The following projections into yards are permitted under the following conditions:
(a) Balcony, bay window, or any similar solid overhang, but not more than ten feet in width, chimney, cornice, roof overhang, and eaves, may project not more than three and one-half feet into a required front or rear yard, and not more than two and one-half feet into a required side yard, provided the projection shall not be less than two and one-half feet from any side yard lines.
(b) The following projections - a patio, deck, landing, porch, entrance hood, stoop, terrace, including a ceiling or roof, the steps thereto, steps, and other similar or like features, or maximum height of which shall not extend above the ceiling of the first floor level of the main building, plus one foot - may project into the following yards:
(1) Front yard. The above-mentioned projections may project into a required front yard under the following conditions: Such projection shall not project more than seven feet, the square footage of which shall not exceed 126 square feet and be no longer than eighteen feet, including the steps thereto, and in no event shall such projection, including the steps thereto, extend beyond or past the prolongation of the foundation walls of the main building, excluding permitted projections into side yards. Such projections shall be open to the view of pedestrians and to the view of neighbors on either side of the main building, and so as to entitle such neighbors to free and unobstructed air, and shall not be enclosed or so screened to obstruct such view or air by any walls, screens, windows, glass enclosures, drops or shades, or similar or like enclosures. A railing is permitted, provided same is not more than three feet high and has an open area of eighty percent. A roof or covering is permitted, provided the same is constructed of fiberglass, aluminum, copper or sheet metal and no such roof shall be a permanent roof when constructed of any combustible material other than wood. Such roof may be of canvas or similar material if the same is removable and is removed during the months of November through the following June.
(2) Rear yard. The above-mentioned projections may project into a required rear yard under the following conditions: Such projections shall not project more than forty feet from the rear lot line, including steps thereto, and in no event shall such projections, including the steps thereto, extend beyond or past the prolongation of the foundation walls of the main building, excluding permitted projections into side yards. Such projections may be roofed and enclosed.
(3) Side yards. The above-mentioned projections may project into a required side yard under the following conditions: Such projections shall not project more than three feet from any lot line, including the steps thereto. Such projections shall be open to the view of pedestrians and to the view of neighbors on either side of the main building and so as to entitle such neighbors to free and unobstructed air, and shall not be enclosed or so screened to obstruct such view or air by any walls, screens, windows, glass enclosures, drops or shades or similar or like enclosures. A railing is permitted, provided the same is not more than three feet high and has an open area of eighty percent. A roof or covering is permitted, provided the same is constructed of fiberglass, aluminum, copper or sheet metal. No such roof shall be a permanent roof when constructed of any combustible material other than wood. Such roof may be of canvas or similar material if the same is removable and is removed during the months of November through the following June.
(c) A fire escape, enclosed stairway and landing to a second floor of a building about to be converted into a less restrictive use may project four feet into a required side or rear yard, provided such projection is still not less than five feet from any lot line, and provided that on application and after a public hearing, the Board of Zoning Appeals has made a determination that the building cannot be converted without such stairway.
(d) A carport, attached garage and other similar structures or part thereof shall comply with the same yard regulations as required for dwellings.
(e) A canvas awning which is removable and is removed during the months of November through the following June may project two feet into a required front yard, required rear yard, or required side yard if the same is not nearer than two feet to any side lot line. A metal, wood or plastic awning, which is not removed seasonally and being not more than ten feet in width, may project two and one-half feet into a required rear yard and or required side yard if the same is not nearer than two feet to any side lot line. Such distance of two and one-half feet such awning must be away from a side lot line shall be increased two inches for each foot or fraction thereof such awning exceeds ten feet in width.
(f) A trellis, louver and other similar horizontal shading device, provided seventy-five percent of the area is open, may project into a required rear yard not more than eight feet, and may project into a required side yard to within three feet of any lot line.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)