lot line and ten feet from the principal building.

d.

When a detached garage or accessory structure is located to the rear of the closest perpendicular line of the principal building, no detached structure shall be less than the distance described in this chapter from the principal structure.

(3)

No detached garage or accessory building accessory to a residence shall have more than one story or exceed 14 feet in height, measured from floor to peak of roof. The Building Division Director may authorize a greater building height not to exceed 22 feet for detached garages which are located in a district listed on the National Register of Historic Places or in an Historic Overlay District, but only in order to construct a roof pitch to be compatible with the roof pitch of the principal building.

(4)

Attached garages shall be considered part of a principal building and shall comply with the setbacks for a principal building.

(5)

Detached garages shall comply with the setbacks for accessory buildings.

(6)

No accessory building accessory to a one or two family residence shall be greater than 120 square feet in area. No detached garage accessory to a one- or two-family residence shall be greater than 750 square feet in area. No attached garage accessory to a one- or two-family residence shall be greater than the gross living area of the principal building as defined in Section 42-119.

(7)

For each dwelling unit in a single- or two-family residence there shall be no more than one accessory building and no more than one detached garage.

(Code 1976, § 18.32.090)