(a) No lot shall be so reduced in area after the enactment of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 1953-21, passed May 13, 1953) as to make the minimum width of any side yard space less than that prescribed in this Zoning Code for a lot fifty feet wide, except that where, at the time of the enactment of this Zoning Code, three-quarters of the lots on both sides of the street within a block front are less than fifty feet wide, an existing plot or unimproved portion of a plot within the block may be deemed to have been divided at the time of the enactment of this Zoning Code into lots of substantially the average width of the aforesaid neighboring lots.
(b) A side yard space is required along each side lot line of each lot, and the least width of any side yard space and the sum of the widths of both side yard spaces shall be as follows:
Number of Stories | Least Width of Each Side Yard Space (ft.) | Sum Width of Both Side Yard Spaces (ft.) |
1 and 1-1/2 2 and 2-1/2 3 | 4 5 6 | 10 14 18 |
(c) For each foot that a lot in a Residence District is less than fifty feet wide at the time of the enactment of this Zoning Code, one and one-quarter inches shall be deducted from the required least width of any side yard space and two and one-half inches from the sum of the widths of both side yard spaces, provided that no side yard space shall be narrower than three feet in any case.
(d) The side yard provisions specified in this Zoning Code shall not apply to a retaining wall or to fences or walls not over five feet high.
(Ord. 1953-21. Passed 5-13-53.)