Unless otherwise provided herein, no accessory structure or building, other than a fence, shall be located in any required front or side setback requirements or within any easement.

When an accessory use or structure is attached to a principal use or structure, it then becomes a part of that use or structure and must comply with the setback requirements for the principal structure.

An accessory use or structure may not occupy more than 35% of the area of a rear yard.

A utility trailer or truck body shall not be permitted as an accessory structure.

A manufactured home, shipping or storage boxes, or travel trailer shall not be used as a storage structure.

No accessory use or structure shall be permitted unless the principal use or structure is previously existing or unless a building permit has been approved for the principal use or structure.

Use of a motor vehicle parked on a lot, out of which, or from which any goods are sold or stored, any services are performed, or other business is conducted shall not be considered a principal or accessory use.

In residential districts, accessory residential uses and structures shall include but not be limited to:

In a C-2, I-1 and I-2 District, accessory uses and structures are permitted as follows:

In the LB-2 District accessory uses, incidental to and associated with a permitted or special exception use may be permitted as follows:

On the same lot as a detached single-family dwelling unit or two-family dwelling.

An accessory apartment is prohibited on a site with a Type II and III home-based business.

Purpose. Standards for creating accessory apartments address the following purposes:

Generally. The design standards for accessory apartments are stated in this section. If not addressed in this section, the base district development standards apply.

Exterior finish materials. The exterior finish material must be the same or visually match, in type, size, and placement, the exterior finish materials of the principal dwelling.

Roof pitch. The roof pitch must be compatible with the predominant roof pitch of the principal dwelling.

Trim. Trim on the edges of elements on the addition must be the same in type, size and location as the trim used on the rest of the principal dwelling.

Windows. Windows must match those in the principal dwelling in proportion (relationship of width to height) and orientation (horizontal or vertical).

Eaves. Eaves must project from the building walls the same distance as the eaves on the rest of the principal dwelling.

Maximum size. The size of an accessory apartment may be no more than 50% of the living area of the detached principal dwelling.

An accessory apartment may only be created through the following methods:

Location of entrances. Only one entrance may be located on the facade of the principal dwelling facing the street, unless the dwelling or attached dwelling contained additional entrances before the accessory dwelling unit was created. An exception to this requirement is entrances that do not access from the ground, such as entrances from balconies or decks.

Parking. See Part 10.

Setback requirements. An accessory apartment must be set back at least:

Bulk limitations.

Livestock. Horses, cows, ponies, donkeys, burros and other domestic animals may be kept, raised or bred for the use and enjoyment of persons residing on the lot involved, provided that only one such animal shall be permitted for each 15,000 square feet of land area.

Domestic pets. Cats, dogs, rabbits or other generally recognized domestic pets may be kept or bred by persons residing on the lot for their use and enjoyment.

Fowl. Ducks, quail, turkeys, squabs or pigeons may be raised for the use of persons residing on the lot involved.

Animals, without qualification as to type or number, may be kept, raised, bred and sold on any bona fide farm as defined in this chapter.

These permitted use provisions for animals in residential districts are meant to apply only outside of the dwelling on an individual lot and are not intended to restrict the type or number of animals within a dwelling.

Ten feet from all side and rear property lines; and

Twenty-five feet from any property line abutting any public accessway, including any nonaccess highway.

C-1 Select Commercial and LB-2 Light Business and Residential District. The outside storage of materials and open lot display of any kind shall not be permitted.

C-2 General Commercial and C-3 Regional Commercial Districts. The unenclosed outside storage of used equipment, materials, tires or inoperable vehicles shall be prohibited. All storage areas shall be screened from view. Such prohibition shall not apply to the outdoor display of merchandise.

Definitions.

Open top structure storage of a liquid organic soil amendment and/or DAF residuals as defined above is prohibited in all zoning districts, except as provided in Subsection E(3) below. This prohibition is prospective.

The prohibition stated herein shall not prohibit storage at the processing location where legally created, nor a farmer or farming business from temporarily storing liquid organic soil amendment and/or DAF residuals in a mobile, closed container for a period of not more than 45 consecutive days during the application process, provided that the land on which it is stored is in the Wicomico County Agricultural-Rural A-1 Zoning District and that the stored material is applied to the same land on which it is stored.

Resource conservation and residential districts: 30 feet from all property lines.

C-3 Regional Commercial Districts: 50 feet from all property lines.

Other commercial districts and light business and industrial districts: 20 feet from the right-of-way or 15 feet from the back of the sidewalk.

Resource conservation and residential districts: 20 feet from all property lines.

C-3 Regional Commercial Districts: 40 feet from all property lines.

Other commercial districts: 10 feet from the right-of-way.

Light business and industrial districts: 10 feet from the right-of-way.

Institutional buildings.

Public or semipublic facilities.

Commercial or industrial buildings.

Wireless telecommunications facilities and antennas.

Farms/agricultural activities.

Recreational facility.

Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Open top structure storage of a liquid organic soil amendment and/or DAF residuals is prohibited in all zoning districts, except as provided in Subsection A(3) below. This prohibition is prospective.

The prohibition stated herein shall not prohibit storage at the processing location where legally created, nor a farmer or farming business from temporarily storing liquid organic soil amendment and/or DAF residuals in a mobile, closed container for a period of not more than 45 consecutive days during the application process, provided that the land on which it is stored is in the Wicomico County Agricultural-Rural A-1 Zoning District and that the stored material is applied to the same land on which it is stored.

When no letter appears in the table, the use/structure is not permitted in that district.

The list of permitted uses set forth in the table is all inclusive. All uses that are not listed in the Table of Permitted Uses are prohibited, except as permitted in § 225-67B, Unclassified uses, below.

Whenever a proposed use could fall within more than one use classification in the Table of Permitted Uses, the Zoning Administrator shall interpret the proposed use to be included in that classification which most closely and most specifically describes the proposed use.

The Zoning Administrator shall submit to the Board of Appeals an application for a determination of the unclassified use.

The Board of Appeals shall review the request as submitted and determine whether the proposed use is compatible with the district in which it is proposed.

If the Board of Appeals determines that the use is of a similar character and meets the intent of the permitted uses within the district, then it shall instruct the Zoning Administrator to issue a zoning authorization.

In the event that the Board of Appeals determines that the proposed use in the district is consistent with the character and intent of the uses permitted by special exception within the district, then the applicant shall be authorized to apply for a special exception in the normal manner.

This section shall not apply to the residential districts.

Once a use has been allowed by the Board, it shall then be considered classified under the appropriate category in the district.