Construction Specifications for Storage Sheds

LOCATION:
  • Allowed in rear yard only
  • Minimum of three (3) feet from lot lines
  • Shed cannot be placed on easements
  • Any portion of shed within 10-feet of house requires installation of 1-hour firewall (5/8" drywall nailed to interior walls, ceiling)
HEIGHT:
  • Shed height cannot exceed 17-feet or height of house, whichever is less
MATERIALS:
  • Only new materials (metal, treated lumber, or properly surface-coated lumber) are to be utilized in construction.
FLOORING:
  • Concrete, asphalt, gravel, bare earth, or wood (any portion of wood structure in contact with earth to be treated wood)

LD/aj
7/28/95