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ORDINANCE 2023- 013 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 901.03 (DEFINITIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) OF CHAPTER 901 (DEFINITIONS), AND SECTION 912.05(3) (ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES) OF CHAPTER 912 (SINGLE- FAMILY DEVELOPMENT), OF THE CODE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS, AND CHAPTER 912, SINGLE- FAMILY DEVELOPMENT BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION #1: Amend LDR Section 901.03, Definitions in alphabetical order; as follows: Accessory apartment a second dwelling unit, either in or added to an existing single-family detached dwelling, or in a separate accessory structure on the same lot as the main dwelling, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provision for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. Such a dwelling is an accessory use to the main dwelling. Accessory structure a structure which is customarily associated with, subordinate in size and incidental in use to the principal structure and located on the same site. However, accessory structures may be larger in size than a single-family dwelling, subject to the regulations of LDR Section 912.05(3). Examples are tool sheds and garages. Accessory use a use which: (a) Is clearly incidental to, customarily found in association with, and serves a principal use; (b) Is subordinate in purpose, area, and extent to the principal use served; and (c) Is located on the same lot as the principal use, or on an adjoining lot in the same ownership as that of the principal use and legally combined via a Unity of Title or equivalent legal instrument. Accessway a paved area intended to provide ingress and egress of vehicular traffic from a public or private right-of-way to an off-street parking area. SECTION #2: Amend LDR Section 912.05(3), Accessory uses and structures; as follows: (3) Accessory uses and structures. (A) Uses and structures accessory to a single-family dwelling may be allowed upon a property as pr-evided for- by the definition of aeeessoi-y use and aeoesser-y stmetffe in-Qhgpt� these definitions ar- as follows: Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance Strike through: Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance