Certain architectural features may project into required yards or courts as follows:
(a) Front and Side Yards. The following architectural features may project into any required front yard, or required side yard adjoining a side street lot line:
(1) Cornices, canopies, eaves, or other architectural features may project a distance not exceeding two feet, six inches.
(2) Fire escapes may project a distance not exceeding four feet, six inches.
(3) An uncovered stair and necessary landings may project a distance not to exceed six feet, provided such stair and landing shall not extend above the entrance floor of the building except for a railing not exceeding three feet in height.
(4) Bay windows, balconies, uncovered porches, and chimneys may project a distance not exceeding three feet, provided that such features do not occupy, in the aggregate, more than one-third of the length of the building wall on which they are located.
(b) Interior Side Yards. Subject to the limitations in subsection (a) hereof, the above named features may project into any provided side yard adjoining an interior side lot line, a distance not to exceed one-fifth of the required least width of such side yard, but not exceeding three feet in any case.
(c) Rear Yards. Subject to the limitation in subsection (b) hereof, the features named in subsection (a) hereof may project into any required rear yards the same distances they are permitted to project into a front yard.
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