Ordinance No. 131 Consolidated Land Use Ordinance

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2. In all residential districts, a lot must include contiguous buildable area as shown in tables located elsewhere within the ordinance unless the lot is part of a cluster or planned unit development that has been reviewed and recommended for approval by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council. 5. Accessory Buildings. 1. No accessory building or structure shall be constructed on any lot prior to the time of construction of the principal building to which it is accessory. 2. No accessory building shall exceed the height of the principal building. However, in no case, shall such accessory building exceed twenty-five (25') feet in height. 3. An accessory building shall be considered to be an integral part of the principal building unless it is six (6) feet or more from the principal building. 4. No detached accessory building shall be less than sixty (60') feet from the public right-of-way except on a corner lot, unless it conforms to the side yard requirements of the principal building. Those accessory buildings located sixty (60') feet or more behind the right-of-way line shall have a side yard of two (2') feet or more and a rear yard of three (3') feet or more. 5. No combinations of accessory buildings shall be allowed to exceed one -thousand (1,000) square feet in size, except by Conditional or Interim Use Permit from the City Council. 6. Required Yards, Open Space and Heights. 1. No yard or other open space shall be reduced in area or dimension so as to make such yard or other open space less than the minimum required by this Ordinance, and if the existing yard or other open space as existing is less than the minimum required, it shall not be further reduced. 2. No required yard or other open space allocated to a building or dwelling group shall be used to satisfy minimum lot area requirements for any other buildings. 3. The following shall be considered as permitted encroachments on set -back and height requirements: 1. In any yards: posts, off-street open parking spaces, open terraces, awnings, open canopies, steps, chimneys, and flag poles. 2. In front yards: service stations pump islands and fences. Fences must be at least eighty (80%) percent open. 3. In side and rear yards: fences or walls six (6') feet in height or less. However, in a corner lot no obstruction higher than three (3') feet above curb level shall be located within twenty (20') feet of the lot corner formed by any two streets, or within fifteen (15') feet of any street right-of-way. See Residential Zoning Districts for additional regulations for fences. 4. In rear yards, recreational and laundry drying equipment, open arbors and trellises, balconies, breeze ways, porches, detached outdoor living rooms, barbecue facilities and portable seasonal living structures. 5. Height limitations shall not apply to barns, silos, and other structures on farms; to church spires, belfries, cupolas and domes; monuments; chimneys and smokestacks; flag poles; public utility facilities; Accessory and Secondary Use antennas and parapet walls extending not more than four (4') feet above the limiting height of the building. 7. Traffic Visibility. 1. No fences, structures or planting exceeding thirty (30") inches in height above the center line grade of the street shall be permitted within the required front yard set -back on a corner lot. Updated January 2025 — Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 73