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SEC. 9-4-102 PROJECTIONS INTO REQUIRED YARDS.
   The following attached structures will be permitted to project into the specified yard for the following distance:
   (A)   Sills and eaves: Two feet into any yard.
   (B)   Fire escape: Four feet into any yard.
   (C)   Chimneys: Three feet into any yard.
   (D)   Bay windows: Three feet into any yard provided that the projection is not an extension of the foundation; if it is an extension of the foundation, the setback shall be measured from the exterior finished wall.
   (E)   Stoops; open unenclosed: Three feet into any yard.
   (F)   Porches; open unenclosed and covered or uncovered (excluding screened or glassed): Seven feet into a front or rear yard provided such porch does not exceed 200 square feet in surface area.
   (G)   Carports; open unenclosed: Open and unenclosed carports which are attached to and part of the principal structure and which are unenclosed on all exterior sides except for necessary supports may project into interior side or rear yards but shall be no closer than five feet to a side or rear property line.
   (H)   Deck/balcony; open unenclosed and uncovered: Three feet into any yard.
   (I)   Steps open unenclosed and uncovered: can project into any yard; however, no steps shall be located closer than five feet to any property line.
   (J)   Gas pump island: can project into any yard in accordance with the bufferyard regulations; however, no gas pump island shall be located closer than ten feet to a public street right-of-way except as further provided. Within any MD-Medical District, no gas pump island shall be located within 30 feet of any public street right-of-way line.
   (K)   Canopies and awnings: Can project into any yard in accordance with the bufferyard regulations or the following requirements, whichever is greater:
       (1)   CDF District: Not closer than five feet to any public street right-of-way.
      (2)   All other nonresidential districts: Not closer than ten feet to any public street right-of-way.
      (3)   All residential districts: Five feet into any yard.
   (L)   Mechanical equipment; habitable area heating and air conditioning units: Three feet into any yard. Commercial mechanical equipment including food and freezer lockers, furnaces, ovens and the like or any equipment which utilizes a structure shall not be included under this exemption.
(Ord. No. 2337, § 1, passed 6-13-1991; Ord. No. 2382, § 1, passed 11-7-1991; Ord. No. 94-21, § 1, passed 2-10-1994; Ord. No. 09-74, § 1, passed 9-10-2009)