Accessory uses
The following accessory uses shall be allowed, provided that they shall conform to all other provisions of this chapter and that they shall not be detrimental to or impair adjacent properties or the neighborhood.
(1) Residential district:
a. The raising or growing of horticultural products for home use by a resident family thereon.
b. A hen house, barn, stable, kennel or dairy incidental to a permitted farming use.
c. A garden or tool shed used only for the storage of garden implements and light home maintenance tools.
d. A greenhouse not exceeding 1,500 cubic feet and not used for commercial purposes.
e. Swimming pools, including appurtenant structures such as dressing and shower rooms and equipment houses as regulated by this chapter and other city ordinances.
f. A private garage or parking area as required in sections 19-276 through 19-284 in connection with a dwelling for:
1. Not more than three motor vehicles, which shall not include more than one vehicle owned by a nonresident of the premises in an R-1 or R-2 district.
2. Not more than four motor vehicles, which shall not include more than two vehicles owned by a nonresident of the premises in an R-3 or R-4 district.
3. Not more than two motor vehicles per dwelling unit, which shall not include more than one vehicle owned by a nonresident of the premises for each two dwelling units in an R-5 or R-6 district.
In any case, not more than one commercial vehicle weighing not more than two and a half tons gross weight shall be permitted to park overnight on a residential premises in a residential district, except in the case of a farm operated on a full-time basis by a resident thereon.
g. A professional home office or studio located within the principal building of the premises of a resident architect, artist, author, attorney, clergyman, dentist, engineer, physician or other member of a recognized profession; provided that not more than 25 percent of the total floor area, not to exceed 250 square feet is regularly devoted to such use and that no more than one other person is regularly employed therein in connection with such in an R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 district, and not more than two other persons are regularly employed therein in connection with such use in an R-5 or R-6 district.
h. Any home occupation use such as dressmaking, millinery, home cooking and preservation and similar domestic crafts, excluding barbershops, beauty parlors, hair dressers, dance studios, schools and repair services of any kind, customarily conducted within the principal building by a resident of the premises, provided that there is no exterior storage of material or equipment, that no display of products shall be visible from the street, that not more than 25 percent of the total floor area, not to exceed 250 square feet is regularly devoted to such use and that no other person is regularly employed therein in connection with such use in an R-1, R-2 or R-3 district, and not more than one other person is regularly employed therein in connection with such use in an R-4, R-5 or R-6 district.
The practice of massage therapy conducted by a state licensed massage therapist* conducted within the principal building by a resident of the premises, provided that:
1. There is no exterior storage of material or equipment;
2. No display of products shall be visible from the street;
3. Not more than 25 percent of the total floor area, not to exceed 250 square feet is regularly devoted to such use and that no other person is regularly employed therein in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 and R-6 districts;
4. The resident shall have obtained a special use permit under section 19-39 et seq., Special Use Permit;
5. The applicant shall obtain any licenses required by the city; and
6. Proof of a current license issued by the department of health shall be posted on the premises in a location visible to customers.
i. Servants' quarter.
j. A seasonal stall or stand for the sale of farm or garden products, the majority of which are grown or produced on the premises of a permitted farming use by the resident, owner or lessee thereof.
k. Dormitory or living quarters for churches or other places of worship, educational or religious institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, and other similar permitted uses.
l. The renting of a room to not more than two persons.
m. Other similar accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, except that the storage of pallets in commercial form shall not be permitted in residential areas.
n. Portable storage containers* may be placed in a residential district for up to 30 calendar days. The building official may permit the placement of a portable storage container for more than 30 days provided that the property owner has a valid building permit for construction, reconstruction, alteration or remodeling of the structure or due to extenuating circumstances such as hurricane, fire or flood. A portable storage container* may not be used as an accessory structure to a principal use and further shall not be permitted for use as a detached permanent storage building, utility building workshop, hobby shop and other similar purposes.
(2) Open space district:
a. Single-family dwelling for a caretaker or other personnel required to reside on the premises for the protection or maintenance of a permitted use.
b. Seasonal stall or stand for the sale of farm or garden products, the majority of which are grown or produced on the premises by the resident owner or lessee thereof.
c. Dormitory or living quarters for educational or religious institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, and other similar permitted uses.
d. Other accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use.
(3) Commercial district:
a. Single-family dwelling for a caretaker or other personnel required to reside on the premises for the protection or maintenance of a permitted use.
b. Dormitory or living quarters for educational or religious institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, and other similar permitted uses.
c. Other accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use.
d. Off-street parking, as regulated by division 11 of this article and off-street loading and unloading as regulated by sections 19-285 through 19-290.
e. Amusement game machines, in conjunction with a permitted business use, according to section 19-98, provided such use is beyond 500 feet from the property boundary of any school, church, other place of worship or religious institution, or public recreation area. No amusement game machine, as defined by this chapter, shall be allowed to operate without the issuance of a proper license by the city council.
(4) Industrial district:
a. Single-family dwelling for a caretaker or other personnel required to reside on the premises for the protection or maintenance of a permitted use.
b. Seasonal stall or stand for the sale of farm or garden products, the majority of which are grown or produced on the premises by the resident owner or lessee thereof.
c. Other accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use.
d. Off-street parking, as regulated by division 11 of this article and off-street loading and unloading as regulated by sections 19-285 through 19-290.
e. Employees services located on the same premises as the principal use and which are clearly incidental to and limited to the employees of the principal use.
(5) Business/technology floating zone district:
a. Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use.
b. Off-street parking as regulated by division 11 of this article, and off-street loading and unloading as regulated by sections 19-285 through 19-290.
c. Employee services located on the same premises as the principal use and which are clearly incidental to and limited to the employees of the principal use, and further which meet the requirements of section 19-364 relating to the definition of a business/technology development. Such services shall be limited to the ground floor only, shall not exceed a maximum of 1,000 square feet per structure housing a principal use and further in aggregate shall not exceed a total of five percent of the gross floor area of the total development. Employee services may include the following: dry cleaning services (drop-off and pick-up only with no processing on-site); convenience kiosk (for items such as newspapers, prepackaged food and beverages and coffee); automatic teller machine; coffee/donut satellite business or kiosk (with no baking on-site).
d. Licensed child day care centers for children of employees of the businesses in the business/technology district.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 19-171; Ch. 457, § VI, 10-7-97; Ch. 146, § VIII, 10-23-00; Ch. 470A, § VI, 10-7-08; Ch. 489A, § III, 10-6-09; Ch. 944, § I(Att.), 9-2-25)