CHAPTER 12
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL OR SEVERAL DISTRICTS
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL OR SEVERAL DISTRICTS
SECTION:
10-12-1: Application Of More Restricted District
10-12-2: Open Space
10-12-3: Height
10-12-4: Storage And Parking Of Mobile Homes, Travel Trailers And RVs
10-12-5: Architectural Design Of Accessory Buildings And Fences
10-12-6: Animals
10-12-7: Storage Of Liquefied Petroleum Gases
10-12-8: Trailer Park Regulations
10-12-9: Off Street Parking And Loading
10-12-10: Manufactured Housing Regulations
A. Whenever the specific district regulations pertaining to one district permit the uses of a more restricted district, such uses shall be subject to the conditions as set forth in the regulations of the more restricted district, unless otherwise specified.
B. It is intended that these regulations be interpreted as not permitting a dwelling unit to be located on the same lot with or within a structure used or intended to be used for nonresidential purposes. (1989 Code § 12-360)
The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions or qualify and supplement, as the case may be, the specific district regulations set forth in this title: (1989 Code § 12-361; amd. 2002 Code)
A. An open space or lot area required for an existing building or structure shall not be counted as open space for any other building or structure.
B. Open eaves, cornices, window sills and belt courses may project into any required yard a distance not to exceed two feet (2'). Open uncovered porches or open fire escapes may project into a front or rear yard a distance not to exceed five feet (5'). Fences, walls and hedges in residential districts may be erected in any required yard, or along the edge of any yard; provided, that no fence, wall or hedge located in front of the front building line shall exceed three feet (3') in height, and no other wall or fence shall exceed seven feet (7') in height.
C. Where the dedicated street right of way is less than fifty feet (50'), the depth of the front yard shall be measured starting at a point twenty five feet (25') from the centerline of the street easement.
D. No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one street, at least fifty feet (50') in width, for a distance of not less than thirty five feet (35'). A street shall form the direct and primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units. Alleys, where they exist, shall form only a secondary means of ingress and egress.
E. No minimum lot sizes and open spaces are prescribed for commercial and industrial uses. It is the intent of this chapter that lots of sufficient size be used by any business or industry to provide adequate parking and loading and unloading space required for operation of the enterprise.
F. On any corner lot on which a front and side yard are required, no wall, fence, sign, structure or any plant growth which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two feet six inches (2'6") and six feet (6') above any portion of the crown of the adjacent roadway shall be maintained in a triangle formed by measuring from the point of intersection of the front and exterior side lot lines a distance of twenty five feet (25') along the front and side lot lines and connecting the points so established to form a right angle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.
G. An attached or detached private garage which faces on a street shall not be located closer than twenty five feet (25') to the street easement line.
H. No accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construction of the main building has been actually commenced, and no accessory building shall be used unless the main building on the lot is also being used. (1989 Code § 12-361)
The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions or qualify and supplement, as the case may be, the specific district regulations set forth in this title: (1989 Code § 12-362; amd. 2002 Code)
A. In measuring heights, a habitable basement or attic shall be counted as a story. A story in a sloping roof, the area of which story at a height of four feet (4') above the floor does not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area of the story immediately below it and which does not contain an independent apartment, shall be counted as a half story.
B. Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers and other projections not used for human occupancy may extend above the height limit.
C. Churches, schools, hospitals, sanatoriums, and other public and semipublic buildings may exceed the height limitation of the district if the minimum depth of the rear yards and the minimum width of the side yards required in the district are increased one foot (1') for each two feet (2') by which the height of such public or semipublic building exceeds the prescribed height limit. (1989 Code § 12-362)
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