By JESSICA CLARK
Journal Staff Writer
The Perry Planning Commission met Monday night to discuss the potential of renovating the regulations on accessory buildings.
An accessory building is defined as “a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of the dominant use of the main building.”
The discussion came about because the public safety officials in Perry have come across multiple incidents where accessory buildings were being used for illegal purposes.
The board discussed if regulations should be made to determine a maximum size, or if the structures should have height limits.
Currently the height limit is set at two stories, but the board discussed the possibility of making the height limit not exceed the height of the main structure on the property. If the regulations were to change that would mean that owners of two-story houses could have a two-story accessory building, but people who owned a one-story house, could only have a one-story accessory building.
Setbacks are currently set at five feet from rear and side property lines, and the board stated that it would be best to leave that regulation the same.
The number of structures per lot and whether the buildings should have a limit on plumbing fixtures was also discussed. Limiting the number of plumbing fixtures would possibly hinder the owner’s ability to use the structure for uses that are not permitted.
Although the Planning Commission only met to discuss these issues not make changes to the regulations, Peggie Williams stated, “we do not need to make so many rules it makes people move out of Perry.”
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