1260.02   GENERAL YARD REQUIREMENTS; OBSTRUCTION OF VISION ON CORNER LOTS.
   (a)   On lots fronting on two nonintersecting streets, a front yard must be provided on both streets.
   (b)   On corner lots there must be a front yard on both streets. On corner lots that are lots of record, the buildable width cannot be reduced to less than twenty-eight feet, except that.there shall be a yard along the side street side of such a lot of at least five feet.
   (c)   Where a frontage is divided among districts with different front yard requirements, the deepest front yard required shall apply to the entire frontage.
   (d)   In the B and I Districts there may be more than one building on a lot, provided that the required yards are maintained around the group of buildings.
   (e)   There may be two or more related multifamily, hotel, motel or institutional buildings on a lot, provided that the required yards are maintained around the group of buildings, and that buildings that are parallel or that are within forty-five degrees of being parallel, are separated by a horizontal distance that is at least equal to the height of the highest building.
   (f)   Those parts of existing buildings that violate yard regulations may be repaired and remodeled, but not reconstructed or structurally altered.
   (g)   Required front yards shall be devoted entirely to landscaped area except for guest parking and the necessary paving of driveways and sidewalks to reach parking or loading areas in the side or rear yard.
   (h)   Where an official line has been established for the future widening or opening of a street or major thoroughfare upon which a lot abuts, then the depth of a front or side yard shall be measured from such official line to the nearest line of the building.
   (i)   The minimum width of side yards for schools, libraries, churches, community buildings and other public and semipublic buildings in Residential Districts shall be twenty-five feet, except where a side yard is adjacent to a Commercial or Industrial District, in which case the width of that yard shall be as required in the district in which the building is located.
   (j)   EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection (j) was repealed by implication by Ordinance 19-92, passed September 4, 1992. See Chapter 1443 of the Building and Housing Code.
(Ord. 1775. Passed 10-22-73; Ord. 2449. Passed 8-10-87.)