The following required yard exceptions are permitted.
1. Architectural features of buildings such as window sills, cornices and roof overhangs may project into the required yard provided such projection is not more than one foot.
2. In residential zoning districts, a porch or vestibule which may be enclosed, may extend into a front yard a maximum of four (4) feet, plus not more than one foot of roof overhang; provided it does not exceed six (6) feet in length and shall not alter the front building line for future modifications or additions.
3. Entry steps may encroach into a required yard.
4. Open fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, chimneys and flues may extend into the required rear yard and not more than three and one half (3.5) feet into a required side yard.
5. Awnings, canopies and marquees attached to and part of a building, may project into the front yard of all nonresidential districts no more than five (5) feet.
6. Fences and walls may be constructed in required yards as limited in Section 165.36(2).
(Ord. 2022-1010 – Mar. 23 Supp.)
7. Signs may be permitted in required yards provided no portion of any sign encroaches into a traffic visibility zone as required in Section 165.35(2).
8. Parking in nonresidential districts shall be permitted within required yards, provided it is setback at least ten (10) feet from any public street right-of-way and does not encroach into a traffic visibility zone as required by Section 165.34(2).
(Ord. 2022-1010 – Mar. 23 Supp.)
9. Parking shall be permitted in residential districts in the required yards in circumstances where the parking is being provided upon a driveway to a garage for a single family attached or detached home.
10. The Council may in or by resolution perpetually allow an owner or developer to include (for side yard and/or rear yard lot requirements) abutting open space, planting space, wooded space and trail or path space being conveyed to the City by deed or easement.
11. A lot which was legally of record at the time of the adoption of this chapter does not have to comply with the yard requirements herein but in the alternative must comply with the yard requirements governing said lot prior to the adoption of this chapter provided the same is comparable to similar lot development in the area.