(a) Platting Required. No use shall be established or altered, and no structure shall be constructed or altered, except upon a lot that has been platted in accordance with or which otherwise meets the requirements of the subdivision regulations.
(b) Minimum Requirements. The development standards are the minimum requirements for the arrangement of lots and spaces to be achieved in all developments.
(c) Lot Area and Yard Space. The lot area and yard space required for a use or structure shall be maintained during its life and shall not be reduced below the minimum requirement, be occupied by another use or structure or be counted as yard space for any other use or structure.
(1) Open Yards Required. The yard space required for a use or structure shall, during its life, remain free of all uses or occupancy, except as follows.
A. Fences, walls and landscaping shall be permitted in any required yard, or along the edge of any yard, provided that no fence or wall between a street and a front building line is more than three feet in height, except as required by Chapter 1278, or in accordance with an approved development plan of a Planned Development District.
B. Eaves, cornices, window sills and belt courses may project into any required yard a distance not to exceed two feet.
C. Open and uncovered porches may project beyond the front building line, or into a required rear yard, a distance not to exceed five feet.
D. Driveways shall be permitted in required yards, but shall be three feet or more from any property line, except where such driveways are developed jointly as a common drive to adjoining lots.
E. Parking areas shall be permitted in required yards developed in Industrial Zoning Districts to within 15 feet of a Residential Zoning District or a Planned Residential Zoning District, as listed in § 1238.04.
(2) Yards Not Otherwise Required. Yard space not otherwise required, but provided, shall be five feet or more in width.
(3) Maintenance of Yards. All yard space shall be maintained in accordance with one or more of the following provisions:
A. Fenced, as permitted or required;
B. Landscaped by lawns, shrubberies, trees and other plantings, maintained in a neat and orderly natural state, or used for permitted accessory or ancillary use; or
C. Paved for parking, as permitted.
(Ord. 5-89, passed 5-8-1989)