§ 151.064 YARD SPACE ENCROACHMENTS; PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS.

   The following projections may be permitted into any front, rear, or exterior side yard adjoining a street lot line:

   (A)   Cornices, sills, eaves, and other ornamental features to a distance of not more than two feet six inches;

   (B)   Fire escapes to a distance of not more than four feet six inches;

   (C)   Decks, in residential districts, to a distance of not more than one-half the distance into yards. No easement encroachments permitted;

   (D)   Bay windows and chimneys and fireplaces to a distance of not more than three feet, provided that such features do not occupy, in the aggregate, more than one-third the length of the building wall on which they are located; and

   (E)   Retaining walls and landscaping timbers within easements by conditional use permit.

(Prior Code, § 151.059) (Ord. 149, passed 3-9-1998)