ORDINANCE NO. 13,832

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa (2000), by repealing the definition of Accessory Building in Section 134-3 thereof, and enacting a new definition for Accessory Building in Section 134-3.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa (2000), be and is hereby amended by repealing the definition of Accessory Building in Section 134-3 thereof, and enacting a new definition for Accessory Building in Section 134-3, as follows:

134-3. DEFINITIONS.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

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Accessory Building: A structure on the same lot with, separate from, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal structure and intended for the storage of equipment and materials of the principal use. Trailers, semi-trailers, tents, motor vehicles and component parts thereof are not accessory buildings. A structure which might otherwise be considered an accessory building, but which is connected to the principal structure by a breezeway or other extension of the principal structure containing a functional roof and floor shall, for the purposes of this ordinance i) lose its status as an accessory building; ii) become part of the principal structure; and, iii) shall be subject to all restrictions applicable to a principal structure.

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Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the later of its passage and publication as provided by law, or July 1, 2000.

FORM APPROVED:

Roger K. Brown, Assistant City Attorney

Attest:

I, Donna Boetel-Baker, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 00-1805), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held June 19, 2000, signed by the Mayor on June 19, 2000, and published as provided by law in the Business Record on July 3, 2000. Authorized by Publication Order No. 2061.

Donna Boetel-Baker, CMC/AAE, City Clerk