(A) Front yard requirements.
(1) In any zoning district, there shall be a minimum front yard required as stated in the yard requirements for that particular district.
(2) The minimum front yard depth as specified in any district shall be measured from the established property line or proposed right-of-way line of the street on which the lot fronts.
(B) Exceptions to front yard requirements.
(1) Measurements shall be taken from the nearest point of the wall of a building to the lot line in question, subject to the following qualifications.
(a) Cornices, canopies or eaves may extend into the required front yard a distance not exceeding four feet, six inches.
(b) Fire escapes may extend into the required front yard a distance not exceeding four feet, six inches.
(c) A landing place or uncovered porch may extend into the required front yard to a distance not exceeding six feet, if the landing place or porch has its floor no higher than the entrance floor of the building. An open railing, no higher than three feet, six inches may be placed around such place.
(d) A ramp for access to the dwelling by handicapped individuals.
(2) When a parcel is accessed from a recorded easement over an adjacent parcel that exceeds the length of the front yard setback within the zoning district and when the parcel has no direct access to a public or private right-of-way, the required front yard setback may be adjusted to equal the rear yard setback required in the zoning district.
(C) Exceptions to side and rear yard requirements. The above-enumerated architectural features may also extend into any side or rear yard to the same extent, except that no porch, terrace or outside stairway shall project into the required side yard distance.
(D) Additional yard requirements.
(1) A wall, fence or hedge may occupy required front, side or rear yards when in compliance with height standards in § 4.10.
(2) On double frontage lots, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(3) The required front yard of a corner lot shall not contain any wall, fence or other structure, tree, shrub or other growth which may cause danger to traffic on a road or public roadway by obscuring the view.
(4) The required front yard of a corner lot shall be unobstructed above a height of three feet in a triangular area, two sides of which are the lines running along the shoulder road lines between the road intersection and a point 50 feet from the intersection, and the third side of which is the line between the latter two points.
(Ord. 97, passed 7-21-2009; Ord. 120, passed 10-7-2014)