1383.01 Side yards in residence districts.
1383.02 Rear yards in residence districts.
1383.03 Rear yards in apartment house districts.
1383.04 Yard regulations; apartment house districts.
1383.05 Side and rear yards in business districts.
1383.06 Side and rear yard exceptions.
CROSS REFERENCES
Rear yard defined - see P. & Z. 1321.07
Side yard defined - see P. & Z. 1321.09
Least dimension of a yard defined - see P. & Z. 1321.10
(a) In a Class U1, U2 or U3 District, there shall be, for every building erected, a side yard along each lot line other than a front line or rear line.
(b) Each single-family dwelling, each two-family dwelling and each apartment house shall be deemed a separate building and shall have side yards as prescribed in subsection (a) hereof, except that two single-family dwellings may be attached as a double house and be considered a single building in any area other than in an area within a portion of a Class U1, U2 or U3 District.
(Ord. 9811. Passed 9-8-52.)
(c) The least dimension of a side yard on a lot less than fifty feet shall be not less than three feet, and the total width of side yards shall be not less than ten feet, and in no case shall there be less than ten feet between dwellings.
(Ord. 262-1979. Passed 9-17-79.)
(d) The least dimension of a side yard on a lot fifty feet or greater shall be not less than five feet and the total side yards shall be not less than fifteen feet. In no case shall there be less than ten feet between dwellings.
(e) For an apartment house or hotel in a U3 District the least dimension of each side yard shall be not less than ten percent of the average width of the lot, but such least dimension need not exceed twelve feet.
(Ord. 9811. Passed 9-8-52; Ord. 93-2000. Passed 5-1-00.)
(a) In a Class U1, U2 or U3 District every building erected shall have a rear yard.
(b) The least dimension of such rear yard shall be twenty percent of the depth of the lot, but such least dimension need not be more than forty feet, provided that such least dimension shall in no case be less than one-half the height of the building.
(c) Forty percent of the area of such yard may be occupied by one accessory building not more than fifteen feet in height. However, on a corner lot, the rear line of which is identical with the side line of an interior lot, no such accessory building, if detached from the main building, shall be erected within twenty feet of any street line or within ten feet of the rear lot line.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
(d) There shall be a minimum of ten feet between a dwelling and an accessory building.
(Ord. 165-1974. Passed 6-17-74.)
Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in other sections of this chapter, in the development of an apartment house project of one or more buildings, the yards between buildings or parts of the same building and the yards between any building and a side or rear lot line shall be designed and constructed in accordance with yard regulations set forth in Section 1383.04.
(Ord. 35-1969. Passed 2-17-69.)
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