(A)   Compatibility.  

      (1)   Accessory uses and structures shall only be allowed and must be compatible with the principal use and/or structure of the lot on which they are located and allowed pursuant to the underlying zone, and shall not be established prior to the establishment of the principal use and/or structure, and shall not be allowed to remain after its removal.

      (2)   Where an accessory structure is structurally attached to a main building it shall be subject to, and must conform to, all regulations of this chapter applicable to the main building.

      (3)   The keeping, caring and/or husbandry of farm animals, poultry, pigeons or livestock shall not be an allowed accessory use.

   (B)   Location. Accessory uses may be located in only as provided in Table 19.

   (C)   Standards.

      (1)   All accessory uses shall conform to the standards in Table 20. Except as noted in Table 19, an accessory structure shall only be located in the rear yard. No more than three accessory structures shall be permitted on any zoning lot less than 10,000 square feet and no more than four accessory structures shall be permitted on any zoning lot 10,000 square feet or greater.

      (2)   On a corner lot or reverse corner lot, no accessory building shall be located in the front or corner side yard. When this requirement will make it impossible to build an accessory structure, a property owner shall be permitted to construct an accessory structure no closer to the side lot line abutting a street than two thirds the required front yard on the adjoining lot. In no case, shall it be permitted to construct an accessory structure beyond the building line established for the main building.

   (D)   Wind energy conversion systems. No wind energy conversion systems shall be permitted in the village.

   (E)   Dish antennas (earth stations). Requirements for satellite dish antennas shall be as provided in Chapter 49.

   (F)   Other television or radio towers or antennas. Other radio or television towers or antennas as accessory uses shall not have an antenna height exceeding 55 feet, shall not be more than three feet from the principal building and shall not be so position as to be a hazard to any utility line.

   (G)   Decks, patios, porches, gazebos and sheds.

      (1)   These types of accessory structures shall be subject to the requirements of Table 19 and 20. Decks or patios that are enclosed by windows or screens and a permanent roof that is attached to the principal building shall comply with the district bulk requirements set forth for the principal building.

      (2)   No open porch shall cover more than 20% of the front and/or corner side yard.

      (3)   Playhouses, sheds and gazebos shall not exceed a maximum area of 300 square feet.

   (H)   Dog runs. No more than one enclosed dog run as defined in § 22.011 shall be permitted on any lot in a Residential District. The fence enclosing the run shall be an OPEN OR SEMI-OPEN FENCE as defined in § 22.011, and shall not exceed a maximum of six feet in height and 50 linear feet in sum total length of all sides, and shall be located at least ten feet from all lot lines.

   (I)   Garages, carports and parking.  

      (1)   A detached garage shall not exceed a maximum area of 720 square feet and shall be at least ten feet from the principal structure. Where a detached garage/carport is located in the rear yard, the driveway shall be constructed of a hard surfaced, all weather, dustless material such as asphalt, blacktop, brick or concrete (gravel, asphalt shavings and other similar materials shall be prohibited), that is at least nine feet wide and setback at least three feet from the side and five feet from the rear property lines.

      (2)   Garages, carports and open parking spaces as accessory uses shall be subject to applicable provisions under the off-street parking and loading section of this chapter.

      (3)   There shall be no more than two detached garages per zoning lot in a Single-Family Residential District.

   (J)   Height of accessory structures. No accessory structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of 15 feet from average grade to the ridge line of the roof, except that a tree house may be taller than the highest point of a ground based accessory structure so long as the floor of the tree house does not exceed a maximum height of 15 feet above average grade.

(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019; Ord. 20-O-21, passed 11-17-2020)

   (A)   Obstructions. Court yards and required yards may be obstructed by accessory uses or building projections only as provided in Table 19.

   (B)   Percentage of required rear yard occupied. No accessory structure or structures shall occupy more than 35% of the area of the required rear yard.

   (C)   Vacant through lots. On a vacant through lot, either of the lot lines abutting a street may be established as the front lot line, except that where two or more through lots are contiguous and a front lot line has been duly established by the construction of a building on one lot, the same street lot line shall serve as the front lot line of all such contiguous lots.

   (D)   Corner side yards. The corner side yard shall be defined as the longer of the two frontages on which the property is located. In no case, except as noted in Table 19, shall it be permitted to construct an accessory structure beyond the building line established for the main building.

   (E)   Vision clearance triangle. No building or structure hereafter erected and no planting or other obstruction to the vision of drivers of motor vehicles or pedestrians shall be located:

      (1)   Within a triangular area located at the at-grade intersection of two streets, a street and a railroad or a street and a driveway.

      (2)   The triangular areas shall be formed by the right-of-way lines of the streets or railroads between their intersection and points 15 feet from their intersection along each line, or eight from the intersection of a street and a driveway, and by a straight line connecting these two points. Wherever a right-of-way has an arc, the lot lines are extended to the intersection and the 15-foot measured distance begins from the point where the lot lines are extended to the intersection.

(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 17-O-32, passed 10-3-2017; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019)

   (A)   Standards.

      (1)   No fence shall be erected without having secured a building permit.

      (2)   The use of barbed wire or electrically charged fencing is prohibited in all zoning districts.

      (3)   All metal fences shall be of nine gauge woven wire or its equivalent.

      (4)   Fence posts shall be of an approved material and shall be embedded into tamped earth or concrete to a depth which would assure its structural stability.

      (5)   All fences shall be erected with the finished side facing the adjoining properties or public right-of-way.

      (6)   Solid fencing is allowed only between residential and non-residential districts, and where otherwise specified in this chapter.

      (7)   Slatted chain link fence is prohibited, except in the I-1 Industrial District. Slatted chain link fences may be allowed to enclose or screen garbage dumpsters, outdoor storage areas, and off-street loading.

         (a)   On through lots that are adjacent to non-through lots, and/or in yards with road frontages, fences may not exceed 48-inches, shall not contain any sharp points, and must be an open design; and

         (b)   A vegetative barrier in the side and rear yard and on a lot/parcel not considered a through lot may exceed the maximum height standard.

         (a)   When a rear lot line abuts the rear lot line of an adjoining property, a six-foot tall, open, semi-open or solid fence may be installed up to the corner side property line.

         (b)   When a rear lot line abuts a side lot line of an adjoining property, a six-foot tall open, semi-open or solid fence may be installed so long as it is no closer than half the distance between the corner side lot line and the principal home. An open, semi-open or solid fence may be installed up to the corner side property line so long as the fence height does not exceed four feet.

(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 17-O-32, passed 10-3-2017; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019; Ord. 20-O-21, passed 11-17-2020)

 

(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019; Ord. 20-O-21, passed 11-17-2020)

 

(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 20-O-21, passed 11-17-2020)