(A) In any residence district where 40% or more of the property fronting upon one side of a street between two intersecting streets, and located in such district, has been improved with buildings at the time of the passage of this chapter, and a front yard of greater depth than the minimum or of less depth than the minimum, required by the schedule of height and area regulation, has been provided for the majority of such buildings, such minimum may be disregarded; but no building hereafter erected or altered in such residence district between the existing buildings and the street corner shall be placed nearer to the street than the minimum prescribed in this chapter of the average distance already established by the buildings already erected, whichever is greater; but the minimum depth of front yard for a dwelling on a lot between two adjoining lots, on each of which a building exists at the time of the passage of the chapter, shall be the average of the depths of front yards observed by such buildings.
Where less than 40% of such property has been improved with buildings, or where dwellings do not front upon a street, the minimum depth of front yard shall be as required by the schedule of height and area regulations.
(B) For a corner lot in a 30-foot or 40-foot height and area district, the minimum depth of yard along either frontage shall be the depth of yard which is required along the same street for the adjoining lot; provided that nothing in this provision shall be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot of record at the time of passage of this chapter to less than 25 feet; or, in a residence district, to require more than one yard adjacent to the street lines in excess of 25 feet in depth (or width); or, in a business district, to require a yard along either frontage to be more than 15 feet in depth (or width).
(C) When a dwelling in a 100-foot district fronts on an alley the front line of such dwelling shall be at least 15 feet from the center of such alley.
(D) In a business district located within a height and area district where front yards are required, the depth of front yard need not exceed that required by this subchapter for buildings in an adjoining residence district and located in the same block and fronting on the same street.
(E) In a 40-foot district, where all the lots fronting on one side of a street between two intersecting streets are within a business district and at least 20% of such lots are improved with commercial buildings at the time of the passage of this chapter, a front yard greater in depth than the average distance already established by such existing commercial buildings shall not be required.
(F) In a 40-foot district, where part of the lots fronting on one side of a street between two intersecting streets are within a business district and part within a residence district, a front yard provided for a lot in such business district need not exceed the least depth already established by an existing building which fronts on the same street as the lot in question and is located between said lot and the adjacent residence district in the same block.
(Ord. 21, passed 1-14-2020)