CITY OF GREENVILLE APPLICATION FOR AN ACCESSORY USE
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APPLICANT/OWNER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the attachment to the application for accessory use referencing Section 19-4.4.2,
General Development and Operational Standards and Section 19-4.4.3, Standards for Specific Accessory Uses and
Structures.
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*DATE *APPLICANT/OWNER
Sec. 19-4.4. - Accessory uses and structures.
19-4.4.1. Purpose. This section authorizes the establishment of accessory uses and structures that are incidental, customarily associated
with, and subordinate to principal uses. The city's intent is to allow a broad range of accessory uses provided such uses are located
on the same lot as the principal use and comply with the performance criteria set forth in this section.
19-4.4.2. General development and operational standards.
(A) Compliance with ordinance requirements. All accessory uses, structures, and activities shall be subject to the applicable
general, dimensional, operational, and use-specific regulations set forth in this chapter, including the regulations that apply to
the associated principal use. In case of any conflict between the accessory use/structure standards of this section and any
other requirement of this chapter, the standards of this section shall control.
(B) Time of establishment. No accessory use or structure shall be permitted on the subject lot until after the principal structure is
permitted.
(C) General conditions. All accessory uses and structures shall:
(1) Be clearly incidental and customarily associated with the principal use;
(2) Not involve the conduct of trade on the premises;
(3) Be located and conducted on the same lot as the permitted principal use or structure; and
(4) Be operated and maintained under the same ownership as the permitted principal use.
(D) Location of accessory structures. Unless otherwise specified, all accessory structures shall comply with the following general
location requirements:
(1) An accessory structure may be located only in the side or rear yards of the principal building.
(2) Accessory structures shall be located at least six feet from any principal or other accessory structure.
(3) No accessory structure shall be located within any platted or recorded easement or over any utility.
(E) Maximum height. The maximum allowed height for an accessory structure located at the setback shall be 20 feet; the maximum
height may be increased one foot for each one foot of increase in setback beyond the minimum to a maximum height of 25
feet. In no case shall an accessory structure be taller than the associated principal structure.
(F) Maximum floor area.
(1) Accessory to residential uses. The maximum floor area of all structures accessory to residential uses shall not exceed
50 percent of the total floor area of the principal structure. Covered breezeways which connect an accessory structure to
the principal structure shall not be enclosed, shall be a maximum of six feet wide, and shall be included in a building
coverage and maximum floor area calculations of accessory structures.
(2) Accessory to nonresidential uses. The maximum floor area of all structures accessory to nonresidential uses shall not
exceed ten percent of the lot area on which the permitted principal use is located.
(G) Residential occupancy. No accessory structure shall be used for a residence except as authorized by the decision-making
body to be occupied by resident caretakers.
(H) Approval of accessory uses and structures. Unless otherwise specified, an accessory use or accessory structure shall be
treated as a permitted use in the district in which it is located. An accessory use or structure may be approved in conjunction
with approval of the principal use or structure.
(I) Temporary accessory uses and structures. Temporary accessory uses and structures shall be governed by the standards and
temporary use permit procedures set forth in subsections 19-2.3.11 and section 19-4.5 of this chapter.
19-4.4.3. Standards for specific accessory uses and structures.
(A) Unlisted accessory uses or structures. Accessory uses and structures not listed in this subsection 19-4.4.3 may still be
permitted subject to compliance with the general development and operational standards of subsection 19-4.4.2.