A. All buildings shall be set back from street right of way lines or lot lines to comply with the following yard requirements:
1. Front Yard:
a. The minimum depth of the front yard shall be twenty five feet (25');
b. When a yard has a double frontage then front yard requirements shall be complied with on both sides; except when rear access is denied;
2. Side Yard:
a. For dwellings located on interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of the main dwelling of not less than five feet (5') for dwellings of one story, and of not less than ten feet (10') for dwellings of more than one story, except as hereinafter provided in section 12-362 of this chapter. Where adjacent lots are under one ownership, a three foot (3') minimum is allowable provided there is at least ten feet (10') between adjacent structures and the sum of the side yards, measured along the front building line, is ten feet (10') for lots seventy feet (70') or less in width and fifteen percent (15%) of the lot width where such lot exceeds seventy feet (70'). The sum of the side yards shall be considered to the nearest foot;
b. For dwellings located on corner lots there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street of not less than fifteen feet (15') in case such lot is back to back with another corner lot, and twenty feet (20') in every other case within fifty feet (50') of an abutting property. The interior side yard of a corner lot shall be the same as for dwellings on an interior lot;
c. For unattached buildings of accessory residential use:
(1) There shall be a side yard of not less than five feet (5') from an interior side lot line; provided, however, that unattached one-story buildings of accessory use shall not be required to set back more than three feet (3') from an interior side lot line when all parts of the accessory buildings are located more than ninety feet (90') behind the front lot line;
(2) On corner lots there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street as required for dwellings; provided however, that unattached one-story buildings of accessory use, other than garages or other structures with driveways opening directly upon the intersecting street, shall not be required to set back more than three feet (3') from the right of way of the intersecting local or collector street or more than five feet (5') from the projected right of way of a major street when within a yard enclosed with a sightproof fence of not less than six feet (6') in height;
d. Churches and main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings and trailers, shall set back from all exterior and interior side lot lines a distance of not less than twenty five feet (25');
3. Rear Yard:
a. For main buildings, other than garage apartments, there shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty feet (20') or twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, whichever is smaller. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building provided that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten feet (10') to the rear lot line where no alley exists and not closer than five feet (5') to the rear lot line where an alley exists;
b. Garage apartments may be located in the rear yard of another dwelling, but shall not be located closer than ten feet (10') to the rear lot line where no alley exists and not closer than five feet (5') where an alley exists;
4. Lot Width: There shall be a minimum lot width of fifty feet (50') at the front building line for single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings or single-family dwellings and garage apartments, and such lot shall abut on a street for a distance of not less than thirty feet (30');
5. Intensity Of Use:
a. For each single-family dwelling and accessory building there shall be a lot area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet;
b. For each two-family dwelling and accessory buildings there shall be a lot area of not less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet. A garage apartment located on the same lot with a single-family dwelling shall have the same area requirements as a two-family dwelling and for purposes of intensity shall constitute a two-family dwelling. A garage apartment shall not be located on the same lot with a two-family dwelling;
c. For churches and main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings, the lot area shall be adequate to provide the yard areas required by this section and the off street parking area required in this part; provided, however, that the lot area for a church shall not be less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet; and
6. Coverage: Main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than thirty percent (30%) of the lot area on interior lots and more than thirty five percent (35%) of the lot area on corner lots. Accessory buildings shall not cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the rear yard. (Prior code § 16-12; amd. Ord. 1402, 7-31-1996)