In addition to all yard regulations specified in other Sections of this Ordinance, the following shall apply to all districts.
(a) Architectural Projections: Open structures such as fireplace chases, porches, canopies, balconies, platforms; carports, covered patios, and similar architectural projections shall be considered parts of the building to which they are attached and shall not project into the required minimum front, side, or rear yards.
(b) Setback Requirements for Corner Buildings: For any corner lot in any district, all yards with lot lines adjoining all street right-of-way lines shall conform to the requirements for the front yard setbacks in the district in which such lot is zoned. Additionally, for those yards that adjoin the side yards of a neighboring lot, a side yard setback shall be required.
(c) Yard Requirements for Multi-family or Group Dwellings: Group or multi-family dwellings shall be considered as one building for the purpose of determining front, side, and rear yard requirements. The entire group as a unit shall require one front, one rear, and two side yards as specified for dwellings in the appropriate district.
(d) Visibility at Intersections. On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two and a half (2-1/2) feet and ten (10) feet above the center line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the right-of-way of such corner lots and a line joining points along the right-of-way twenty-five (25) feet from the point of intersection.
(e) Yard Requirements for Buffering Purposes: To secure a desirable transition between land zoned for residential purposes and other zoning districts C-1 through M-2, except PC, PI, and PUD, it is required that greater yard setbacks be provided on the property that is not zoned for residential purposes along the lot line(s) that abut land zoned for residential purposes. When property that is zoned C-1 through M-2 abuts property that is zoned to permit single-, two-, or multiple-family residential dwellings, the yard requirements for that yard adjacent to the residentially zoned property, shall be increased two (2) times over the normally required yard setback (including any overlay district requirements), up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) feet, and a landscaped buffer yard shall be provided in this area in accordance with Chapter 1138 (Landscaping Regulations) with special exception to additional requirements of corner lots discussed in Section 1133.01(b) (Setback Requirements for Corner Buildings).
(f) Exceptions to Height Regulations: The height limitations contained in this Zoning Ordinance do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, chimneys, or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy, except where the height of such structures will constitute a hazard to the safe landing and take-off of aircraft at an established airport.
(Ord. 2008-06. Passed 4-14-08.)