1147.01 Interpretation.
1147.02 Existing lots of record.
1147.03 Height.
1147.04 Front yards.
1147.05 Side yards.
1147.06 Rear yards.
1147.07 Buildings used to house animals.
1147.08 Setback from publicly established drainage ditches.
1147.09 Landscaping and screening provisions.
1147.10 Fences in residential districts.
1147.11 Fences in business and industrial districts.
1147.12 Fences in special districts and other districts.
CROSS REFERENCES
Nonconforming uses - see P. & Z. 1131.05
Special uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1177
In any district where dwellings are permitted a one-family dwelling may be erected on any lot of official records as of the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance, irrespective of its area or width, provided the owner of such lot does not own any adjoining property, except that no lot shall be deemed to be less than forty feet wide for the calculation of yard requirements and provided further:
(Ord. 1124-77. Passed 8-18-77.)
(a) The sum of the side yard widths on any such lot need not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the width of the lot, but in no case shall the width of any side yard be less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot; provided, however, that on a corner lot the width of the side yard adjoining the side street lot line shall not be less than eight feet or twenty percent (20%) of the frontage, whichever is the greater.
(b) The depth of the rear yard of any such lot need not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, but in no case shall it be less than twenty feet.
(c) Where three or more contiguous unimproved lots of record with less than the required area and width are held by one owner, the Planning Commission may require replatting to fewer lots to permit compliance with minimum yard requirements. (Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)
(a) The height regulations prescribed herein shall not apply to television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, grain elevators, silos, windmills, conveyors and flagpoles, except where the height of such structures will constitute a hazard to the safe landing and take-off of military, public commercial and private aircraft at an established airport, but the location of such structures shall be approved by the Planning Commission.
(b) Public, semipublic or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions or schools, where permitted, may be erected to a height not exceeding sixty feet and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five feet when the required side and rear yards are each increased by one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height regulations for the district in which the building is located.
(Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)
(a) When fifty percent (50%) or more of the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have a front yard which is greater or less than the required front yard in the district, no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established, provided, however, that a front yard depth shall not be required to exceed fifty percent (50%) in excess of the front yard otherwise required in the district in which the lot is located.
(b) On lots having double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(c) An open, uncovered porch or paved terrace may project into a required front yard for a distance of not more than ten feet, but this shall not be interpreted to include or permit fixed canopies.
(d) Filling station pumps and pump islands may be located within a required yard, provided they are not less than fifteen feet from any street line and not less than fifty feet from the boundary of any residential district.
(e) Off-street parking facilities may be located within the required front yard of a "B"or "M" District but shall not be nearer than fifty feet to any "S" or "R" District unless enclosed on all sides by a wall or uniformly painted board fence not less than six feet in height, and no off- street parking shall be permitted in the required front yard of any "S" or "R" District.
(Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)
(a) On a corner lot the width of the yard along the side street shall not be less than any required front yard on such street, provided, however, the buildable width of a lot of record shall not be reduced to less than forty feet.
(Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)
(b) No accessory building shall project beyond a required yard line along any street or be closer than ten feet to any side lot line.
(Ord. 1034-74. Passed 2-19-74.)
(c) A canopy may project into a required side yard, provided every part of such canopy is unenclosed and not less than seven feet from any side lot line.
(d) For the purpose of side yard regulation, a two-family dwelling or multiple dwelling shall be considered as one building occupying one lot.
(e) An owner of a dwelling erected prior to the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance shall be permitted to enlarge or structurally alter such dwelling to provide additional enclosed space for living or garage purposes, provided, however, that no side yard shall be reduced to less than ten feet.
(f) Where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance is of less width than the minimum lot width required in the district in which the lot is located, the minimum side yard may be reduced to ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, provided, however, that no side yard shall be less than five feet.
(Ord. 914. Passed 11-8-66.)
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