(A) Prevailing front setbacks/yards on partially or fully built-up blocks. The following provisions apply to those legal lots of record on the date of adoption of this chapter where application of the required front setback would be inconsistent with surrounding development and where indicated in Appendix B that the use of the prevailing front setback/yard is permitted.
(1) Where there is a prevailing front setback, such prevailing front setback must be observed.
(2) When there is no prevailing setback, the front setback distances in Appendix B shall apply.
(B) Projections into front yards.
(1) An uncovered and unenclosed porch or paved terrace may project into the required front yard for a distance not exceeding ten feet.
(2) An enclosed vestibule containing not more than 40 square feet may project into the required front yard for a distance not exceeding four feet.
(3) Awnings may project into the required front yard for a distance not exceeding three feet.
(C) Corner lots. The required front yard on a corner lot shall be observed on the frontage having the lesser dimension; the other frontage shall be considered a side yard (see separate rule for side yards).
(D) Double frontage lots. In cases where a subdivision lot was approved and legally in existence as of October 21, 2009, and that lot extends through a block from one street to another street and where a front setback/yard is required from such streets, front setbacks/yards shall be provided along each street frontage. After October 21, 2009, no such double frontage lots shall be created, except if created by a boundary line adjustment to create a less nonconforming lot.
(E) Signs and poles. When permitted in a district, signs or poles may be erected in a required front yard.
(F) Motor fuel pump islands. Motor fuel pumps and pump islands, including accompanying unenclosed canopies, may be located within a front yard in a district that permits motor fuel service stations; provided they are located not less than 25 feet from the street right-of-way line.
(G) In no non-residential district shall accessory uses be located less than 25 feet from the boundary line of any lot zoned for residential uses.
(H) Notwithstanding the provisions above, under no circumstances are projections, poles, signs, structures, or items of any other kind that would impair or impede the views of motorists on adjacent streets, allowed in front yards.
(I) In an existing industrial district, the front setback shall be reduced to 25 feet when structures are situated on a private road that does not convey and is not planned to convey through traffic.
(J) Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Areas resource area 100-foot vegetated buffer area and front setback. The purpose of reducing the front setback is to allow the principal building to be moved forward towards the front of the lot, thereby reducing potential encroachment on the Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Areas resource protection area buffer at the back of the lot. The front setback may be reduced to eliminate or reduce the need for an administrative waiver from the required Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Areas resource protection area buffer when all of the following criteria have been met.
(1) The lot shall be undeveloped and eligible for a Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Area administrative buffer waiver;
(2) The front setback reduction shall only apply to the principal building; and
(3) The maximum reduction shall be ten feet, except that in no case shall the total front setback be reduced to less than 50 feet.
(Ord. passed 4-12-2016; Am. Ord. 2016-10, passed 11- -2016; Am. Ord. 2021-02, passed 7-13-2021)