(a) Every building erected in a U-1 District shall have a side yard along each lot line other than a street line or rear line. Each single-family dwelling and each multiple-family dwelling shall be deemed a separate building and shall have side yards as above prescribed. The least dimension of the side yards in a U-1 District shall not be less than ten feet plus one-half the height of the building. For the purpose of this measurement, the height of the building shall be taken on the wall nearest the side line, measuring from the natural grade to the highest point of the coping of the wall for flat roofs, to the deck line for mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, gambrel or hip roofs.
(b) Buildings and structures, including accessory structures and uses, in U-2 Districts shall be setback from side lot lines such distance as shall be approved by the Planning Commission as part of the site development plan approval based upon their massing, scale, level and hours of activity, noise and light generation, and similar factors, but in no case shall the side yard setback be less than the height of the building or structure. The Planning Commission may require buffering of adjacent properties as it deems necessary to mitigate potential impacts from such factors. Buffers may include, but are not limited to, strips of land, mounding, fencing, and vegetative screening as determined by the Planning Commission.
(c) Every building erected in a U-3 District shall have a side yard along each lot line. The dimensions of the side yards in a U-3 Use District shall be not less than thirty feet, or a distance equal to the height of the building, whichever is greater.
(d) In a Class U-4 District, where the side line of a lot adjoins a U-1 or U-2 District, no building, unless it is located fifty feet or more back from the street line, shall stand within ten feet of such adjoining Class U-1 or U-2 District.
(e) The side yards herein provided for shall be open for their full required dimensions from the ground to the sky, unobstructed except for the ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices and other ornamental features, to the extent of not over six inches, except that within five feet of the street wall a cornice may project not over three feet into such yard, provided that if the building is not more than two and one-half stories in height, the cornice may project not over three and one-half feet into such yard.
(Ord. 2020-25. Passed 12-23-20.)