(a) Lot Measurements. No area shall be counted as accessory to more than one (1) principal structure or use, and no area necessary for compliance with the open space requirements for one (1) principal structure or use shall be included or counted in the calculation of the open space accessory to any other principal structure or use. In the determination of a land area where a structure is to be erected, altered or used, no road right-of-way shall be included in the computation of the required minimum land area.
(1) Depth of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between the midpoints of straight lines connecting the foremost points to the side lot lines in front and the rear-most points of the side lot lines in the rear.
(2) Width of a lot shall be the distance along a straight line connecting side lot lines and measured across the lot, between side lot lines, at the required setback line. Side lot lines shall be as nearly perpendicular or radial to the street lines as practical.
(3) The front of a lot shall be the portion nearest the street and, for the purposes of determining yard requirements on corner lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered frontage, and setbacks shall be provided as required in this Zoning Code.
(b) Yards. All front, side, and rear yard setbacks shall be the minimum distance, measured on a line perpendicular to the respective front, side, or rear lot line, to the nearest point of the principal structure, excluding all projections which project less than three (3) feet from the structure wall and which do not exceed four (4) feet in length.
(1) No fence or wall shall be permitted within any required front yard which materially impedes vision across such yard above the height of two (2) feet, and no hedge or other vegetation shall be permitted which materially impedes vision across such yard between heights of three (3) feet and eight (8) feet, all of which shall be measured from the existing grade at the base of such vegetation, provided, however, that this provision shall not affect any yard area where the natural ground elevation is more than four (4) feet above the centerline elevation.
(2) In the case of corner lots which do not have reversed frontage, the front yard requirements shall apply to all sides of the lot which abut a street.
(3) In any district where a lot runs through a block from street to street and where a front yard is required, such front yard shall be provided along each street lot line.
(4) In the case of through lots, side yards shall extend from the set-back lines of required front yards. In the case of corner lots, front yard requirements shall apply to each side of the lot which abuts a street. The rear yard shall be considered as that area adjacent to the side of the principal structure which is opposite to that side of the principal structure in which the main entrance is located.
(5) Width of a required side yard shall be measured in such a manner that the yard established is a strip of at least the minimum width required by district regulations.
(6) Depth of a required rear yard shall be measured in such a manner that the yard established is a strip of at least the minimum width required by district regulations.
A. When the rear line of a corner lot abuts the side line of an adjoining lot in a Residential District, no accessory structure shall be within eight (8) feet of such abutting lot line or closer to the side street lot line than the front yard setback of the principal structure on the adjoining lot, but in no case shall the setback be less than twenty-five (25) feet.
B. When the rear line of a corner lot with reverse frontage abuts the side line of an adjoining lot in a Residential District, no accessory structure shall be within eight (8) feet of such abutting lot line or closer to the arterial side street lot line than the front yard setback of the principal structure on the adjoining lot.
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95; Ord. 2022-10. Passed12-12-22.)