10-2-10: PERMITTED OBSTRUCTIONS IN YARDS:

For the purpose of this title the following shall not be considered as obstructions when located in yards:

   A.   In Any Yards: Chimney, fences not exceeding six feet (6') in height, overhanging roof eaves, air conditioners, open terraces, trellises and arbors, and awnings adjoining the principal building, if they do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the yard; ornamental light standards and flagpoles. On corner lots, no obstruction higher than thirty inches (30") above curb level shall be located in any portion of a required front or side yard within twenty feet (20') of the lot corner formed by the intersection of any two (2) street lines. The table below further outlines permitted obstructions in yards.

      PERMITTED OBSTRUCTIONS IN YARDS

Projection, Obstruction, Or Accessory Use With Limitations		Yard
		Front	Rear	Side	Corner Side
Air conditioning units, window, provided they do not extend more than 2' from window		N	P	P	N
Air conditioning units and equipment, other than window, provided they are at least 4' from all property lines		N	P	P	P
Arbors and trellises		P	P	P	P
Awnings and canopies, providing they project less than 6' from facade and at least 7'6" above grade		P	P	P	P
Balconies, open; providing they project less than 6' from facade and at least 7'6" above grade		P	P	P	P
Basketball goal on nonrecreation land use, limited to 1 pole or garage mounted goal and shall be at least 5' from all property lines		P	P	P	P
Garages, detached		N	P	P	N
Decks and terraces in a residential district, provided that they are at least 15' from all property lines		N	P	P	P
Patios with patio covers in a residential district, provided that they are at least 4' from all side yard and rear property lines and at least 15' from front property line and not less than 15' from the rear property line		N	P	P	P
Patios without patio covers in a residential district, provided that they are at least 4' from all side yard property lines and at least 15' from the front property line		N	P	P	N
Dish antennas:
	Greater than 30" diameter	N	P	N	N
	Less than 30" diameter	N	P	P	N
Dog runs, enclosed, provided that the minimum distance to any and all property lines is at least 10'		N	P	N	N
Fences (pursuant to section 10-2-11, "Fences And Hedges", of this chapter)		P	P	P	P
Flagpoles		P	P	P	P
Laundry drying equipment		N	P	N	N
Ramps for use by disabled persons		P	P	P	P
Recreation vehicle parking or storage		N	P	P	P
Sheds, and storage buildings		N	P	P	N
Steps, open without roof		P	P	P	P
Swimming pools, private		N	P	P	N
Television or radio towers or antennas, provided that they are at least 5' from all property lines		N	P	N	N
Tennis courts, private, provided not less than 10' from any property line or the minimum setback, whichever is more restrictive		N	P	N	N
Trash dumpsters and/or garbage receptacles (also subject to other provisions of this zoning ordinance)		N	P	P	N
Volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard and other courts, private; provided that they are in residential district and not less than 10' from any property line		P	P	N	N
Intermodal containers, portable on demand storage units including shipping containers, tractor trailers, and enclosed trailers as outlined in section 10-2-9 of this chapter		P	P	P	P
Private use wind energy conversion systems as outlined in section 10-2-14 of this chapter		P	P	P	P

 

      1.   Chimneys, ornamental towers, scenery lofts, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, steeples, parapet walls, and similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected to their customary height; and

      2.   Freestanding towers in residential districts may extend to a height of sixty feet (60'), as measured from the mean elevation of the finished lot grade; and

      3.   Towers employing guide wires shall be permitted only as a special use.

      4.   Accessory buildings and structures exclusive of swimming pools, and open accessory parking spaces shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of a required rear yard.

   B.   Rural Home Delivery:

      1.   No part of any mailbox or any appurtenance thereto shall be located or maintained closer than eight inches (8") to the back of the curb or edge of pavement on streets without curbs on the parkways. Support structures which hold the mailboxes shall be forty inches (40") in height from the ground to the bottom of the mailbox. Support structures for mailboxes shall be constructed of breakaway material, either four inch by four inch (4" x 4") lumber or two inches (2") in diameter, thin wall steel pipe with a wall thickness less than 0.155 of an inch. The support structure shall be buried no more than twenty four inches (24") into the ground. Any other mailbox support structure is not acceptable. Unacceptable support structures include, but are not limited to, brick, block, stone or concrete masonry columns, wagon wheels, steel pipes, in excess of the previously defined two inch (2") diameter 0.155 of an inch thickness and lumber posts in excess of four inches by four inches (4" x 4"). Support structures which do not conform with this section and are in existence at the time of enactment are exempt from this provision.

      2.   No zoning application nor building permits shall be required for the purpose of erecting mail receptacles. (Ord. 10-09, 8-17-2010)