Accessory structure limits on large residential lots
Huntersville
Summary
Owners of five-acre-plus lots can now build accessory structures up to twice their home's first-floor heated area. Roughly 533 residential lots qualify.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
No direct town cost, but owners of large lots could gain thousands of square feet of buildable accessory space.
Large-lot owners who aren't bona fide farms gain flexibility for barns, hobby spaces, and storage buildings.
Neighbors of large accessory structures could see bigger buildings closer to property lines, since the five-foot side setback was not changed.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Town Board - Oct 20, 2026
Owners of five-acre-plus lots can now build accessory structures up to twice their home's first-floor heated area. Roughly 533 residential lots qualify.
Planning Board - Sep 22, 2026
Huntersville currently caps accessory buildings at the heated first-floor area of your house — a rule that favors big homes on small lots and squeezes smaller homes on big ones. The amendment lets owners of five-acre-plus lots build up to twice that area. A resident asked the town to consider a graduated scale instead of the abrupt five-acre cutoff.
Town Board - Sep 1, 2026
A proposed rule change would let owners of five-acre-plus lots build sheds, barns and workshops totaling twice their home's first-floor area, instead of the current one-to-one cap. It mainly affects rural and transitional parts of town.
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