Required yard spaces shall be maintained free and unobstructed except for trees and shrubbery, and, in interior side or rear yards, cloths, poles, arbors, garden trellis and similar accessories, and except that the following encroachments shall be permitted.
(a) Underground Garage or Accessory Space in Multi-Family Districts. Within the required yard spaces back of the setback building line in a Multi-Family District, an underground garage or other accessory space may be constructed provided the height of such structure, including parapets, piers or railings, shall not exceed five (5) feet above the grade level, and provided such structure does not prevent free access to the rear yard.
(b) Front Yard and Side Street Yard Encroachments. Except as restricted or limited by other provisions of this Zoning Code, the following front yard and side street yard encroachments shall be permitted in any use district:
(1) Front yard and side street yard encroachments permitted under Chapter 3109, and Chapter 3113, except that in a Dwelling House District no entrance canopy shall be erected, and no marquees or fixed or retractable awning shall project more than six (6) feet beyond the building line or within ten (10) feet of the street line.
(2) Steps and landings, and their appurtenant railings, balustrades and parapets, leading up or down to floor levels directly above or below the grade level.
(3) Fences and walls, as regulated in Chapter 358.
(4) Open porticos or porches projecting not more than eight (8) feet, and enclosed porches, balconies or vestibules projecting not more than four (4) feet.
(5) Structures permitted by division (a) of Section 3113.10, division (a) of Section 3113.13 and Section 3113.16 or where not so permitted, gasoline pump islands, sign poles or similar temporary and easily removable structures, provided that conditional and temporary permits therefore are granted, subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards by the Board after public notice and public hearing, and provided, further, that the erection, maintenance and use thereof do not conflict with the intent and purposes of this Zoning Code.
(6) For one (1) to four (4) family dwelling structures, wheelchair lifts, including platform and appurtenant structures, set back a minimum of five (5) feet from any public right-of-way and a minimum of three (3) feet setback from any other property line, to be removed when no longer in use.
(7) For one (1) to four (4) family dwelling structures, wheelchair ramps set back a minimum of five (5) feet from any public right-of-way and a minimum of three (3) feet from any other property line, to be removed when no longer in use, and meeting slope requirements and all other requirements of the Ohio Building Code, and as determined by collaboration between the City Planning Commission office and the Department of Building and Housing:
A. designed to minimize the length of the ramp; and
B. located in a side yard or rear yard unless such placement is determined to be infeasible, thereby necessitating location in a front yard.
(c) Rear Yard and Interior Side Yard Encroachments. Except as restricted or limited by other provisions of this Zoning Code, the following rear yard and interior side yard encroachments shall be permitted in any use district:
(1) In rear yards only, accessory buildings and uses in connection with Residence Occupancy as defined and limited in Section 337.23, and similar accessory buildings and uses in connection with buildings of Institutional H Occupancy Classification. Accessory buildings or uses attached or forming part of a main building shall be permitted to encroach upon such rear yards to the extent permitted for detached accessory buildings or uses.
(2) Projections for architectural embellishment listed in Section 3109.08, provided that no main cornice or eaves shall project into a required yard more than two (2) feet, measured horizontally, and no bar or oriel shall be constructed in a required interior side yard and none shall project into a required rear yard more than eighteen (18) inches, and no other projection shall exceed the maximum permissible projection specified in Section 3109.08 or be so located as to materially obstruct natural light or ventilation.
(3) Fixed awnings, as permitted by Section 3109.10.
(4) Retractable awnings, as permitted by Section 3109.11.
(5) Steps, landings and their appurtenant railings, balustrades and parapets, leading up or down to floor levels directly above or below the grade level, not extending nearer than one (1) foot to a rear or side lot line.
(6) Chimneys projecting not more than thirty-two (32) inches, downspouts projecting not more than twelve (12) inches, and ventilating ducts or pipes projecting not more than thirty-two (32) inches and having a maximum aggregate cross-sectional area in any yard and at any level or one thousand twenty-four (1,024) square inches.
(7) Fences, walls, hedges or other barriers, as regulated in division (a)(6) of Section 337.23.
(d) Temporary Structures. Temporary offices, bridges, barricades and similar structures required for and incident to building construction.
(Ord. No. 887-18. Passed 6-3-19, eff. 7-3-19)