(a) Limitation on Use. No required yard or other open space around an existing building or which is hereafter provided around any building shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, nor shall any yard or other required open space on an adjoining lot be considered as providing a yard or open space on a lot whereon a building is to be erected or established.
(b) Separation of Ownership Prohibited. No required yard or other open space around an existing building shall be separated in ownership from the portion of the lot upon which the building is located.
(c) Side Yards on Corner Lots,. The side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall be not less than the width required by the setback building line for the adjacent buildings facing the side street, subject to those exemptions permitted under subsection (f) hereof.
(d) Modifications. Where the yard regulations cannot reasonably be complied with or where their application cannot be determined on lots of peculiar shape, topography or location, such regulations may be modified as determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(e) Front Yards of Partially Built-up Streets. Where twenty percent or more of the aggregate street frontage of the abutting property between two successive intersecting streets is occupied by buildings, the average of the setbacks of the existing buildings within 100 feet on either side of the lot shall determine the setback line for that lot.
(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79; Ord.85-0-3. Passed 4-23-85.)
(f) Exemptions. Any parcel of land which is included as a sublot in any subdivision recorded in the office of the County Recorder as of September 14, 1955, and which is improved by a dwelling, including accessory buildings, may be exempt from the yard regulations specified in this chapter and in Section 1244.05(c)(3) under those circumstances where the Board of Zoning Appeals determines that an unlimited variance will not be contrary to the public interest and that the refusal to grant such variance will deprive the owner of the reasonable use of his or her property.
Any parcel of land which is included as a sublot in any subdivision recorded in the office of the County Recorder as of September 14, 1955, which was not improved by a building as of September 14, 1955, including accessory buildings, may be exempt from the yard regulations specified in this chapter and in Section 1244.05(c)(3) under those circumstances where the Board of Zoning Appeals determines that an unlimited variance will not be contrary to the public interest and that the refusal to grant such a variance will deprive the owner of the reasonable use of his or her property, provided that, after the grant of any such variance, the maximum area of the lot that is covered by structures, including accessory buildings, is not more than thirty percent of the total lot area.
(Ord.97-0-14. Passed 1-13-98.)