Southampton Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
12-4.1 Accessory
building, structures and uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2004-14; Ord. No. 2010-3]
a.
Accessory buildings as part of principal buildings. Porches and raised decks and accessory structures attached to the principal structure shall be considered part of the principal structure and the total structure shall adhere to the yard requirements for the principal building.
b.
Location of Accessory Structures and Development Standards for Accessory Structures.
1.
Front yard: All accessory buildings or structures must be located behind the foot print of the existing dwelling.
2.
Side yard: six-foot minimum.
3.
Rear yard: twenty-five-foot minimum.
Accessory structures shall include detached garage, sheds, pole barns, carports, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other accessory structures not attached to the principal building. | |
Town Center (TC) and Planned Retirement Community (PRC) are excluded since those districts have their own development standards for accessory structures. |
c.
Garages, carports and commercial vehicles in residential districts. Garages and carports for not more than three vehicles may be constructed on a single lot. Garages shall be no larger than 1,260 square feet and may be either attached, detached, or a property may have one of each, provided the impervious coverage maximum is not exceeded. The garaging, storing or parking of commercial vehicles on any properties, private roads or public streets in all residential districts is prohibited; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the parking of a commercial vehicle for such reasonable time as may be required in the normal course of pickup and delivery service. Owners, lessees, occupants and other persons responsible for or knowingly permitting violation of this section shall be guilty of such violation as will the owner or user of any vehicle so parked, garaged or stored. Vehicles designed and used for agricultural purposes are exempted from these requirements. Not more than one commercial registered or unregistered trailer, mobile home or vehicle owned or used by the resident, which vehicle must be less than 3/4 ton, shall be permitted in a residential zone, provided the vehicle is located in the rear yard and has adequate buffering pursuant to the requirements of Subsection 12-5.2. In no event shall any vehicle be stored or parked in such a way that any portion of the vehicle is within six feet of either the front, rear or side setback line. Since this provision also applies to Leisuretowne and the Planned Retirement Community (PRC) Zone, in that zone no residential vehicle shall be stored or parked temporarily or permanently so that any part of the vehicle extends beyond any building footprint line. This provision shall not be deemed to limit the number of commercial cars or trucks used in conjunction with a permitted agricultural use. A garage shall not be used for commercial purposes in residential districts.
[Amended 11-17-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-11]
d.
Satellite dish antennas.
1.
For purposes hereof, a satellite dish antenna is defined in Subsection 12-2.3 of this chapter, and includes but is not limited to such structures commonly known as home video earth stations, satellite dishes or satellite earth stations.
2.
Satellite dish antennas are hereby permitted only as an accessory use to an otherwise permitted use in the Township, subject to the following conditions:
(a)
Maximum number of satellite dish antennas per lot shall be one and the maximum height shall be 12 feet.
(b)
Any satellite dish antenna shall be ground mounted, except for dishes less than one meter in diameter, which may be roof mounted.
(c)
Minimum setback from all property lines shall be the same as for other accessory buildings and structures.
(d)
Each satellite dish antenna shall be screened from view such that the dish shall not be visible from any street or adjoining or adjacent property at ground level.
(e)
There shall be one satellite dish antenna permitted for each apartment complex, townhouse complex, shopping center or other multi- family or multi-tenant residential or nonresidential property or complex. In the case of such property or complex, the one permitted satellite dish antenna may be placed in any common area or association property, subject to the other provisions of this chapter.
e.
Storage containers. In those zoning districts which permit storage containers as accessory uses, the same may exist in conformance with the following conditions:
1.
Definition: As used in this section a storage container is defined to include any container greater in dimension than three feet in length by three feet in width by three feet in height rented or owned by or for use by the property owner for storage of business or commercial items. Storage containers include, but are not limited to, sea boxes, bulk storage containers, portable on-demand storage containers, store-to-door mobile transportation storage containers, roll-off containers or other such similar containers.
2.
Quantity: One storage container for the first five acres and an additional container for each five acres. For example, a six acre property may request two containers.
3.
Maximum size: Ten feet in width, 30 feet in length, 10 feet in height.
4.
Front yard: All accessory buildings or structures must be located behind the foot print of the existing building.
5.
Side yard: Six-foot minimum setback.
6.
Rear yard: Twenty-five-foot minimum setback.
7.
Buffering: Storage container shall be buffered by evergreen plantings on three-foot intervals on each side of any container that parallels another property line to reduce visual blight to adjacent properties.
8.
Markings: The storage container shall be plain in color and not contain any advertising or markings intended to display a commercial message.