(a) The area required in a side or rear yard shall be open from the established grade or from the natural grade if higher than the established grade to the sky, unobstructed except for the ordinary projections of window sill, belt courses, cornices and other ornamental features to the extent of not more than four inches, except that within five feet of the street wall, a cornice may project not over three feet into such yard, and provided that if the building is not over two and one-half stories in height, the cornice may project not more than two and one-half feet into such yard.
(b) A corner of a yard may be cut off between the walls of the same building provided that the length of the wall of such cut-off does not exceed seven feet.
(Ord. 4. Passed 4-7-24; Ord. 2001-37. Passed 7-10-01; Ord. 2012-19. Passed 3-20-12; Ord. 2018-40. Passed 11-20-18.)