Accessory building regulations, for single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings, shall be as follows:

(1)

Height. The maximum height of an accessory building shall be determined by either of the following methods:

(a)

General method. The accessory building shall not exceed 16 feet, measured from the finished grade to the highest point of the roof.

(b)

Alternate method. The accessory building may exceed 16 feet, provided all of the following requirements are met:

1.

The height of the accessory building shall not exceed 24 feet or the height of the principal building, whichever is less.

2.

The pitch of the largest roof element of the accessory building shall not be steeper than one unit in 12 units more than the pitch of the largest roof element of the principal building and no flatter than one unit in 12 units less than the pitch of the largest roof element of the principal building.

3.

The eave side wall height of the accessory building shall not exceed the height of the highest side wall height of the principal building.

4.

The required side and rear yards shall be increased by one foot for each foot of additional height above 16 feet provided, however, the required side and rear yard shall not be increase above the required for the principal building.

(2)

Street yard. There shall be a minimum setback from the street right-of-way line of 25 feet. In addition, except on waterfront lots abutting the waters of Sturgeon Bay, an accessory building shall be located no closer than the principal building to the street at its nearest point, except when the principal building is more than 60 feet from the street, the accessory building minimum setback shall be 60 feet.

(3)

Side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of five feet, except on the street side of a corner lot the minimum side yard shall be the same as required for the principal building.

(4)

Rear yard. There shall be a minimum rear yard of six feet, except that, when the rear yard abuts a street, the minimum rear yard shall be the same as required for the principal building.

(5)

Total area. Accessory buildings shall not occupy more than one-third of the required area for the rear yard.

(6)

Floor area. The total floor area of all accessory buildings shall not exceed 1,000 square feet for single-family dwellings or 1,200 square feet for two-family dwellings or three percent of the land area, whichever is greater, to a maximum of 2,000 square feet. If upper floors are constructed within the accessory building, the floor area of the upper floors shall be included in the calculation of square footage of floor area.

(7)

Number permitted. There shall be a maximum of two accessory buildings permitted on the same lot.

(8)

Separation. An accessory building shall be located no closer than five feet to the principal building.

(Ord. No. 961-1195, § 3, 11-7-95; Ord. No. 1019-799, § 1, 7-20-99; Ord. No. 1026-1099, § 1, 10-19-99; Ord. No. 1043-0600, § 1, 6-20-00; Ord. No. 1087-0203, §§ 2, 3, 2-18-03; Ord. No. 1146-0505, § 1, 5-17-05; Ord. No. 1297-0913, §§ 1, 2, 9-17-13; Ord. No. 1358-0419, § 1, 4-16-19)