(A) The requirements contained in this section are intended to provide exceptions or to qualify and supplement the specific regulations set forth in this subchapter.
(B) The following provisions shall apply in all districts:
(1) Trailers or other portable buildings used as temporary offices may be installed on any lot during construction but shall be removed prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the lot or any permanent structure thereon.
(2) An open space or lot area required for an existing building or structure shall not be counted as open space for any other building or structure.
(3) No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut at least one public street for at least 35 feet and have a width of at least 60 feet at the building line. A public street shall form the direct and primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units. Alleys, where they exist, shall form only a secondary means of ingress and egress.
(4) Where lots comprising 60% or more of the frontage on the same side of the street in any block are developed with buildings having front setbacks less than the required depth and with a variation of not more than ten feet, the average depth of the setbacks shall establish the front setback for the entire frontage; provided that the depth need not exceed the required setback.
(5) Carports, as that term is defined in § 158.002, may be allowed in the front yard setback as a special exception to this chapter, as provided herein, subject to the following restrictions:
(a) Carports shall not be erected or located closer than five feet inclusive of eaves from the right-of-way line of a public or private street.
(b) Carports shall not be located or erected closer to the side property line than the applicable side yard setback or the dwelling to which it is accessory, whichever is less.
(6) Open eaves, cornices, windowsills, and belt courses may project into any setback provided that projections into interior side setbacks shall not exceed two feet. Open uncovered porches or open fire escapes may project into front or rear setbacks a distance not to exceed five feet.
(7) No portion of a lot which is located within the lines of any flood control and/or drainage easement shall be included in measuring yard setback, usable open space or buildable area of the lot. This exclusion shall not apply to easements in which a closed storm sewer is located, nor shall it apply to lots platted prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(8) Churches, schools, hospitals and other public and semi-public buildings may exceed the height limitation of any district, if the side and rear setbacks are increased one foot for each two feet by which the height of the public or semipublic structure exceeds the prescribed height limit.
(9) Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers and other projections not included in a building story, as defined in § 158.002, may extend above the height limit, subject to certain height limitations.
(10) All trash or garbage receptacles shall be in a permanent location mutually convenient to the city and to the occupant.
(Prior Code, § 13-619) (Am. Ord. 1452, passed 10-3-89; Am. Ord. 1508, passed 1-18-94; Am. Ord. 1847, passed 4-19-10; Am. Ord. 1862, passed 4-17-12; Am. Ord. 1957, passed 6-19-18; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)