In addition to all yard regulations specified in other sections of this chapter, the provisions included in this section shall be used for interpretation and clarification.
(A) Yard setback requirements for corner buildings. On a corner lot in any district the main building and any accessory structures shall be required to have the same setback distance from all street right-of-way lines as required for the front yard in the district in which such structures are located. The remaining yards shall be considered side yards.
(B) Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of 2½ feet and 10 feet above the center line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the right-of-way of such corner lots and a line joining points along the right-of-way 25 feet from the point of intersection.
(C) Yard setbacks for multiple- family or group of dwellings. A group of dwellings or multiple-family dwellings shall be considered as one building for the purpose of determining front, side, and rear yard requirements. The entire group as a unit shall require one front, one rear, and two side yards as specified for dwellings in the appropriate district. In addition to the front, side, and rear yards, all individual buildings shall be separated by a distance equal to the building height of the largest building.
(D) Additional yard requirements for buffering purposes. To secure a desirable transition between land zoned for residential purposes and other zoning districts (CI through OMC), it is required that greater yard setbacks be provided on the property that is not zoned for residential purposes along the lot line(s) that abut land zoned for residential purposes. When property that is zoned CI through OMC abuts property that is zoned to permit single-, two-, or multiple-family residential dwellings, the yard requirements for that yard adjacent to the residentially zoned property shall be increased two times over the normally required yard setback (including any overlay district requirements), up to a maximum of 75 feet, and a landscaped buffer yard shall be provided in this area in accordance with §§ 155.2401 through 155.2406 with conditional exception to additional requirements of corner lots discussed in division (A) of this section.
(E) Accessory structures. Accessory structures may not be located closer to a public right-of-way than the principal structure unless the accessory structure is attached to the principal structure. Accessory structures shall not be located closer to a public right-of-way than a distance equal to one-half of the height of the accessory structure or three feet, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 37-02, passed 7-10-02) Penalty, see § 155.2617