§ 98-54. General yard and setback requirements.

(a)

Maintenance of required yards. No yard or other open space for each and every building shall be encroached upon or reduced in any manner except in conformance with this chapter. No yard for one principal building shall be considered as a yard for any other principal building, and no yard on one lot shall be considered as a yard for a principal building on another lot. Shrubbery, driveways, off-street parking spaces, retaining walls, fences, curbs, planted screens and planted buffer strips shall not be construed to be encroachments on yards.

(b)

Permitted encroachments into required yards. Architectural features may project into a required yard a distance not greater than the following:

Open entrance shelter	Four feet
Cornices and eaves	Three feet
Window sills	Six inches
Chimneys	Two feet
Steps and landings	Four feet
Fire escapes (side and rear yard only)	Six feet
Open balconies	Four feet
Porches, platforms or open landings	Ten feet

 

(Open structures such as steps, platforms, paved terraces or landing places which do not extend above the first floor level of the building and which have no wall more than 30 inches high)

Awnings and movable canopies	Four feet
Bay or bow windows	Two feet

 

(c)

Minimum setback. The minimum setback from any lot line for any permitted use, activity, sign, building or structure shall be five feet unless otherwise specifically provided. Fences may be erected up to the property line unless specifically restricted elsewhere in this chapter.

(Code 1999, § 9-59; Ord. No. O-15-08(R2), 1-12-2009)

(Code 1999, § 9-59; Ord. No. O-15-08(R2), 1-12-2009)