A. General Requirements:
1. The minimum yard space required for one structure shall not again be considered as yard space for another adjoining structure.
2. No lot shall be reduced in area so that the yards or other open space becomes less than required by this title.
3. On streets where a front yard setback has been maintained for buildings existing on lots or tracts having a frontage of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total frontage on one side of that portion of any street lying between two (2) intersecting streets, there shall be maintained a front yard setback of not less than the average setback of the aforementioned existing buildings.
4. On a vacant, through, or corner lot, either of the lot lines abutting a street right of way line may be established as its front lot line; except, that where two (2) or more through lots are contiguous and a front lot line has been duly established, the same street lot line shall thereafter be deemed to be the front lot line of all such contiguous lots. On a through lot, a front yard shall be provided along any lot line abutting a street.
a. A fifty foot (50') setback shall be maintained from the right of way line of the roadways designated in this subsection A4. Except as otherwise provided herein, no parking or structures, including, but not limited to, all accessory buildings, swimming pools, signs and fences over four feet (4') tall, shall be permitted within the fifty foot (50') setback.
b. Where a greater setback is required by zoning district regulations, the greater setback shall apply.
c. Frontage or access roads are permitted within the setback area.
(1) Such sign is set back a minimum of forty feet (40') from the right of way line.
(2) Such sign does not exceed three and one-half feet (31/2') above the average finished grade of the yard in which the sign is located.
(3) No one display surface of such sign shall contain more than seventy (70) square feet, and the total area of all display surfaces shall not exceed one hundred forty (140) square feet.
(4) The supporting structure of the sign shall be concrete or masonry.
(5) The sign shall be reviewed and approved by the board of trustees prior to issuance of a building permit for said sign. (1990 Code §21.1.130)
B. Permitted Obstructions: For the purpose of this title, the following shall be permitted obstructions when located in the yards indicated; except, that accessory buildings or structures may occupy not more than thirty percent (30%) of a rear yard:
1. In any yard:
a. Stairs, chimneys, overhanging roof eaves, bay windows, marquees and awnings attached to a principal building if they do not project more than thirty inches (30") into the required yard.
b. Fences to the extent permitted by the provisions in this title.
c. Signs to the extent permitted by the provisions of this title. (1990 Code §21.1.120)
d. Ornamental light standards, flagpoles, trees, and shrubs; except, on corner lots, trees and shrubs shall be no higher than thirty six inches (36") above the centerline grade of the intersecting streets if located in the portion of a required front yard or side yard situated within a triangle with the two (2) sides paralleling the abutting streets being no more than twenty feet (20') each from the corner of the lot formed by the intersection of the two (2) street rights of way abutting the lot 2 .
e. Decorative structures, such as gazebos, to the extent permitted by this title.
2. In front yards and side yards abutting a street: No other obstructions, other than those permitted in subsection B1 of this section, shall be permitted. (1990 Code §21.1.120; amd. 2011 Code)
3. In interior side yards: Open accessory off street parking spaces.
4. In rear yards; except, that when a rear yard adjoins a street, the following shall not be located closer to a street than the distance required on the lot for a side yard adjoining a street:
a. Unroofed decks not exceeding four feet (4') above adjoining grade, open patios, detached private garages, and open accessory off street parking spaces.
b. Accessory sheds, toolrooms, or other similar accessory buildings.
c. Private swimming pools in accordance with provisions of this title and other applicable ordinances of the village 3 .
d. Recreational and laundry drying equipment, statuary, arbors, trellises, and gazebos. (1990 Code §21.1.120)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also section 11-5-8 of this chapter. |
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| 3 | 1. See subsection 11-5-6C of this chapter for aboveground pool regulations. |