A. Maintenance Of Yards, Courts And Other Open Spaces: The maintenance of yards, courts and other open spaces and minimum lot area legally required for a building shall be a continuing obligation of the owner of such building or of the property on which it is located, as long as the building is in existence. Furthermore, no legally required yards, courts or other open space or minimum lot area allocated to any building, shall by virtue of change of ownership or for any reason be used to satisfy yard, court or other open space, or minimum lot area requirements for any other building.
B. Division Of Zoning Lots: No improved zoning lot shall hereafter be divided into two (2) or more zoning lots unless all improved zoning lots resulting from each such division shall conform with all the applicable bulk regulations of the zoning district in which the property is located.
C. Location Of Required Open Space: All yards, courts and other open spaces allocated to a building or dwelling group shall be located on the same zoning lot as such building or dwelling group.
D. Required Yards For Existing Buildings: No yards now or hereafter provided for a building existing on the effective date hereof shall subsequently be reduced below, or further reduced below, if already lower than the minimum yard requirements of this Title for equivalent new construction.
E. Permitted Obstructions: The following shall be considered, except in the LC Limited Commercial District, permitted obstructions in required yards as follows:
NOTE:
F | Denotes permitted obstruction in front yards and side yards adjoining streets. |
S | Denotes permitted obstruction in interior side yards. |
R | Denotes permitted obstruction in rear yards. |
C | Denotes permitted obstruction in open courts. |
Awning and canopies but not projecting more than 10 feet and at least 7 feet above the average level of the adjoining ground | F | S | R | C |
Arbors, trellises, flag poles, fountains, sculptures, plant boxes and other similar ornamental objects | F | S | R | C |
Air conditioning equipment, window units may project not more than 18 inches, central air conditioning units may project into a required yard by not more than 4 feet, provided the unit is adequately screened | F | R | C | |
Architectural entrance structures on a lot not less than 1 acre in area or at entrance roadways into subdivisions or planned developments containing 50 or more lots | F | S | R | |
Chimneys, attached, projecting more than 18 inches into a yard or court | F | S | R | C |
Open entrances, stoops, porches, terraces, decks, when not covered, may project not more than 10 feet | F | S | R | |
Open off-street parking spaces, see Chapter 13 of this Title | S | R | ||
Ornamental light standards | F | S | R | C |
Sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features of the principal building, projecting not more than 18 inches into a yard or court | F | S | R | C |
Steps, 4 feet or less above grade, which are necessary for access to a permitted building or for access to a zoning lot from a street | F | S | R | C |
F. Vision Clearance, Corner Lots: No building or structure hereafter erected and no planting or other obstruction to the vision of drivers of motor vehicles shall be located:
In any residential district exceeding a height of three feet (3') above the street grade within twenty five feet (25') of the intersecting street lines bordering corner lots. (Ord. 95-0-681, 1-4-95)