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1127.07 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS.
    In the ML and MH Multiple-Family Residential Districts each lot shall maintain the minimum front, side, and rear yard specified in Schedule 1127.07. Exterior steps leading to a main entrance of a principal building shall be excluded from the front yard requirement. For existing principal buildings with side yards of less than those specified in Schedule 1127.07, an addition may be constructed provided that the new addition does not encroach into the existing side yard any further than the foundation sidewalls of the existing building.
(Ord. 24-98. Passed 5-18-1998.)
SCHEDULE 1127.07: MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS
District
Side Yard Depth
ML
Sixty percent (60%) of the height of the building, but not less than twenty (20) feet on interior lot lines.
MH
Seventy-five percent (75%) of the height of the building, but not less than twenty (20) feet on interior lot lines.
For each two (2) feet all side yards are increased over the required width, five (5) square feet may be subtracted from the required lot area per dwelling unit in the ML and MH Districts.
District
Rear Yard Depth
ML
Sixty percent (60%) of the height of the building, but not less than fifty (50) feet on interior lot lines.
MH
Seventy-five percent (75%) of the height of the building, but not less than fifty (50) feet on interior lot lines.
District
Front Yard Depth
ML
The front yard, including the street side of a corner lot, shall be as established on the Building Line Map, or a distance equal to the height of the building measured from the base of the building to the center of the street, whichever is greater.
MH
The front yard, including the street side of a corner lot, shall be as established on the Building Line Map, or a distance equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the height of the building measured from the base of the building to the center of the street, whichever is greater.
 
(Ord. 91-95. Passed 10-7-1996.)
1127.08 OFF-STREET PARKING.
     Off-street parking as regulated by Chapter 1143.
(Ord. 91-95. Passed 10-7-1996.)
1127.09 MAXIMUM LOT AREA COVERAGE.
    (a)   The principal structure including decks, patios, etc., shall not cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the lot area in the ML District and twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot area in the MH District.
   (b)   Arbors, trellises, exterior steps, fences, and living fences shall be excluded from the lot coverage requirement.
   (c)   An accessory structure or structures shall not cover more than thirty percent (30%) of the area of the rear yard except as provided in Section 1127.03. 
(Ord. 91-95. Passed 10-7-1996.)
1127.10 ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE REGULATIONS.
   (a)   Accessory structures constructed of wood, excluding swimming pools and decorative structures, shall not be located within three (3) feet of a side or rear property line.
   (b)   Accessory structures having masonry walls without openings and roof projections on the property line side of the structure may be set back from the rear property line and one (1) side line not less than two (2) feet.
   (c)   No family swimming pool or family wading pool, as those terms are defined in Section 1722.02, shall be located in any front yard or side yard, and no family swimming pool or family wading pool shall be located closer than fifteen ( 15) feet to the side or rear property line of the lot upon which it is situated.
(Ord. 39-16. Passed 9-6-2016.)
1127.11 SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR ADULT FAMILY HOMES AND ADULT GROUP HOMES.
   An adult family home or an adult group home shall not be located within 1,000 feet, including a public or private right-of-way, of an existing adult family home or an adult group home.
(Ord. 91-95. Passed 10-7-1996.)