Except as herein provided, every required yard shall be open and unobstructed and shall not be reduced or diminished in area so as to be smaller than prescribed by the Zoning Ordinance.
(a) Yard for Single Building. No required yard or other open space around a building shall be considered as a yard to open space for any other building. No required yard or other required open space on an adjoining lot shall be considered as providing the yard or open space on the lot whereon a building is to be erected or established.
(b) Yard Exceptions: Requirements.
(1) Fences, hedges and walls. In all districts, except industrial, fences, hedges and walls may be constructed to a maximum height of six feet in any required side or rear yard beginning at the building lot line and to a height of three feet in any required yard abutting a street. A fence post shall be placed on owners' property, six inches from the property line. The unfinished side of the fence to face owners' property. A two-foot clearance shall be required along public rights-of-way.
(2) One-story garages as accessory buildings. In residential districts, one-story detached garages or other one-story accessory buildings may be located five feet from side and rear property lines and twenty feet to the back of the principal building. Such one-story accessory building may acquire the equivalent of two-thirds of the living space of the principal dwelling, but shall not exceed 850 square feet. Accessory buildings or garages shall not exceed the above-ground height of the principal building, or twenty feet which ever is the lesser.
(3) Use of front yard. Front yards in all districts shall be landscaped and no parking shall be permitted thereon.
(Ord. 11-07. Passed 7-18-07.)