(a) Front yard requirements do not apply to bay windows or balconies occupying in the aggregate not more than one-third (1/3) of the front wall, provided that these projections come entirely within planes drawn from either main corner of the front wall, making an interior angle of twenty-two and one-half (22-1/2) degrees in the horizontal plane with the front wall; to chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters, uncovered porches or similar features not over three feet (3 ft.) high above the average finished grade and distant five feet (5 ft.) from every lot line.
(b) Open ornamental fences are permitted if not more than three and one-half feet (3- 1/2 ft. ) in height adjacent to the front entrance of the building and not more than eight feet (8 ft.) in front of the building and not more than eight feet (8 ft.) in front of the building line. Such fence shall not extend more than fifty percent (50%) of the width of the lot and shall be placed parallel to the front building wall.Plantings and shrubbery planted more than eight feet (8 ft.) in front of the building line shall not exceed three and one-half feet (3-l/2 ft.) in height and plantings and shrubbery shall not occupy any part of the front yard area adjacent to the front property line and extending back fifteen feet (15 ft.) therefrom.
(c) In any district where the average depth of two (2) or more existing front yards on lot within one hundred feet (100 ft.) of the lot in question and within the same block front is less or greater than the least front yard depth prescribed, front yards may be varied. The depth of the front yard on such lot shall not be less than the average depth of such existing front yards or the average depth on the two (2) lots immediately adjoining, or, in the case of a corner lot, the depth of the front yard on the lot immediately adjoining; provided, however, that the depth of a front yard on a lot in any residential district shall be at least ten feet (10 ft.) and need not exceed sixty feet (60 ft.).
(Ord. 7139-99. Passed 7-6-99.)