Apartment structures shall be designed in accordance with the following schedule of yard regulations:
Building Relationship *Minimum Yard Dimensions
(a) Front wall facing another front wall Two times the height of taller
across an open yard (where walls building
overlap less than fifty percent of the
length of longest building)
(b) Front wall facing rear wall across an Same as (a) open yard
(where walls overlap less
than fifty percent of the length of the
longest building)
(c) Rear wall facing rear wall Two times the height of taller
building
(d) Front or rear wall facing side wall **One and one-half times the
(where walls overlap less than fifty height of taller building
percent width of building) (corner to corner)
(e) Side wall facing side wall (where ***One and one-half times
walls overlap less than fifty per- the height of taller building
cent width of building) (side to side)
walls overlap less than fifty per- the height of taller building
cent width of building) (side to side)
* (1) The minimum distance between two parallel walls (a) and (b) which overlap fifty percent or more the length of the longest building shall increase to three times the height of the taller building.
** (2) The minimum distance front or rear walls facing side walls where walls overlap fifty percent or more shall increase to two times the height of the taller building.
*** (3) Side wall facing side wall where walls overlap fifty percent or more, the minimum distance between buildings shall be two times the height of the taller building.
The distance to accessory uses and permitted uses allowed between various faces of apartment buildings is covered in other sections.
(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)