§ 153.170 STRUCTURES AND PROJECTIONS INTO REQUIRED YARDS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
   (A)   No principal building or structure shall be located within any required setback or yard.
   (B)   No principal building or structure shall be located within any required buffer.
   (C)   Permitted fences and walls, retaining walls, security gates, paths, walkways, handicap ramps, mailboxes, utility poles, signs, lighting fixtures, patios at grade, and similar features may be located in a required setback or yard, so long as the sight triangle on corner lots and at driveway intersections is protected.
   (D)   Ornaments, eaves, cornices, gutters, window sills, awnings, canopies, and other minor architectural features projecting less than 18 inches from the main portion of a building shall be allowed to project into any required yard or setback.
   (E)   Steps and open porches without roofs shall be permitted in any required yard or setback.
   (F)   Permitted signs may be placed in required yards and setbacks per the requirements set forth in §§ 153.213 et seq. - Signs. However, permitted signs may not extend into or over any existing public right-of-way.
   (G)   In GC and IND Districts, guard/entry structures, vehicle scales, and roofs over such structures and devices are permitted within required front yards, provided that they do not constitute a substantial impediment to visibility across the yards which would contribute to the creation of traffic hazards, and further provided that servicing operations in connection therewith can be conducted so as not to interfere with public use of adjacent sidewalks or public streets.
   (H)   Above-ground sewer backflow prevention devices are expressly prohibited in the established front yards of buildings.
(Ord. 06-11-16, passed 9-21-2016)