(1) On lots fronting on two non-intersecting streets, a front yard must be provided on both streets.
Figure 152.031(A)(1): Example of Double Frontage Lot
(2) On corner lots, there must be a front yard on both streets.
(3) Except for corner lots in the B1, I, M or O Districts, where a frontage is divided among districts with different front yard requirements, the deepest front yard required shall apply to the entire frontage.
(4) On corner lots in the B, I, M or O Districts which adjoin an R District on the rear, a ten-foot yard must be provided along the side street (see Figure 152.031(A)(4)).
(5) In the R3A, R3B, B, I, M and CPD Zoning Districts, there may be more than one commercial or industrial, institutional or multi-family building on a lot, provided that the required yards be maintained around the group of buildings.
(6) Those parts of existing buildings that violate yard regulations may be repaired and remodeled, but not reconstructed or structurally altered unless they comply with all yard requirements.
(7) If side/rear yards are provided where not required (i.e., in B and M Districts), they must be at least five feet wide except where an alley is adjacent.
(8) Where a lot is in a B, I, M or O Class District and is next to an R Class District, the side or rear yard required in that R Class District must be provided along the boundary line (see Figure 152.031(A)(8)).
Figure 152.031(A)(4): Minimum Side Yards
Figure 152.031(A)(8): Minimum Rear Yards
(9) See § 152.152 for parking yard requirements.
(B) The following exceptions may be made to the yard requirements.
(1) On lots of less than 70 feet in width the property owner may reduce a side yard to 10% of the width of the lot but to not less than three feet.
(2) On lots of record on or prior to June 5, 1967, a property owner may reduce his or her rear yard to 20% of the lot depth.
(3) On streets where a front yard setback has heretofore been established by existing buildings situated on lots or tracts comprising not less than 50% of the total block frontage on one side of that portion of any street lying between two intersecting streets, buildings shall either:
(a) Maintain a front yard (building setback) as required in the zoning district in which the property is located; or
(b) Maintain a lesser front yard, as determined by the average front yard (building setback) provided by existing buildings within 200 feet on each side.
(4) Except in any B3 Zoning District, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to impede visibility between a height of two and one-half feet and eight feet above the edge of the pavement of intersecting streets, within 30 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way of the intersecting streets. (See Figure 152.031(B)(4).)
Figure 152.031(B)(4): 30-Foot Site Visibility Triangle
(5) Any accessory building or structure closer than ten feet to a principal building shall be considered as part of the principal building and the side, rear and front yard setbacks for the principal building shall be required.
(6) Lots of record prior to June 5, 1967, with less area than required may be sued for one single-family dwelling or for a permitted non-dwelling use.
(C) The following accessory buildings, structures and uses are permitted, with respect to the location of the principal structure, as follows.
(1) In all yards.
(a) Sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features may project only two feet into a required yard;
(b) Steps, four feet or less above grade, which are necessary for access to a permitted building or for access to a lot from a street or alley;
(c) Arbors not exceeding eight feet in height, flag poles as restricted in § 152.215, fountains, sculptures, plant boxes, yard lights and other similar ornamental objects;
(d) Driveways and parking spaces as restricted in § 152.152; and
(e) Basketball backboards and/or hoops.
(2) In front yards.
(a) Open, unenclosed porches (no glass, screen or walls), decks or ramps may extend ten feet into a required front yard; and
(b) Mail boxes.
(3) In rear yards.
(a) Open fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, balconies and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into a rear yard for a distance of not more than three and one-half feet, when so placed as to not obstruct light and ventilation, may be permitted.
(b) Accessory buildings and operable motor vehicles, see § 152.111(B)(8);
(c) An accessory building or structure more than ten feet from a main building may be erected within three feet of a side or rear lot line, provided it is located back of the main building, and when on a corner lot both front yard requirements must be observed;
(d) Where a garage is entered from an alley, it must be kept ten feet from the alley line; and
(e) Air conditioning units not less than four feet from the rear property line.
(f) The wall of a private swimming pool shall not be located less then six feet from the rear property line.
(4) In side yards.
(a) Open air patios, which do not extend above the level of ground (first) floor may project into a required yard, provided these projections are distant at least two feet from the adjacent side lot line; and
(b) Air conditioning units not less than four feet from the side property line.
(c) The wall of a private swimming pool shall not be located less then six feet from the rear property line.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-3.2, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 12-3343, passed 1-23-2012)