Private garages, servants/guest quarters. Servants and guest quarters shall not be for rent; shall not exceed 50% of the main residence in size; and shall not exceed one (1) unit per residential lot (see 24.2.3 in Article 24 for additional restrictions).

Swimming pools, hot tubs, spas, tennis courts, permanent barbecue grills, ornamental gates and structures, storage/utility sheds, wells/well houses, gazebos, patios, etc. (refer to definition of accessory building in Article 3).

Shipping containers (see Article 24).

Vegetable and flower gardens, non-commercial greenhouses.

Private recreation facilities (See Article 24).

Fences (See Section 22.2 of this article).

Home Occupations (see Article 24).

Any use as listed above in 22.1.1

Designated area for garbage and trash containers.

Any use as listed above in 22.1.2

Subordinate uses for hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast establishments. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, retail shops, restaurants, clubs and lounges, and shall be wholly or partially within the primary structure and not built or used as a detached structure or facility.

Piers, boat docks and related marine facilities may be detached from the main structure and are to be used only by the occupants and their guests.

Any use as listed in 22.1.3, except that 1) child care centers and nurseries shall not be located in an I district, and 2) shipping containers as addressed in Section 24.2.3 [section 118-24, subsection 24.2.3].

Accessory use, which is deemed subordinate to the main use.

Multiple structures or usages in conjunction with shopping centers.

Any accessory building or structure (except concrete flatwork or wooden decking) shall have a minimum five (5) foot rear and side yard setback from property lines and shall not be built over an easement. Front yard and side street yard setbacks must be observed. A minimum open space of ten (10) feet shall be established between all unattached buildings.

An accessory building or structure exempt from permit requirement under either Chapter 1 of the International Residential Code or Chapter 1 of the International Building Code is exempt from both rear and side yard setbacks and the 10 foot minimum separation between buildings. However, such accessory buildings or structures are not exempt from front yard and side street yard setbacks. The 10 foot minimum separation between buildings in front and side street yards shall be observed.

No accessory building or structure may be built on or over a recorded easement.

An accessory building may be erected as an integral part of the principal building or erected detached from the principal building. Should the accessory building be connected therewith by a breezeway or similar structure to the principal building, this shall not lessen the 10 foot separation requirement unless:

When annexed rural or farm land exists, barbed wire fences may be permitted.

Except, as otherwise allowed in this subsection, fences in R-1 through R-7 districts shall not exceed six (6) feet in height. Fences adjacent to city parks or public space shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height. Fences on a property adjacent to business or industrial districts shall not exceed the maximums allowed for the adjacent district, whichever is higher. For the purpose in this subsection, when a street right-of-way divides two districts, it is considered to be a separation between the districts, and a property on one side of the street is not considered adjacent to the district on the other.

Except, as otherwise allowed in this subsection, fences in B districts shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height. Fences on a property adjacent to industrial districts shall not exceed the maximum allowed for the adjacent district, whichever is higher. For the purpose in this subsection, when a street right-of-way divides two districts, it is considered to be a separation between the districts, and a property on one side of the street is not considered adjacent to the district on the other.

Fences in I districts shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height. For the purpose in this subsection, when a street right-of-way divides two districts, it is considered to be a separation between the districts, and a property on one side of the street is not considered adjacent to the district on the other.

The zoning administrator may approve special enhancements (arches) to gates or other openings within a fence.

Easements may be fenced as long as access is provided either through gates or removable fence sections. Replacement, removal or maintenance of fencing is the responsibility of the property owner.

Fence heights are measured by the following methods:

On any corner lot on which a front or side yard is required, no fence, wall, structure or vegetation used as a fence shall be permitted or maintained higher than three (3) feet above the level of the center of the roadway within a vision triangle formed by a straight line from the points of the two intersecting right-of-way lines twenty (20) feet back from their common intersection. Chain link fence are allowed within this triangle sight area. This restriction shall not apply to permanent structures authorized by other sections of this ordinance, the building code or by other local, state or federal laws. (Refer to Chapter 106, Rockport Code of Ordinances for landscaping within the vision triangle.)