HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1703Proposed Amendment to the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance, Article III, Section 3.9,
Accessory Buildings & Structures: Planning & Development Director Ron Smith reviewed the
proposed changes to this section of the zoning ordinance as follows:
PLANNING STAFF REPORT
ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance
SECTION: Article III, Section 3.9 Accessory Buildings and Structures
Section 3.9 Accessory Buildings and Structures
Accessory buildings and structures shall meet be exempt from selbeek and yeFd r-equiFements
pmwided they are loested in eeeardnaee with the following requirements:
A. In residential zoning districts, accessory buildings and structures:
1. Shall not be erected in front of the front building line of the principal structure,
except as provided for in B. below;
2. Shall not be erected within twenty-five (25) feet of any side street on a corner lot;
3. Shall not be erected within ten (10) feet of any property line not a street line or
within ten (10) feet of any other building on the same lot;
4. Shall not exceed the height limitation of the
principal
structure;
S. Sball not e*eeed a mamimum total arm of fifty (50) pereent of the gmss floor
am of the pFineipal budding or- sis bundred (60% upere feet wbieliever is
greater-, and, shall not eover move #lum (30) pereent of any rear yard,
as On a pereel of land less time two (2) seres in skf� so building shall
(50) feet to any eKurior- property tine.
b. On a pareel of land two (2) seres oF more in sizej so building
W (50) feei to any exterior prop" lie&
0 of
• the -rear -yard -
The size limitations for accessory buildings are as follows:
a. In the RA district the following restrictions apply:
i. On tracts of land less than 5 acres, the total square footage of all
accessory buildings and structures shall not exceed 3500 square feet.
ii. On tracts of land 5 acres or more there shall be no combined total
square footage requirement, however no one (1) accessory building
or structure's square footage shall exceed 3500 sauare feet.
b. In the R-8 R -8A and R-12 districts the total square footage of all
accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed fifty (50%) percent of