(a) Building Projections. Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky and unobstructed by a building, except for the following may project into required yards:
(2) The ordinary projection of sills, belt courses, cornices, eaves and ornamental features not exceeding twelve inches.
(3) Permanent awnings projecting not more than four feet into a required yard.
(4) Terraces, uncovered porches, wheelchair ramps and ornamental features that do not rise more than four feet above the ground.
(b) Front Yards.
(1) Lots having frontage on a lake, brook, stream, river or other watercourse shall be provided with a required front yard on this water frontage, as well as that which might be required on any street frontage as specified for the district in which it is situated.
(2) On corner lots, a front yard shall be required along each street.
(3) Interior lots having a frontage on two streets shall be provided with the required front yard on both streets.
(4) Where front yards have been established, or may be required on each of two intersecting streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot, with the following exceptions:
A. In R Districts, where required front yards exceed twenty-five feet, only one front yard in excess of twenty-five feet shall be required, except that south of I-94 on lots fronting on Beckley Road or Capital Avenue, S.W., all such front yards shall be a minimum of fifty feet.
B.
The width of the principal building located on a lot of record need not be less than twenty-five feet when the owner of record can show that the ownership and control of any adjacent lot or lots of record are by another person.
(5) Where 40% or more of frontages on the same side of a street between intersecting streets are developed with buildings that have a front yard greater or less in depth than otherwise required by this chapter, new buildings shall be erected no closer to the street than the average front yard so established by the existing buildings on both sides of the lot to be used, except that this subsection shall not apply south of I-94 to lots fronting Beckley Road or Capital Avenue, S.W.
(6) Where alleys separate lots, the width of the alley shall not be considered in the computation of frontage, nor shall the alley be considered an intersecting street.
(7) No storage or parking of vehicles is permitted on any portion of a required front yard in any R District or T-3 District, except as such parking or storage may intermittently occur on legally authorized driveways and as otherwise may be permitted in this Zoning Code, unless otherwise allowed in this code.
(c) Side Yards.
(1) For the purpose of the side yard regulations, a two-family or multiple dwelling may be considered as one building occupying one lot.
(2) Whenever the wall of any building adjoining a side yard within any Single-Family or Two-Family Residential District exceeds a length of fifty feet, the width of the side yard shall be increased by one foot for each ten feet of wall length in excess of fifty feet.
(d) Exceptions for Commercial and Industrial Districts.
(1) Parking shall be permitted in the required front yard in any B-1, B-2, I-1 or I-2 District.
(2) Whenever a commercial or industrial district adjoins an R District or a residential use, no off-street parking required for the commercial or industrial development shall be located within the required yard within fifty feet from the residential structure or the R District boundary.
(3) Fences of a concealment type, not to include chain link, shall be erected on the common lot line whenever such lot line separates a Commercial or Industrial District from an R District or a residential structure. Such fence shall be installed concurrently with the commercial or industrial use of the land or building. The height of such fence shall conform to the requirements of Section 1260.02(e).
(Ord. 10-2020. Passed 11-24-20; Ord. 03-2023. Passed 5-2-23; Ord. 12-2023. Passed 10-17-23; Ord. 02-2024. Passed 4-2-24.)