Permitted obstructions in required yards. The following shall not be considered to be obstructions when located in the required yards specified:
(A) In all yards.
(1) Open terraces. Not over four feet above the average level of the adjoining ground but not including a permanently roofed-over terrace or porch.
(2) Awnings and canopies.
(3) Steps. Four feet or less above grade, which are necessary for access to a permitted building or for access to a zoning lot from a street or alley.
(4) Chimneys. Projecting 18 inches or less into the yard.
(5) Recreational and laundry drying equipment.
(6) Arbors, trellises and flag poles.
(B) In front yards.
(1) One-story bay windows. Projecting three feet or less into the yard.
(2) Overhanging eaves and gutters. Projecting three feet or less into the yard.
(3) Gasoline pumps and other necessary equipment. In connection with an automobile service station.
(4) Signs. As permitted or required.
(C) In rear yards.
(1) Enclosed, attached or detached off-street parking spaces.
(2) Open off-street parking spaces.
(3) Accessory sheds.
(4) Tool rooms and similar buildings or structures for domestic or agriculture storage.
(5) Balconies, breezeways and open porches.
(6) One-story bay windows. Projecting three feet or less into the yard.
(7) Overhanging eaves and gutters. Projecting three feet or less into the yard.
NOTE: In any residential district, no accessory building shall be nearer than five feet to the side or rear lot line or ten feet to any principle building unless attached.
(D) In side yards. Overhanging eaves and gutters. Projecting three feet or less into the yard.
NOTE: In any residential district, no accessory building shall be nearer than five feet to the side lot line or ten feet to any principle building unless attached.
(E) Vision clearance - corner lots. No building or structure hereafter erected and no planting or other obstruction to the vision of drivers of motor vehicles shall be located:
(1) In any residential district, exceeding a height of three feet above the street grade within 15 feet of the intersecting street lines bordering corner lots; and
(2) In any business or manufacturing district, within eight feet of the intersecting street lines bordering a corner lot, provided that this regulation shall not apply to that part of a building or sign above the first floor.
(Ord. 88-30, passed 8-8-88; Am. Ord. 04-07, passed 3-8-04)