(A) Open space. The following requirements provide exceptions to, or qualify and supplement, as the case may be, the specific zoning district regulations set forth herein.
(1) An open space or lot area required for an existing building or structure shall not be counted as open space for any other building or structure.
(2) Open eaves, cornices, windowsills and belt courses may project into any required yard a distance not to exceed two feet. Open, uncovered porches or open fire escapes may project into a front or rear yard a distance not to exceed five feet.
(3) Fences, walls and hedges in residential districts may be erected in any required yard, or along the edge of any yard.
(4) No fence, wall or hedge located in front of the building line shall exceed three feet in height; and no other wall or fence shall exceed eight feet in height without review and approval by the Planning Commission and City Council in accordance with the procedures for a special permit, provided that fences for agricultural properties may be four feet in height.
(5) Where the dedicated street right-of-way is less than 50 feet, the depth of the front yard shall be measured starting at a point 25 feet from the centerline of the street easement.
(6) No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one public street or approved private roadway at least the minimum width required in this chapter, for a distance of not less than that required by the city’s subdivision regulations (Chapter 153).
(a) A street shall form the direct and primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units.
(b) Alleys, where they exist, shall form only a secondary means of ingress and egress.
(c) A garage apartment may be built to the rear of the main dwelling, if all other provisions of these regulations are complied with.
(7) On any corner lot on which a front and side yard is required, no wall, fence, sign, structure or plant growth, which obstructs sight view lines at elevations between two feet six inches and six feet above any portion of the crown of the adjacent roadway, shall be placed or maintained within a triangle formed by measuring from the point of intersection of the front and exterior side lot lines a distance of 25 feet along the front and side lot lines and connecting the points so established to form a sight view triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.
(8) An attached or detached private garage which faces a street shall not be located closer than 25 feet to the street easement line.
(9) Whenever one or more residential, institutional, commercial or industrial buildings are proposed to be located in a cluster or grouping which has a different arrangement, orientation or other site planning variation from that of other buildings, structures or uses in the area or on adjacent properties, the architectural design, location, orientation, service and parking areas of the buildings shall be planned so as not to adversely affect the use of adjacent or other properties in the area, as determined by the Planning Commission.
(B) Building height exceptions. The following requirements provide exceptions to, or qualify and supplement as the case may be, the specific zoning district regulations set forth herein:
(1) Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers and other projections not used for human occupancy may extend above the maximum building height limit of a zoning district, subject to all other standards established in this chapter and this code of ordinances; and
(2) Churches, schools, hospitals, sanatoriums and other public and semi-public buildings may exceed the height limitation of the district, if the minimum depth of rear yards and the minimum width of the side yards required in the district are increased one foot for each two feet by which the height of the public or semi-public building exceeds the prescribed height limit.
(2002 Code, § 154.075) (Ord. 486, passed 5-12-2003)