(A) Exceptions and additional area requirements. No yard, open space or lot area required for a building or structure shall be occupied by any other building or structure except:
(1) Overhanging roofs, eaves, gutters, cornices, decks, carports or any other architectural features up to three feet from the side property line;
(2) Nonenclosed driveways and parking spaces, curbs, sidewalks, steps and terraces;
(3) Open porches and decks may encroach ten feet into the front yard setback and 16 feet into the rear yard setback;
(4) Fences, walls and hedges, subject to the regulations as set forth in this section;
(5) Flagpoles and light poles;
(6) Garbage disposal equipment, nonpermanent;
(7) Landscape features, planting boxes and recreational equipment;
(10) Trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants subject to the sight obstruction requirements in this section;
(11) Lots platted prior to April 1980 may be developed without a variance for minimum lot width at the front building line if all other requirements are met;
(12) Buildings existing at the adoption of this chapter may, without a variance, be extended along existing exterior lines so long as setback requirements in the direction of the extension are met; and
(13) Temporary, nonhabitable buildings for uses incidental to construction work, immediately adjacent to the work and which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the work. Motor homes or campers are not permitted.
(B) Allowance for average setbacks. In the case of an irregular lot, at the discretion of the Zoning Administrator, average setbacks may be permitted. (See the definition for setback in § 156.004.)
(C) Sight obstructions. The following regulations provide for the maximum safety of persons using sidewalks and streets, and for the maximum enjoyment of the use of property.
(1) On any corner lot, at an uncontrolled intersection, no wall, fence, sign, structure or any plant growth shall be placed or maintained:
(a) If the elevation of such object is between two and one-half feet and ten feet above the crown of the adjacent roadways; and
(b) If located within a triangle formed by the curbline intersection and two points 40 feet in each direction from the intersection along each curbline.
(2) (a) In any required front yard, except as provided in this section, no fence, wall, hedge or yard ornament shall be permitted which materially impedes vision across such yard above the height of four feet.
(b) Exception: Sound and safety barriers in the form of landscaping, opaque fences or walls may be installed along lot lines adjoining the rights-of-way of major or minor arterials with controlled intersections. Such barriers may only be installed along side and rear yards abutting the street.
(D) Lot division conditions. The purpose of this section is to clarify certain conditions pertaining to the division of existing platted lots.
(1) Unless approved by a variance or other zoning method, no platted lot shall be divided unless such division results in the creation of lots, each of which conforms to all of the applicable regulations of the district in which the property is located.
(2) For lots that are smaller than the minimum required by the zoning district, changing the direction of interior lot lines between two adjoining lots adjacent to the corner of two streets, is permitted if it does not result in a reduction of the square footage of either lot.
(Prior Code, App. A, Art. V, § 2) (Ord. 969, passed 8-18-2003; Ord. 999, passed 2-7-2005; Ord. 1165, passed 11-19-2012; Ord. 1287, passed 8-20-2018)