(A) Height.
(1) The height regulations prescribed herein shall not apply to television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, conveyors, and flagpoles.
(2) Public or semipublic service buildings, hospitals, institutions, or schools, where permitted, may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet when the required side and rear yards are each increased by 1 foot for each foot of additional building height above the height regulations for the district in which the building is located.
(3) The limitation on number of stories shall not apply to buildings used exclusively for storage purposes provided such buildings do not exceed the height in feet permitted in the district in which they are located.
(1963 Code, § 10-13-1)
(B) Front yards.
(1) When 40% or more of the frontage on 1 side of the street between 2 intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have a front yard in the district, no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established.
(2) On lots having double frontage the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(3) In a residential district no fence, structure, or planting higher than 3½ feet above the established street grades shall be established within 20 feet of any street intersection.
(4) An open, uncovered porch or paved terrace may project into a required front yard for a distance of not more than 10 feet. An enclosed vestibule or fixed canopy with a floor area of not more than 40 square feet may project into a required front yard for a distance not to exceed 4 feet.
(5) Filling station pumps and pump islands may be located within a required yard provided they are not less than 15 feet from any street line and not less than 50 feet from the boundary of any R District.
(6) Off-street parking facilities may be located within the required front yard of any C or M District but shall not be nearer than 50 feet to any R District and no off-street parking shall be permitted in the required front yard of any R District.
(1963 Code, § 10-13-2)
(C) Side yards.
(1) On a corner lot the width of the yard along the side street shall not be less than any required front yard on such street; provided, however, that the buildable width of a lot of record shall not be reduced to less than 32 feet.
(2) No accessory building shall project beyond a required yard line along any street.
(3) Where dwelling units are erected above a commercial establishment no side yard is required except when required for the commercial building on the side of a lot adjoining a residence district.
(4) A porte-cochere or canopy may project into a required side yard provided every part of such porte-cochere or canopy is unenclosed and not less than 5 feet from any side lot line.
(5) For the purpose of side yard regulations, a 2-family dwelling or multiple dwelling shall be considered as 1 building occupying 1 lot.
(6) Where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of this chapter is less than 40 feet in width, the required side yard may be reduced to 10% of the width of the lot; provided, however, that no side yard shall be less than 3 feet.
(7) One directional or name sign or sign advertising product sold on the premises may occupy required yards in a district where such sign is permitted by the use regulation of this chapter; provided, such sign is not more than 35 square feet in area and in the C-1 Commercial District does not contain flashing, intermittent, or moving illumination.
(8) Where an existing lot of record has the frontage of 50 feet or less the minimum width of either side yard in feet shall be 3 feet.
(1963 Code, § 10-13-3) (Am. Ord. 977, passed 11-13-1979)
(D) Rear yards.
(1) Where a lot abuts upon an alley, ½ of the alley width may be considered as part of the required rear yard.
(2) An accessory building not exceeding 20 feet in height may occupy not to exceed 30% and unenclosed parking spaces may occupy not to exceed 90% of the area of a required rear yard but no accessory building shall be closer than 10 feet to the main building nor closer than 3 feet to any rear lot line.
(3) The ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices, and ornamental features may extend to a distance not to exceed 18 inches into a required yard.
(4) Open or lattice enclosed fire escapes, outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into a rear yard may be permitted by the Building Inspector for a distance not to exceed 5 feet when these are so placed as not to obstruct light and ventilation.
(1963 Code, § 10-13-4)
(E) Lot area per family. Where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of this chapter has less area or width than herein required in the district in which it is located, and the owner of such lot does not own any other parcel or tract adjacent thereto, said lot may nonetheless be used for a 1-family dwelling or for any nondwelling use permitted in the district in which it is located.
(1963 Code, § 10-13-5) (Ord. 590, passed 6-26- 1958)