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• • After discussion, it was agreed that the number of accessory buildings allowed is to remain the same. • • The changes made were minimal, condensing the smaller properties into one category (Less than 1.25 acres) and increasing the allowance for those properties from 1,120 to 1,200 square feet. Obviously there can be no end to variety of sizes for accessory structures, but the three sizes listed below provide enough space for the use they are intended to serve, namely storage of vehicles and tools /equipment for maintaining a home /property. One car garage Two car garage Three car garage 24 x 12 24 x 24 24 x 34 288 square feet 576 square feet 1,008 square feet In other words, any property (with a dwelling) in the city regardless of size can now have 1,200 square feet of accessory structure. That equates to an attached three car garage and a 10 x 12 tool shed in the yard. Or an attached two car garage and another two car garage in the yard. Are the current area alloances too restrictive? It may be possible to answer Question 1 (Are the current area allowances too restrictive ?), by looking at how different properties within each of the current levels are treated. One drawback to using property size and only having six categories is that the city is allowing those who just make it past a threshold (1.25 acres, 2.5 acres, 5 acres, 10 acres and 20 acres) to have a far higher percentage of accessory structures than someone who just falls short of each threshold. The table on the following page depicts a parcel (Parcel A) that is the minimum acreage for each level, and a second parcel (Parcel B) that is a tenth of an acre short of reaching the level above.