(a) Front Setback. Each lot shall maintain a front setback in compliance with Schedule 1266.04, except as otherwise permitted in subsection (b) below.
(b) Front Setback on Built-up Block Faces. Where more than fifty percent of the lots on a residential block face are occupied by single-family detached dwellings, the minimum front setback depth for new a single-family detached dwelling shall be the average depth, plus or minus five feet, of the front setbacks of existing dwellings located within three hundred feet on either side of a given lot, provided however, the depth of the front setback resulting there from shall not be less than the setback of any single-family detached dwelling within three hundred feet on either side of the lot under review.
(c) Front Setback on Through Lots. On a through lot, a front setback shall be provided on each frontage equal to the minimum required front setback as set forth in Schedule 1266.04. There shall be no required rear setback on a through lot.
(d) Side Setbacks. Each interior and through lot shall have and maintain two side setbacks as set forth in Table 1266.04.
(e) Schedule 1266.04 Minimum Setback Requirements in the R-1, Country Home District.
R-1 Country Home District | |
(1) Minimum front setback | 70 ft. |
(2) Minimum side setback1 (each side) | 20 ft. |
(3) Minimum rear setback | 20 ft. |
1 As further regulations by subsection 1266.04(f), Side Setbacks for Corner Lots | |
(f) Side Setbacks for Corner Lots. Corner lots shall maintain the following setback requirements. See Figure 1 below.
(1) Corner Side Setback. Where new construction or an addition to an existing building is proposed for a corner lot, such building or building addition shall maintain a corner side setback that complies with the following:
A. When the rear lot line of a corner lot coincides with the rear lot line of another corner lot, the corner side setback shall be the greater of:
1. The corner side setback of the abutting corner lot; or
2. The minimum side setback set forth in Schedule 1266.04.
B. When the rear lot line of a corner lot coincides with the side lot line of an interior lot. The corner side setback shall comply with the requirements for a front setback, including subsection (b) above for front setback dimensions on built-up blocks.
(2) Interior Side Setback. The width of a side setback along the interior side lot line shall not be less than the minimum side setback as set forth in Schedule 1266.04.
(g) Principal Building Projection Into Required Setbacks. No portion of any building may project into setbacks established in Schedule 1266.04 above, except for cornices, belt courses, entrance canopies and similar overhanging roofed spaces, chimneys, porticos, bays, and steps that may project not more than three feet into such setbacks.
(Ord. 2009-17. Passed 9-15-2009.)