An accessory building or structure attached to a principal building shall comply in all respects with the yard requirements of this Chapter for the principal building. Detached accessory buildings shall be located in other than a front yard, and if located in a side or rear yard area, shall be set back three feet from any property line.

No detached accessory building, in any residential zone, shall be less than five feet from the principal building.

No accessory building which is intended to be occupied for dwelling purposes shall be constructed before the principal building.

Accessory buildings must be located on the same lot as the principal use to which they are accessory.

No accessory building shall be used for residential purposes by any person or persons, including members of the family of the occupants of the principal building, except by domestic servants or others employed on the premises by the occupant of the principal building.

Within a residential zone district, an entry driveway, or a walkway may cross a front yard area or rear yard. Within a nonresidential zone district, entry driveways and walkways may cross a front yard area. However, within a nonresidential zone district, driveways shall otherwise adhere to the yard requirements for accessory structures. Walkways in a nonresidential zone may be located in a yard area but they shall not encroach into any required buffer.

No credit as off-street parking space shall be given to any driveway area which is nearer than 20 feet to a front property line. (See Section 22-9, subsection 22-9.3, Off-Street Parking).

A porch, deck, patio, or similar structure designed to adjoin or as part of the principal building shall in all cases conform to the yard requirements for the principal building except where the structure has no roof and is constructed not more than one foot above grade, it shall adhere to the yard requirements for an accessory structure.

Construction of any accessory buildings exceeding 100 square feet shall require permits to be issued from the Construction Official.

A fee of $25 shall be paid to the Borough of Keansburg for a permit to allow for the installation of any accessory buildings 100 square feet or less.