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WS –Item#3 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No.3 <br />Date: <br />September 3, 2013 <br />To: <br />City Council <br />From: <br />Katie Larsen, City Planner <br />Re: <br />Accessory Buildings <br />Background <br />City Councilrequested staff to compile informationregarding the City ordinance and <br />residential accessory buildings. <br />Chapter 1007, Section 1, Subd. 2.B. of the zoning ordinance defines the following: <br />Accessory Building. <br />A portion of the principal building or a detached <br />structure on the same lot which is used for an accessory use. <br />Accessory Use. <br />A use of land or of a building or portion thereof <br />customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or <br />building and located on the same lot with such principal use. <br />Per Chapter 1007, Section 3,Subd. 4: <br />Accessory Buildings and Structures. <br />D. <br />1.General Provisions. <br />a.No accessory building or use shall be constructed or <br />developed on a lot prior to the time of construction of the <br />principal building to which it is accessory, except in the case <br />of agricultural buildings on agriculture land as defined by <br />State Statute 273.13, Section 23, as amended. <br />b.A building or portion thereof used for an accessory use, <br />other than home occupation, shall be considered as an <br />accessory building. <br />c.No detached accessorybuilding shall be closer to the front <br />lot line than the principal building or its attached garage <br />except within the R, R-X, and R-BR Zoning Districts, <br /> <br />