A. Compliance With Yard Requirements: Except as otherwise provided, required yards shall be open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky. Yards provided for a building, for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this title, shall not be considered the yard for any other building, and yards provided for a lot shall not be considered the yard of any other lot.
B. Permitted Yard Obstructions: Obstructions are permitted in required yards as follows:
1. Cornices, canopies, eaves and similar architectural features may project not more than two feet (2') into a required yard.
2. Fire escapes may project not more than four and one-half feet (41/2') into a required yard.
3. Fences, hedges, plant materials and walls may be located in any yard; provided, that on any corner lot on which a front and side yard is required, no wall, fence, sign, structure, or any plant growth which obstructs sightlines of elevations between two feet (2') and six feet (6') above the crown of the adjacent roadway shall be placed or maintained within 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 said front and side lot lines and connecting the points so established to form a "sight triangle" on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.
4. Signs which are permitted as accessory uses in residential districts may be located within any yard which is bounded by a public street.
5. In the RE and RS residential districts, a detached accessory building or buildings may be located in a required rear yard, provided:
a. The building or buildings do not cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the area of the minimum required rear yard; and
b. The total gross floor area for any accessory building or buildings located in the rear yard, required rear yard, and/or both, does not exceed six hundred (600) square feet.
The board of adjustment, upon application, and after notice and public hearing, may grant a variance of subsection B5b of this section.
6. Swimming pools, tennis courts, patios, fallout and other protective shelters shall be located in the rear yard and shall have a minimum setback of ten feet (10') from any side or rear lot lines. However, the board of adjustment may, upon application and after public hearing, permit the aforementioned accessory uses in the front yard, provided:
a. The minimum front yard requirement is adhered to; and
b. A minimum setback of ten feet (10') from any side lot line is met.
7. Mobile home hitches.
8. Carports by special exception requiring board of adjustment approval.
9. Customary accessory structures, such as clotheslines, barbecue pits, and playground equipment.
C. Use Of Yard In R Districts: No inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles shall be parked or stored within the front or exterior side yard in R districts. No vehicle shall be parked except on a hard surfaced area constructed of a dustfree all weather material. Within the RM-1 and RM-2 districts, not more than one vehicle shall be parked for each six hundred (600) square feet of area contained in a required front or exterior side yard. (1991 Code § 16-12-240)