(A) Maximum height. The normal maximum height of structures may be increased as follows.
(1) Buildings may be erected higher than the normal maximum if they are set back from front and rear property lines, one foot for each two feet of additional height above the normal maximum height.
(2) Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, penthouses, stacks, tanks, water towers, transmission towers, or essential mechanical appurtenances may be erected to any height not prohibited by other laws and ordinances.
(B) Front yard.
(1) Where 25% or more of the lots in a block area are occupied by buildings, the average setback of such buildings determines the dimension of the front yard in the block, but the maximum front yard need not exceed 25 feet in incorporated areas, and 50 feet in unincorporated areas.
(2) On four-lane federal and state highways in unincorporated areas, a distance of 60 feet on lots or parcels of land not included in an existing recorded subdivision.
(3) On a two-lane federal and state highway in unincorporated areas, a distance of 75 feet on lots or parcels of land not included in an existing recorded subdivision.
(4) On all other roads and streets in unincorporated areas, a distance of 50 feet on lots or parcels of land not included in an existing recorded subdivision.
(C) Side yard. Whenever a side yard abuts on a street or road in an unincorporated area, the following minimum widths shall be standard on lots or parcels of land not included in an existing recorded subdivision.
(1) Sixty feet on four-lane federal or state highways;
(2) Seventy-five feet on two-lane federal or state highways; and
(3) Twenty-five feet on all other streets and roads.
(D) Vehicle parking space.
(1) Groups of uses requiring vehicle parking space may join in establishing group parking areas with capacity aggregating that required for each participating use.
(2) Vehicle parking requirements shall not apply in a block, 50% or more of the area of which was occupied by business or industrial structures at the time of passage of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 8.5.1)