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6-3-9: YARDS, GENERALLY:
   A.   Minimum Yard Space:
      1.   No lot shall be reduced in area so that the yards or other open space become less than required by this chapter.
      2.   The minimum yard space required for one structure shall not again be considered as yard space for another adjoining structure.
   B.   Front Yards:
      1.   Front yards shall be established according to the requirements set forth for each zoning district described in this chapter, with the following exceptions:
         a.   On streets where a front yard setback has been maintained for buildings existing on lots or tracts having a frontage of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total frontage on one side of that portion of any street lying between two (2) intersecting streets, there shall be maintained a front yard setback of not less than the average setback of the aforementioned existing buildings.
         b.   On a vacant, through or corner lot, either of the lot lines abutting in a street right of way line may be established as its front lot line except as follows:
            (1)   Where two (2) or more through lots are contiguous and a front lot line has been duly established, the same street lot line shall thereafter be deemed to be the front lot line of all such contiguous lots.
         c.   On a through lot, a front yard shall be provided along any lot line abutting a street. (1985 Code)