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. , � The parties do not make it clear whether respondents ar� seeking a declaration that the ordinance permits the shared dock proposal, or whether they seek a variance from the ordinance as the ordinance does not permit such a use . There is , at least. initially, an ordinance interpretation question. The Orono City Code def ines "accessory use or structure" as a ��use or structure subordinate to and serving the principal use or structure on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto . " Orono, Minn. , � 10 . 02 {1) �1984� • The code also defines "use- accessory" as a "use subordinate to the principal use on a lot and exclusively used for purposes incidental to those of the principa l use . " Id. , � 10 . 02 (72) . The code provides that : "No accessory building or structure shall be constructed on any lot prior to the time of construction of the principal building to which it is accessory. �� Id, , § 10 . 03 , subd. 9 (A) . The code indicates that a dock is an accessory use under section 10 . 23 , subd. 5 (A) , which lists " [a] ny accessory use as regulated in the 'R-lA' District and private docks ' subject to the City Code and other applicable ' including boat storage density regulations" as a regulations ��permitted accessory use . " Construing these provisions together, we conclude : (1) a doc}:, is an accessory use, and (2) the definition of the accessory use and the prohibition against building an accessory use before a principal use indicate that the code presumes there has to be a primary structure on the property in order for an accesso:.'r--�� • structure to be permitted. � � -6- , .