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To:Planning&ZoningCommission <br />From:MarkStatz,CityAdministrator <br />Subject:AccessoryStructures <br />Date:August4,2023 <br />HonorableChairKuiper, <br />Currently,thecitycodedoesnotallowthedevelopmentofanaccessorystructureonanylotthatdoes <br />nothaveaprimarystructure(i.e.,homeorbusiness).Thisisaparticularlyimportantdistinctionasit <br />encouragesthedevelopmentofaprimarystructuretodrivetaxbaseandpreventsthingslikepolebarns <br />orotherunsightlybuildingsfrombeingbuiltonemptylotsinresidentialneighborhoods. <br /> <br />However,incertaininstances,thiscanbeaburdenforpropertyownersthathavepurchasedan <br />adjacentlottotheirhomestead,bypreventinganyreasonabledevelopmentthatwouldotherwisebe <br />allowedifthelotswerecombined.Itisimportant,however,tohaveextremelyspecificlimitationson <br />anyalloweddevelopmentofavacantlotsowhatisbuiltdoesnotreducethepotentialofaprimary <br />structurebeingbuiltinthefuture. <br /> <br />Toaccomplishthis,Iwouldsuggestmodifyingcitycodetoallowtheconstructionofanaccessory <br />structureonavacantlot źŅğƓķƚƓƌǤźŅ: <br /> <br /> Thevacantlotmustbeadjacenttoaresidential,homesteadedlotwithanexisting <br />primarystructureonitandownedbythesamefamily/person. <br /> Only1accessorystructureisallowed,anditcannotexceed200SF. <br /> Thesidingoftheaccessorybuildingmustbesimilarinstyleandcolorastheprimary <br />structureontheadjacentlot. <br /> Theuseofthisstructurecanonlyberesidentialinnature(i.e.,aplayhouse,shed,etc.) <br />and ĭğƓƓƚƷĬĻǒƭĻķ foranycommercialorindustrialpurposes. <br /> Anexistingprimarystructurecannotbedemolishedorremovedtomakewayforthis <br />accessorystructure ΛķƚǞĻƓĻĻķğƷźƒĻƌźƒźƷŷĻƩĻͪ{ƚƒĻƷŷźƓŭƌźƉĻğƓğĭĭĻƭƭƚƩǤƭƷƩǒĭƷǒƩĻ <br />ĭğƓƓƚƷĬĻĬǒźƌƷźŅğƦƩźƒğƩǤƭƷƩǒĭƷǒƩĻǞğƭźƓĻǣźƭƷĻƓĭĻƚƓƷŷźƭƌƚƷǞźƷŷźƓƷŷĻƦğƭƷЎƚƩЊЉ <br />ǤĻğƩƭΜͪͪŷźƭĭğƓƦƩĻǝĻƓƷķĻƒƚƌźƭŷźƓŭğƌğƉĻŅƩƚƓƷŷƚƒĻŅƚƩğĬƚğƷŷƚǒƭĻͲŅƚƩĻǣğƒƦƌĻ͵ <br /> Intheeventofasaleofthevacantlottoapropertythatisnotadjacent,theaccessory <br />structuremustberemovedordemolishedunlessanewprimarystructureisbuiltwithin1 <br />yearonthevacantlot. <br />Respectfully, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mark Statz, City Administrator/Engineer <br /> <br />