(a) Architectural features, may extend or project into a required side yard not more than three inches for each one foot of width of such side yard nor more than three feet. Outside stairways, fire escapes, fire towers, porches, platforms, balconies, boiler flues and other similar projections shall be considered as part of the building and not allowed as part of the required space for yards or courts or occupied space, provided that this provision shall not apply to one fireplace or one chimney, not more than eight feet in length projecting more than twelve inches into the allowable side yard space, nor cornices not exceeding eighteen inches in width including the gutter, nor to platforms, terraces, steps below the first floor level, nor to unenclosed porches or ground level unenclosed projections not more than one story in height. However, the excepted projections shall not exceed more than eight feet into the required front or rear yard, shall not extend nearer than four feet from any interior side lot line or nearer than five feet from a side lot line abutting upon a street.
(b) The minimum yard spaces, including lot area per family and maximum lot coverage required by this Zoning Code, for each and every building existing at the time of the passage of this Zoning Code or for any building hereafter erected, shall not be encroached upon or considered as yard or open space requirements for any other building.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90; Ord. 2002-3. Passed 4-15-02.)