Green’s accessory-structure application uses two separate size tests: City zoning for structures over 30 square feet and Summit County building permits for accessory structures over 200 square feet. Those are the City’s published instructions, not a reason to ignore septic, site-location or other project requirements.
Run every trigger independently
The May 14, 2026 application supports this comparison:
| Trigger | Record to retain |
|---|---|
| Structure area | Dimensioned plan and the reviewer’s accepted area |
| More than 30 square feet | City zoning application and result |
| More than 200 square feet | Summit County building application and result |
| Onsite wastewater present | Health or septic assessment requested by the form |
| Ground will be disturbed | Disturbance description and any additional City direction |
| Location or setbacks | Site plan and written zoning disposition |
| Construction details | Plans and County review if applicable |
For a simple rectangular footprint, 10 × 12 feet is 120 square feet; 12 × 20 feet is 240 square feet. LSL’s arithmetic illustrates why “needs a permit” is incomplete: the two examples fall on different sides of the County-size trigger printed on the City form, while both exceed its zoning trigger. These are not measurements or approvals of actual structures. Ask the reviewers how the proposed design must be measured, especially at a stated boundary.
The form’s separate ground-disturbance question asks about more than 4,356 square feet. Do not substitute the shed footprint for total disturbed land or read that question as a universal exemption from other requirements.
Assemble a site-specific submission
The application asks for three site plans, one set of building plans and two application copies, with the specified plan sheets at 11 × 17 inches. Use its current version when preparing the packet.
Mark the actual proposed location, dimensions and easements. On a septic lot, the form calls for a health assessment before County building-permit issuance for the covered addition/accessory work. A dealer’s generic drawing cannot establish the parcel’s septic conditions or permitted location.
If the design changes, identify which drawing changed and ask each affected reviewer whether its earlier decision still covers the proposal.
Keep the City, County and health decisions distinct
The City permit index routes construction through zoning and Summit County Building Standards. The Zoning Division also lists the separate public-health route.
Use the same address and proposed scope when contacting each office, but keep its application number, conditions and result attached to that office. City zoning approval is not a County inspection result. Ask which outstanding condition must be satisfied before the next part of the project can proceed.
LSL consolidated the overlapping City/County handoff article here; it did not provide a separate reader task beyond this comparison.
Check the document title as well as its date
The application and the fee schedule effective May 14, 2026 both list $75 for residential accessory uses. This is a published City charge, not a total project-permit quote or a statement about County fees, bonds or every payment method.
An older LSL research note called document 268 an accessory-requirements handout. The current file is a fee schedule. We corrected that role rather than treating an unchanged URL as proof that the document’s contents stayed the same.
LSL read the application, both fee-schedule pages and relevant City routing sections on September 20, 2026. We preserved the trigger comparison and added the independently reproduced footprint examples and submission distinctions. No property was measured, septic system assessed, private fee quoted or permit obtained.