(A) Yard requirements shall be set forth under each zoning district. Front, side, and rear yards shall be provided in accordance with the regulations hereafter indicated and shall be unobstructed from the ground level to the sky.
(B) No required yard or other open space allocated to a building or dwelling group shall be used to satisfy yard, other open space, or minimum lot area requirements for any other building.
(C) On a corner lot, nothing shall be placed or allowed to grow in a manner so as materially to impede vision between a height of 2 1/2-feet and 10 feet above street level for a distance of 30 feet from intersecting streets.
(D) Through lots in any district shall have a required front yard on any street.
(E) In any district, where existing structures within a block have front yard setbacks different than those required, the front yard minimum shall be the average of the adjacent structures.
(F) The following shall not be considered to be encroachments on yard requirements:
(1) Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leader, sills, pilasters, lintels, ornamental features, mechanical devises, cornices, eaves, gutters, and other architectural projections, provided they do not extend more than five feet;
(2) Off-street parking spaces except as hereinafter regulated;
(3) Buildings may be excluded from side yard requirements if party walls are utilized or if the adjacent buildings are planned to be constructed as an integral structure and a conditional use permit is secured;
(4) Fences are exempt from yard setback requirements. All fences require a permit;
(5) Any variances granting increased building height shall require setbacks from residential lots at least equal to the height; and
(6) On any lot sloping downhill from the street, an additional 12 feet of height may be permitted in the main building provided the lowest floor shall not be less than 10 feet below the average established property line grades along the front of the lot. The floor of the basement shall be considered the lowest floor and a cellar floor shall not be counted.
(7) Front open landings in front of the front door with a maximum size of five feet by five feet.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94; Am. Ord. 323, passed 1-18-01; Am. Ord. 332, passed 1-16-03; Am. Ord. 359, passed 7-21-05; Am. Ord. 453, passed 7-18-19)