§ 151.008 YARDS.

   (A)   Maintenance of yards, courts and other open spaces. The maintenance of yards, courts and other open spaces and minimum lot area legally required for a building shall be a continuing obligation of the owner of such building or of the property on which it is located, as long as the building is in

existence. Furthermore, no legally required yards, courts or other open space, or minimum lot area allocated to any building, shall by virtue of change of ownership or for any other reason, be used to satisfy yard, court, other open space or minimum lot area requirements for any other building.

   (B)   Division of zoning lots. No zoning lot shall hereafter be divided into 2 or more zoning lots unless all improved zoning lots resulting from each such division shall conform to all the applicable bulk regulations of the zoning district in which the property is located.

   (C)   Location of required open space. All yards, courts and other open spaces allocated to a building shall be located on the same zoning lot as such building or dwelling group.

   (D)   Required yards for existing buildings. No yards allocated to a building, structure or use existing on the effective date of this chapter shall be subsequently reduced, or be further reduced below the yard requirements of this chapter except a yard adjoining a street may be reduced in depth or width in the event and to the extent, that the right-of-way width of such street adjoining such yard is subsequently increased.

   (E)   Permitted obstructions in required yards. The following Table 151.008(E), Permitted Obstructions in Required Yards, lists items that are permitted in yards and the location(s) where they are permitted. A “P” denotes that the obstruction is permitted and an “N” denotes that the obstruction is not permitted.

Table 151.008(E): Permitted Obstructions in Required Yards
Projection, Obstruction, or Accessory Use with Limitations	Yard
	Front	Rear	Side	Corner Side
Accessory buildings, subject to the provisions of § 151.015, Accessory buildings	N	P	P	P
Air conditioning units, window, provided they do not extend more than 2 feet from window	N	P	P	P
Air conditioning units and equipment, other than window, provided they are at least 4 feet from all property lines	N	P	P	P
Arbors and trellises	P	P	P	P
Awnings and canopies, providing they project less than 6 feet from façade and at least 7 feet, 6 inches above grade	P	P	P	P
Balconies, open; providing they project less than 6 feet from façade and at least 7 feet, 6 inches above grade	P	P	P	P
Basketball goal on non-recreational land use, limited to 1 pole or garage mounted goal and shall be at least 5 feet from all property lines	P	P	P	P
Chimney, projecting no more than 2 feet from the primary building	N	P	P	P
Garages, detached	N	P	P	N
Decks and terraces in a residential district, provided that they are at least 7 feet from all property lines	N	P	P	P
Dish antennas
Greater than 30 inches diameter	N	P	N	N
Less than 30 inches diameter	N	P	P	P
Dog runs, enclosed, provided that the minimum distance to any and all property lines is at least 10 feet	N	P	N	N
Fences, not to exceed 4 feet in front yard and 6 feet in all side and rear yards	P	P	P	P
Flagpoles	P	P	P	P
Laundry drying equipment	N	P	N	N
Patios with patio covers in a residential district, provided that they are at least 7 feet from all side and rear property lines	N	P	P	P
Patios without patio covers in a residential district, provided that they are at least 4 feet from all side property lines and at least 15 feet from all front property lines (and outside of any easements)	N	P	P	N
Ramps for use by disabled persons	P	P	P	P
Recreation vehicle parking or storage	N	P	P	P
Sheds, and storage buildings (see § 151.015)	N	P	P	N
Steps, open without roof	P	P	P	P
Swimming pools, private	N	P	N	N
Television or radio towers or antennas, provided that they are at least 5 feet from all property lines	N	P	N	N
Tennis courts, private, provided not less than 10 feet from any property line or the minimum setback, whichever is more restrictive	N	P	N	N
Trash dumpsters and/or garbage receptacles	N	P	P	N
Volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard and other courts, private, provided that they are in a residential district and not less than 10 feet from any property line	N	P	N	N

 

   (F)   Vision clearance; corner lots. No building or structure hereafter erected and no planting or other obstruction to the vision of drivers of motor vehicles shall be located:

      (1)   In any residential district, exceeding a height of 3 feet above the street grade within 25 feet of the intersecting right-of-way lines bordering corner lots; and

      (2)   In any business or industrial district, within 12 feet of the intersecting right-of-way lines bordering a corner lot, provided that this regulation shall not apply to that part of a building above the 1st floor.

   (G)   Exceptions for existing developments. Where 40% or more of the frontage on 1 side of a street between 2 intersecting streets is developed with buildings that have not observed a front yard as herein required, then the minimum front yard shall be the average of all building setbacks on the block.

(Ord. 2015-08, § 3.06, passed 6-23-2015)