Glen Cove, NY Accessory Structures: Shed & Carport Rules (2026)

D of the Glen Cove Zoning Chapter sets the dimensional rules for accessory structures, sheds, garages and similar buildings, in the R-2 Half-Acre Residence District. A standard accessory building is capped at one story or 16 feet in height. A detached garage gets its own, stricter limit: one story and no more than 14 feet to the ridgeline above surrounding grade, and it must be designed with a gabled roof, a design mandate not applied to other accessory buildings. B(10). A garage specifically is capped at 500 square feet regardless of what the 10% coverage allowance would otherwise permit, so an oversized half-acre lot cannot support a garage larger than 500 square feet just because it has coverage room to spare.

Placement is also fixed: an accessory building must sit at least five feet from the rear property line, at least 65 feet from the front property line (effectively pushing sheds and garages well back from the street, behind the principal dwelling's own required 30-foot front yard), and at least five feet from the side property line. A prior subsection setting a separate minimum distance to a corner side property line was repealed in 2007. C.