(A) Height.
(1) The height regulations prescribed herein shall not apply to television and radio towers, silos, church-spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers and spires, chimneys, elevator bulkheads, smoke stacks, conveyors and flag poles.
(2) Public, semi-public or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions or schools, where permitted, may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet when the required side and rear yards are each increased by one foot of additional building height above the height regulations for the district in which the building is located.
(3) The limitation on number of stories shall not apply to buildings used exclusively for storage purposes, provided such buildings do not exceed the height in feet permitted in the district in which they are located.
(B) Front yards.
(1) When 40% or more of the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed a front yard line having a variation in depth of not more than ten feet, no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established; provided, however, that a front yard depth shall not be required to exceed 50 feet.
(2) On lots having double frontage the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(3) No fence and no shrubbery exceeding three feet shall be located upon a lot within 30 feet of a street intersection.
(4) An open, uncovered porch or paved terrace may project into a required front or rear yard for a distance of not more than ten feet, but this shall not be interpreted to include or permit fixed canopies.
(5) Filling station pumps and pump islands may be located within a required yard provided that they are not less than 15 feet from any street line and not less than 50 feet from the boundary of any residential district.
(6) Off-street parking facilities may be located within the required front yard of any M, C or I District but shall not be nearer than 50 feet to any R District and no off-street parking shall be permitted in the required front yard of any other R District.
(C) Side yards.
(1) On a corner lot, the width of the yard along the side street shall not be less than the required front yard on such street, provided, however, that the buildable width of a lot of record shall not be reduced to less than 32 feet. No accessory building shall project beyond the required yard line along either street.
(2) Where dwelling units are erected above a commercial establishment, no side yard is required except when required for the commercial building on the side of a lot adjoining a residential district.
(3) A porte-cochere or canopy may project into a required side yard provided every part of such porte-cochere or canopy is unenclosed and is not less than five feet from any side lot line.
(4) Where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of this chapter is less than 50 feet in width, the required side yard may be reduced to 10% of the width of the lot, provided, however, that no side yard shall be less than three feet.
(D) Rear yards.
(1) Where a lot abuts on an alley, one-half of the alley width may be considered as a part of the required rear yard.
(2) An accessory building not exceeding 20 feet in height may occupy not to exceed 30% and unenclosed parking spaces may occupy not to exceed 90% of the area of a required rear yard, but no accessory building shall be closer than ten feet to the main building nor closer than three feet to any lot line.
(3) The ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features may extend to a distance not to exceed 18 inches into a required yard.
(4) Open or, lattice-enclosed fire escapes, outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into a rear yard may be permitted by the Building Commissioner for a distance not to exceed five feet when these are so placed as not to obstruct light and ventilation.
(E) General yards and areas.
(1) More than one main building may be erected upon a lot in the case of commercial or industrial buildings or of hospitals, institutions and public buildings, where such uses are permitted, provided that all yards otherwise required on the lot for a single building are observed.
(2) Where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of this chapter has less width than herein required in the district in which it is located and the owner of such lot does not own any other parcel or tract adjacent thereto, the lot may nonetheless be used for a one-family dwelling.
(Ord. - -, passed 11-24-80; Am. Ord. 2006-5, passed 3-27-06)