1121.08 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL USES.

   For each principal use located in the AA, A and B Districts, front, side, and rear yards shall be provided in accordance with the dimensions specified in the following table, except as regulated in subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof. Each yard shall be unobstructed by any structure except as otherwise provided in this Chapter. Such areas, together with all other portions of the zoning lot not covered by permitted structures, shall be landscaped with grass, trees, shrubbery and/or other appropriate ground cover or landscaping material, which shall be adequately maintained, so as to assure absorption of rainfall, and to prevent erosion from rapid runoff of surface water.

 

	Schedule 1121.08 Minimum Dimensions in Feet Except as regulated in subsections (a) and (b)
District	Front Yard Depth	Rear Yard Depth	Each Side Yard Width	Each Corner Side Yard Width
AA	30	30	10	20
A	25	30	5	15
B	20	30	5	10

   (a)   Front Yards on Partially Built-up Blocks. Where, on the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 56-1970, passed December 7, 1970), forty percent (40%) or more of a block face was occupied by two (2) or more dwellings, then the required front yard for a lot proposed for development shall be established in the following manner:

      (1)   Where the dwelling farthermost from the street provides a front yard not more than ten (10) feet deeper than the dwelling closest to the street, then the required front yard shall be an average of the existing front yards;

      (2)   Where subsection (a)(1) hereof is not the case and a lot is within 100 feet of a dwelling on each side, then the front yard is a line drawn from the closest front corners of these two adjacent dwellings;

      (3)   Where neither subsections (a)(1) or (2) hereof are the case, and the lot is within 100 feet of an existing dwelling on one (1) side only, then the front yard is the same as that of the existing adjacent dwelling;

      (4)   An addition to the front of an existing dwelling shall comply with the required front yard set forth in the above table unless the adjacent dwellings have a front yard greater than required in the above table, in which case the addition shall comply with the front yard regulations established in subsections (a)(1), (2) or (3) hereof as applicable.

ILLUSTRATION OF FRONT YARDS ON PARTIALLY BUILT UP BLOCKS IN AA, A AND B DISTRICTS
Section 1121.08(a)

      (1)   When the difference in the depth of existing front yards is less than 10 feet:

      (2)   When the difference in the depth of existing front yards is greater than 10 feet:

      (3)   When there is only one (1) dwelling within 100 feet (and #1 does not apply):

      (4)   When an addition to the front of an existing dwelling is proposed on a lot when the front yard is greater than required:

Dwelling 1 - No addition permitted.

Dwelling 2 - May add on to dwelling in compliance with subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2).

Dwelling 3 - May add on to dwelling in compliance with subsection (a)(2).

Dwelling 4 - No addition permitted.

   (b)   Yards on Corner Lots. Where new construction or an addition to an existing building is proposed for a corner lot, such building or building addition shall maintain a corner side yard that complies with the following:

      (1)   When the rear lot line of a corner yard coincides with the rear lot line of another corner lot the corner side yard shall be the greater of:

         A.   The corner side yard of the abutting corner lot; or

         B.   Twenty (20) feet in an AA District; fifteen (15) feet in an A District; and ten (10) feet in a B District.

      (2)   When the rear lot line of a corner lot coincides with the side lot line of an interior lot, the corner side yard shall comply with the requirements for a front yard, including subsection (a) hereof for front yard dimensions on partially built-up blocks.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF CORNER SIDE YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS IN AA, A AND B DISTRICTS
Section 1121.08(b)

      (1)   NEW CONSTRUCTION

         (a)   Corner Lot Abutting Another Corner Lot.

         (b)   Corner Lot Abutting Interior Lots.

      (2)   NEW ADDITION

         (a)   Corner Lot Abutting Another Corner Lot.

         (b)   Corner Lot Abutting Interior Lots.

   (c)    Rear Yard Addition Encroachments. Existing single-family homes in the A and B Districts on existing lots that do not meet existing lot area requirements may encroach up to ten (10) feet into rear yards for additions if the following standards are met, subject to Zoning Administrator review and approval:

      (1)   Such encroachment will not alter the essential character of the rear yard development pattern within the block the lot is located upon. The applicant must supply contextual photographs of the general neighborhood. These include photographs of the view of rear yards of structures on either side, as seen from the subject property’s rear yard, and photographs of the front facades of the blockface. These may be supplemented with aerial images obtained online.

      (2)   On-site improvements must be made to accommodate detention of the stormwater generated within the area of encroachment by a five-year, 24- hour storm event.

         A.   Examples of such improvements include. but are not limited to, the use of rain barrels, cisterns, dry wells, French drains beneath driveways, permeable pavers or porous asphalts. The Zoning Administrator may require that the improvements be permanent in nature, such as semi-pervious surfaces, cisterns and French drains. Landscaping improvements such as rain gardens may also be permitted to satisfy this requirement.

         B.   The City may require the applicant to provide a detention plan prepared by a civil engineer. This would be determined on a case-by-case basis.

            (Ord. 025-2023. Passed 6-5-23.)