17.56.020

Other

• Animal enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

  No animal enclosure shall be closer to an existing residence on an adjoining site than to the main residence on the site whereon the enclosure is located, and in no case shall an enclosure be located closer to any property line that is common with an adjacent parcel than the minimum setback distance required by the zone district for a main dwelling. If no residence exists on the site where an animal enclosure is located, but a residence does exist on an adjacent parcel which has a property line common with the parcel whereon the animal enclosure is located (and such adjacent residence predated the construction of the animal enclosure), no portion of such animal enclosure shall be closer to this common property line than the distance from the common property line to the existing adjacent residence.

• Attached building requirement

  If an accessory building is attached to a main building, it shall be made structurally a part of the main building and shall comply with all the requirements of this chapter applicable to the main building.

• Relationship to principal use

  Accessory buildings and uses shall be incidental to and not alter the character of the site from that created by the principal use.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. requirement

  As provided by Sections 17.06.060 et seq., and 17.54.130 et seq., except that accessory and junior accessory dwelling units are subject only to the setback requirements set forth in Section 17.56.200.

• Timing of construction

  Accessory buildings, temporary structures, and swimming pools shall be constructed or otherwise established at the same time as, or after the main building or use, except where earlier construction is authorized through minor use permit approval (Section 17.58.120). Agricultural accessory structures and/or animal enclosures may be constructed prior to the main building or use where such construction complies with all requirements of subsection B or D below and is authorized through administrative review permit approval (Section 17.58.110) except that fences and other such non-structural appurtenances may be erected without administrative review permit approval if such fence installation complies with all provisions of subsection D.