1. No accessory building or structure except solar energy systems, unless structurally part of the principal building, shall be erected, altered or moved to a location within six (6) feet of the nearest wall of the principal building, nor within the required front yard or within the minimum area specified for side yards. No principal building shall be erected, enlarged, altered or moved to a location within six (6) feet of the nearest wall of any existing garage or accessory building.
2. An accessory building or structure in a required rear yard shall be not less than three (3) feet from any property line. On a corner lot where the side lot line is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to the rear, accessory buildings or structures shall be set back from the property line adjoining the street the distance required for a front yard in the district in which the accessory building or structure is located. The maximum height allowed for any detached garage or accessory building in the R-1, R-2, R-3 or RM-4 districts is eighteen (18) feet.
3. On lots of record on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, a private garage or other accessory structure may be located in a rear yard not less than eighteen (18) inches from the lot line or three (3) feet from the side lot line, provided that on a corner lot no building or other structure shall be located nearer to the side street lot line than the distance required for a principal structure on the same lot. Manufactured homes, tractor trailers, vans or other inoperable motor vehicles shall not be considered to be a permissible accessory building for living purposes, storage or any other use on any residentially zoned property or property in the A district which is improved with a residence.

(Res. 13 Exh. A (part), June 11, 2002; Res. 16a §§8, 15, November 19, 1985; Res. 1-1 §3(K), November 16, 1982)