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Oakdale City Zoning Code

§ 36-18.27

Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses.

[Ord. No. 1035, § 1, 1996; Ord. No. 1143, Exh. E.]
A. 
Accessory buildings shall meet the following requirements:
1. 
An accessory building shall be erected detached from the main building.
2. 
Any accessory building shall be located at least five (5) feet from any building on the lot and shall be situated on the rear-half of the lot.
3. 
On a corner lot, the accessory building shall not project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot, and corner lots with an exterior side yard facing a street are required to hold a ten (10) foot exterior side yard setback from the property line for primary and accessory buildings.
4. 
Accessory buildings shall not occupy more than thirty (30%) percent of the required side and rear yard.
5. 
Except for second units, guest houses and caretaker quarters, accessory buildings shall not be used for dwelling purposes.
6. 
Garages with driveways accessing a street must maintain a twenty (20) foot setback.
7. 
An accessory building not exceeding a maximum height of nine (9) feet at the exterior building line may be constructed no closer than three (3) feet from the rear and interior side-yard lot lines not to exceed a maximum height of fifteen (15) feet. All other single-story accessory buildings may be constructed no closer than five (5) feet from the rear and interior side-yard lot line with a maximum height of fifteen (15) feet.
8. 
An accessory building greater than fifteen (15) feet in height, or more than one-story, shall meet normal building setbacks for that zoning district where situated and shall not exceed the applicable building height limits as specified in that district.
B. 
Accessory uses shall be those uses customarily appurtenant to a permitted use and shall be clearly incidental to the permitted use.