Accessory structures, which are not attached to a principal structure, may be erected in accordance with the following restrictions:

When an accessory structure is attached to the principal building, it shall comply in all respects with the requirements of this chapter applicable to the principal buildings.

When the accessory structure is to a principal structure in a commercial zone, and the property abuts a residential zone, there shall be a minimum side yard of 10 feet.

Accessory structures shall comply with front and side yard requirements for the principal structure to which they are accessory, except an accessory structure consisting of a garage may be constructed at the same location as a garage that is removed.

Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, in the event that the property owner desires to replace an existing accessory structure, including a private garage, or in the event a property owner who has a nonconforming lot desires to erect an accessory structure including a private garage, he or she may do so, provided the same is erected no closer than 2 1/2 feet from an alley, whether the same is on the back lot line or the side lot line. Also, under the conditions of this section only, a private garage may be replaced by a larger garage, provided that the same is no larger than 600 square feet whether or not the same exceeds the lot coverage requirements otherwise required for the zone in which the property is located.

In any zone district other than commercial and/or industrial, none of the following types of vehicles or equipment shall be parked or stored on any lot, except in an enclosed garage:

An adequate number of off-street parking spaces shall be required in all developments to accommodate residents, visitors, employees and/or business invites, unless the same can be adequately satisfied by public on-street and/or lot/garage facilities.

Residential parking. A one-car garage and driveway shall count as 2.0 off-street parking spaces, provided the driveway measures a minimum of 18 feet in length between the face of the garage door and the sidewalk, or 25 feet to the curbline. A two-car garage and driveway combination shall count as 4.0 off-street parking spaces, provided the minimum width of the driveway is 20 feet and its minimum length is as specified above for a one-car garage.

The number of required off-street parking spaces for religious use, hospital use, educational use, or any other charitable use, commercial use, or professional building use may be eliminated or reduced if there exists within a zone in which the above uses are permitted uses, within 500 feet of that use, public on-street or off-street parking spaces to satisfy the requirements of § 166-32A(5). The above-enumerated uses must provide the difference if the number of parking lots is below the number required in § 166-32A(5). The spaces provided in the public or private parking lots must be shown to be available for that use on the day or days of greatest use by the above-enumerated uses.

Any nonresidential use not herein set forth expressly or by implication, which shall hereafter be permitted or allowed by legislative act or court decision shall be required to provide, at a minimum, one on-site parking space per employee and one on-site parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area (if the public is invited on the premises for sales of goods or services).

In addition to the requirements set forth below, any business that owns, leases or uses a commercial vehicle or vehicles, or noncommercial vehicles in a commercial manner, in the conduct of business activities shall be required to have one parking space on the business site or one on other property owned by the business within a commercial or industrial zone for each commercial vehicle.

Off-street parking standards table:

Access and space to maneuver shall be sufficient so that no truck need back onto any public street nor across any public sidewalk.

All unloading vehicles shall be requested to be totally located on the site during the loading/unloading process.

Additional loading berths may be waived by the Zoning Officer for any additions to current structures, if the property owner can demonstrate that the existing loading berths will adequately serve the facility and the waiver will not create any additional hazard or inconvenience to the traveling public, pedestrians or adjoining property owners.

The site plan shall clearly indicate both that portion of the parking area to be paved initially and the total parking needed to provide the number of spaces required.

The site plan shall provide for adequate drainage of both the partial and total parking areas.

The portion of the parking area not to be paved initially shall be landscaped with a ground cover to prevent erosion. The ground cover shall be appropriate for soil conditions, water availability and the environment.

Performance guarantee; certificate of occupancy.

Any change of use on a site for which the Zoning Hearing Board may have approved a partial paving of off-street parking areas to a use which requires more parking spaces than are provided on the site shall require submission of a new site plan.

Each off-street parking space shall measure 10 feet in width by 18 feet in length. Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall measure 12 feet in width.

Each off-street loading berth shall measure 10 feet in width by 50 feet in length.

Off-street parking areas shall be oriented to and within a reasonable walking distance of the buildings they are designed to serve.

Off-street parking areas shall be located so as to minimize their adverse impact on the visual environment. To the maximum extent possible, off-street parking areas shall not be visible from a public street.

Access to parking areas shall be designed so as not to obstruct free flow of traffic. There shall be adequate provision for ingress to and egress from all parking spaces to ensure ease of mobility, ample clearance and safety of vehicles and pedestrians.

There shall be to the greatest extent possible safe, adequate, and convenient arrangement of pedestrian pathways, bikeways, roads, driveways, and off-street parking and loading spaces within off-street parking areas. Streets, pedestrian walks, parking areas, and open space shall be designed as integral parts of an overall site design which shall be properly related to existing and proposed buildings, adjacent uses and landscaped areas.

Off-street parking lots shall be located such that the access location is not on the street side of any residential lot, and does not face on to the street side of any other residential lot and is required to be screened from view from adjacent property and right of ways, with a visual barrier as defined in this section.

Access to parking garages and parking areas shall be designed to ensure that entering and exiting vehicles do not disrupt vehicle and pedestrian circulation patterns. At a minimum, all garage doors, ticket machines or entrance gates shall be located so as to allow a minimum of 20 feet clearance from sidewalks and street rights-of-way. Driveways serving such parking areas shall be located at least 60 feet from intersecting street rights-of-way, and joint access to abutting parcels shall be provided wherever practical.

The width of all aisles providing direct access to individual parking stalls shall be in accordance with the requirement specified below. Only one-way traffic shall be permitted in aisles serving single-row parking spaces placed at an angle other than 90°.

Where sidewalks occur in parking areas, parked vehicles shall not overhang the sidewalk. Wheel stops or curbing shall be installed to protect walls, poles, structures, pedestrian walkways or landscaped areas. Wheel stops should be placed within two to three feet from the end of parking spaces.

All off-street parking and other vehicle circulation areas shall be continuously maintained and designed to preclude free flow of stormwater onto adjacent lots, properties, or public streets or ways.

Parking areas shall be suitably landscaped to minimize noise, glare and other nuisance characteristics as well as to improve the environment of the site and surrounding area. Large parking lots shall be broken down into sections as appropriate for the type and size of the development. Sections shall be separated by landscaped dividing strips, berms and similar elements.

Off-street parking areas shall be landscaped and screened from view in accordance with the following standards:

Fences and walls may be combined with landscaping to achieve the required screening.

Lighting.

Upon demonstration to the Zoning Hearing Board that effective alternatives to automobile access are in effect, the Board may reduce, by not more than 50%, the parking requirements otherwise prescribed for any use, or combination of uses on the same or adjoining sites, to an extent commensurate with the permanence, effectiveness and demonstrated reduction in off-street parking demand effectuated by such alternative programs.

Alternative programs that may be considered by the Board under this provision include, but are not limited to, the following:

Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply.

Permitted locations: Charging stations shall be considered accessory structures and allowed and encouraged in all districts, subject to the requirements of this chapter:

General requirements:

Signage.

The use shall be conducted entirely within the inhabitant's dwelling and carried on by the inhabitant thereof and no others. This business or commercial activity shall be 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.

The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and the appearance of the structure shall not be altered or the occupation within the residence be conducted in a manner that would cause the premises to differ from its residential character either by the use of colors, materials, construction, lighting, signs, or the emission of offensive odors, sounds or vibrations that carry beyond the dwelling premises.

No more than one room, or 25% of the dwelling, whichever is greater, may be used for the home occupation.

There shall be no advertising, display or other indications of a home occupation on the premises.

There shall not be conducted on the premises the business of selling stocks of merchandise, supplies or products, provided that orders previously made by telephone or at a sales party may be filled on the premises as long as deliveries are made off the premises. That is, direct sales of products on premises are not allowed.

There shall be no display, storage or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling of inventory of a substantial nature either on the interior or exterior of the premises.

No highly explosive or combustible material shall be used or stored on the premises. No activity shall be allowed that would interfere with radio or television transmission in the area, nor shall there be any offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare noticeable beyond the dwelling premises.

A home occupation shall not create greater vehicle or pedestrian traffic than normal for the district in which it is located.

Parties for the purpose of selling merchandise or taking orders for the property owner's business shall not be held at the property owner's residential premises.

No use of material or equipment not recognized as being part of the normal practice of owning and maintaining a residence shall be allowed.

Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, garage, basement yard, or other similar sales shall not be allowed more than twice each year, and each sale shall not last more than 72 consecutive hours.

Deliveries from commercial suppliers may not be made more than once each week. All goods and/or inventory must be brought to the premises by the owner thereof in a noncommercial vehicle.

The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.

Artists and sculptors.

Authors and composers.

Home crafts for sale off-site.

Office facility of a salesperson, sales representative, or manufacturer's representative, provided that no transactions are made in person on the premises.

Preserving and home cooking for sale off-site.

Telephone solicitation work.

Internet sales.

All uses prohibited as major home occupations.

Minor or major auto repair.

Barbershop.

Carpentry work.

Dance instruction.

Dental offices.

Medical offices.

Painting of vehicles, trailers or boats.

Photo developing, photo studios.

Private schools with organized classes.

Television repair.

Upholstering.

Beauty parlors.

Small engine repairs.

Welding shop.

Other similar uses.

The use shall be conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof.

The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and the appearance of the structure shall not be altered or the occupation within the residence be conducted in a manner which would cause the premises to differ from its residential character either by the use of colors, materials, construction, lighting, signs or the emission of sounds, noises or vibrations.

The total area used for such purposes (including storage) shall not exceed the equivalent of 1/2 of the floor area, in square feet, of the first floor of the user's dwelling unit, if any; otherwise, the main floor of the dwelling unit.

There shall be no signs present on the property except for one wall sign, not to exceed three square feet, indicating the address and the occupant's name, for example: Joe Doe — Accountant.

There shall not be conducted on the premises the business of selling stocks of merchandise, supplies or products, provided that incidental retail sales may be made in connection with other permitted home occupations. For example, a single-chair beauty parlor would be allowed to sell combs, hair spray and other miscellaneous items to customers; however, a dressmaker would be required to do only custom work for specific clients and would not be allowed to develop stocks of dresses for sale to the general public on-site.

There shall be no exterior storage on the premises of material used in the home occupation, nor of any highly explosive or combustible material. No activity shall be allowed which would interfere with radio or television transmission in the area; nor shall there be any offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare noticeable at or beyond the exterior of the dwelling.

A major home occupation, including studios or rooms for instruction, shall provide additional off-street parking areas reasonably adequate to accommodate needs created by the major home occupation of not less than one parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area devoted to the home occupation and one space for each of the noninhabitant employees.

Deliveries from commercial suppliers may not be made more than once each week, and the deliveries shall not restrict traffic circulation.

Parties for the purpose of selling merchandise or taking orders for the property owner's business shall not be held at the property owner's residential premises.

Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, garage, basement yard, and other similar sales shall be permitted not more than once each month, and each sale shall not last more than 48 consecutive hours.

No business activity shall be conducted on the exterior of any structure on the subject premises.

The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.

Any use allowed as a minor home occupation.

Beauty parlors and barbershops.

Photo developing.

Television and other electrical repairs, excluding major appliances, such as refrigerators or stoves.

Small engine repairs, excluding major automobiles, motorcycles and snowmobiles.

Upholstering.

Dressmaking.

Woodworking, excluding cabinetmaking.

Family day-care home.

Professional offices.

Individual tutoring.

Jewelry and watch repair.

Office facility of minister, rabbi or priest.

Sporting good repair.

Minor or major auto repair, painting of vehicles, trailers or boats.

Funeral chapel or home.

Gift shops.

Medical or dental clinic.

Rental businesses.

Catering.

Photo studios.

Welding or machine shops.

Manufactured homes shall be supported upon a peripheral masonry or concrete foundation wall on a reinforced concrete footer carried to a depth of at least three feet below finished grade.

Manufactured homes shall be placed on required foundations within 30 days of arrival on the lot.

No manufactured home shall be occupied until it has received an occupancy permit from the Zoning Officer, after all inspections required by the Code Officer have been made, and connection to sewage disposal and water supply systems have been verified. No manufactured home shall be occupied unless its lot abuts a street which has been improved to meet minimum City standards and approved. Any manufactured home brought into the City after the passage of this chapter shall be certified as meeting the requirements of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act. The purpose of the occupancy permit is to make certain that all Code Officer inspections have occurred and that the manufactured home is connected to all appropriate utilities. The issuance of this permit should not be construed or implied that the manufactured home is safe for occupancy.

No manufactured home lacking toilet and washing facilities or cooking and food storage facilities shall be permitted, nor shall any self-propelled vehicles be used as living accommodations, or travel trailers designed for temporary occupancy, be permitted for residential purposes for a period exceeding 14 days.