The following requirements qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this chapter. Measurements shall be taken from the nearest points of the wall of a building to the lot line question, subject to the following qualifications.
(A) Projections. Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky, unobstructed, except for the ordinary projections of window wells above the bottom of the yard or court, and except for the projections of sill belt courses, cornices, and ornamental features, shall not exceed 4½ feet.
(B) Fire escapes and balconies. Open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers may extend into a required front or rear yard a distance not to exceed 4½ feet.
(C) Yard exclusive to building. A yard, court, or other open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall not again be used as a yard, court, or other open space for another building.
(D) Corner lots. The setback requirements shall be observed on each street side of a corner lot; provided, however, that the buildable width of a lot shall not be reduced to less than 30 feet.
(E) Setbacks in certain circumstances. A total setback requirement of 300 feet shall be mandatory for all land uses handling highly explosive or inflammable materials in quantity, such as gas service stations, bulk fuel or oil dealers and similar operations, from all schools, churches, hospitals, or any public meeting place having a seating capacity of 50 or more persons.
(F) Yards for open land uses. Where a lot is to be occupied for permitted uses without buildings or structures thereon, the side yards and front yards required herein for the zone within which the lot
is located shall be provided and maintained between the use and the respective lot lines; provided that side and rear yards shall not be required on lots without buildings or structures when used for garden purposes or public playgrounds.
(G) Permitted obstructions in required yards. The following shall not be considered to be obstructions when located in the required yard specified.
(1) In front yards.
(a) One-story bay windows projecting three feet or less into the yard; and overhanging eaves and gutters projecting 2½ feet or less into the yard.
(b) A landing place or uncovered porch may extend into the required front yard to a distance not exceeding six feet, if the landing place or porch has its floor no higher than the entrance floor of the building. An open railing no higher than 3½ feet may be placed around such place.
(c) The required front yard of a corner lot shall not contain any wall, fence, or other structure, tree, shrub, or other growth which may cause danger to traffic on a street or public road by obscuring the view, except the wall, fence, or hedge may occupy part of a required yard, except that on corner lots there shall be a triangular area formed by the property lines of intersecting streets, intersecting alleys and streets, and a line joining points on lines 25 feet distance from the intersection, in which area there shall be no wall, fence or hedge, and trees shall be trimmed from the ground to a height of ten feet above curb level.
(d) On double frontage lots, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(2) In side yards. Overhanging eaves and gutters projecting into the yard for a distance of two inches per foot of required side yard.
(3) In rear yards.
(a) Enclosed, attached, or detached off-street parking spaces; open off-street parking spaces; accessory structures, tool rooms, and similar buildings or structures for domestic storage; balconies, breezeways and open porches; one-story bay windows projecting 2½ feet or less into the yard; and overhanging eaves and gutters projecting 2½ feet or less into the yard.
(b) In determining the depth of rear yard for any building where the rear yard opens into an alley, one-half the width of the alley, but not exceeding ten feet, may be considered as a portion of the rear yard.
(Ord. 221, passed 11-6-1995) Penalty, see § 10.99