In addition to all yard regulations specified in the official schedule of area and height regulations 1 , and in other sections of this title, the following provisions shall be adhered to:
A. Visibility At Intersections: On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two and one-half feet (2 1/2') and ten feet (10') above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the right of way lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along said street right of way lines twenty five feet (25') from the point of intersection.
B. Fence And Wall Restrictions In Front Yards: In any required front yard, no fence or wall shall be permitted which materially impedes vision across such yard above the height of forty inches (40").
C. Yard Requirements:
1. Multi-Family Dwellings: Multi-family dwellings shall be considered as one building for the purpose of determining front, side and rear yard requirements. The entire group as a unit shall require one front, one rear and two (2) side yards as specified for dwellings in the appropriate district.
2. Nonresidential Uses Abutting Residential Districts: Nonresidential buildings or uses shall not be located or conducted closer than forty feet (40') to any lot line of a residential district, except that the minimum yard requirements may be reduced to fifty percent (50%) of the requirement if acceptable landscaping or screening approved by the city council is provided. Such screening shall be a masonry or solid fence between four feet (4') and eight feet (8') in height maintained in good condition and free of all advertising or other signs. Landscaping provided in lieu of such wall or fence shall consist of a strip of land not less than twenty feet (20') in width planted with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet (4') in height at the time of planting.
D. Architectural Projections: Open structures such as porches, decks, canopies, balconies, platforms, carports, covered patios and similar architectural projections shall be considered parts of the building to which attached and shall not project into the required minimum front, side or rear yard. (Ord. 341, 9-10-1996)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 9-3-2 of this title. |