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[EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 1294.09 was repealed and reserved in its entirety by Ordinance 2003-7, passed January 12, 2004.]
(a) The excavation of peat, muck, sand, gravel, clay, shale or other natural mineral deposits, including the quarrying of rock minerals, but except crude oil, may be authorized in any district by the Board of Appeals by the issuance of a special permit upon completion of procedures and with the imposition of the conditions and safeguards outlined in Section 1284.04.
(b) Top soil shall not be stripped, excavated or otherwise removed on any premises for sale or for any other use than on the premises on which the top soil was originally located, except when as a product of an authorized excavation of other soils as provided in this section or as provided in Section 1284.04(i).
(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72.)
(a) No fence, wall or structural screen, other than plant materials, shall be erected on any residential property higher than 6 feet.
(b) No fence, wall, screen, hedge or other planting shall exceed a height of 3 feet within any residential front yard within an area closer than 20 feet to the street line. On any corner lot, no fence or planting shall exceed a height of 3 feet within 20 feet of any corner so as to interfere with traffic visibility across the corner.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-13-76.)
Any residential lot created and recorded prior to the effective date of this Zoning Code may be used for any permitted use, even though the lot area and/or dimensions are less than those required for the district in which the lot is located, provided that:
(a) The other requirements of the district are met;
(b) No adjacent land or lot is owned by the owner of the lot in question; and
(c) No lot shall be so reduced in area that the required open spaces will be smaller than those established as a minimum for the district in which the lot is located.
(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72.)
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 1294.14 was repealed and reserved in its entirety by Ordinance 2022-02, passed April 11, 2022. For current provisions regarding accessory buildings, see Section 1294.06.]
(a) (1) Paved terraces, patios and uncovered porches shall not be subject to yard requirements, provided that:
A. The paved area is unroofed and without such walls or other forms of solid, continuous enclosure that link the paved area to the principal building.
B. The highest finished elevation of the paved area is not over three feet above the average surrounding finished ground grade.
C. No portion of any paved area is closer than 5 feet from any lot line or projects into any front yard setback area.
(2) Such paved areas may have an open railing or fence not over 3 feet high and may have noncontinuous windbreaks or visual screen fences or walls not over 6 feet high and not enclosing more than one-half the perimeter of the paved area.
(b) Unenclosed porches, roofed or unroofed, may project into a required side or rear yard area a distance not to exceed 8 feet, provided that:
(1) The porch is unenclosed, no higher than one story and is erected on piers.
(2) The porch shall not be closer than 8 feet at any point to any side or rear lot line.
(c) Enclosed porches shall be considered an integral part of the building and shall be subject to all yard and area dimensional requirements established for principal buildings.
(d) Special structural elements, such as cornices, sills, chimneys, eaves and similar structural features may project into any yard up to a maximum of two and one- half feet.
(e) Fire escapes, outside stairways and balconies, if of open construction, may project into the yard area up to a maximum of five feet.
(Ord. 89. Passed 4-10-72.)
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