Every building, other structure or use of land shall be located on a zoning lot such that any required front, side and rear yards are preserved, according to the following provisions:
(a) No new building or other structure or use shall be located in any yard area which is within twenty-five feet of the right-of-way line of any public street. Unless both adjacent lots with existing structures are closer than twenty-five feet, the new structure may align with such existing buildings for front setback.
(b) Side yards shall be required under the following conditions:
(1) When two adjacent buildings do not abut each other or do not have a common wall, an accessway at least twenty feet wide must be created and preserved between such adjacent buildings and must be free of projections or other obstructions which would prohibit the free passage of service or emergency vehicles and for fire protection;
(2) No building or group of adjacent buildings shall have a dimension greater than 200 feet for a wall nearest a public street without providing an accessway from the front to the rear of the lot measuring at least twenty feet in width; and
(3) Where the boundary of a zoning lot is coincident with the boundary of a Residential District, a side yard, adjacent to such boundary, at least fifteen feet wide, exclusive of accessways, must be created and preserved, and screening must be provided according to the regulations set forth in Section 736.04.
(c) A rear yard shall be equal in width to the height of the building located on the zoning lot and shall be no less than twenty-five feet wide.
(d) A rear yard shall not be required when a rear lot line coincides with a railroad right-of-way, and a side yard shall not be required when a side lot line coincides with a railroad right-of-way.
(Ord. 39-08. Passed 10-27-08.)