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9-2.05 Required Yards and Open Spaces 9-2.05 Subdivision 1. Existina: No yards, now or hereafter provided for a building existing on the effective date of this code shall subsequently be reduced below, or further reduced if already less than, the minimum yard requirements of this code for equivalent new construction in any zone. Subdivision 2. Permitted Encroachments on Required Yards• The following shall be permitted encroachments into setback and height requirements except as restricted by other sections of this code. a. In any yards: posts, off street parking, flues, sills, pilasters, lintels, cornices, eaves (up to three (3) feet), gutters, awnings, open terraces, steps, sidewalks, essential services, stoops, or similar features provided they do not extend five (5) feet above the height of the principal structure or to a distance less than three (3) feet from any lot line nor less than one (1) foot from any existing or proposed driveway; yard lights and nameplate signs, trees, shrubs, plants; floodlights or other sources of light illuminating authorized illuminated signs, or light standards for illuminating parking areas, loading areas, or yard for safety and security reasons, provided the direct source of light is not visible from the public right of way or adjacent residential property. Further no deck, {~a~ree~e~rr-~ uncovered porch, or air conditioner, shall be less than five (5) feet from a side or rear yard line, and if in a the required front yard area, a variance shall be required. An exposed ramp is a permitted encroachment , provided that a setback of five feet in the side and rear yard is met and the design and materials are approved by the Zonina Administrator as being in harmonv with the surrounding residential neighborhood and the documented needs of the in ended user Chimneys, flag poles and open fire escapes may not extend more than five (5) feet above the principal structure or three (3) feet from any lot line.