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AAEtt-3 PLANNING AND DEVELOPl~EATt~c~n~~nt 2 •9-2.05 Required Yards and Open Spaces Subdivision 2. Permitted Encroachments on Required Yards: The Poll sting shall be permitted encroachments into setback and height requirements except as restricted by other sections of this Code. Subdivision 1. Existing: 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. a. In any yards:. posts, off street parking flues, sills pilasters, z=~ lintels, cornices, eaves (up to three (3) feet), gutters, awnings, opea__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_.,_thaa_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. ~rther ao _deck, exposed ramps (wheelchaw_^1:___uncovered porch,__or _ air conditioner, shall be less than five (5) feet from a side or rear t i yard"-line, and if is a front yard, a variance s al_ be req re . Chimneys, flag poles and open fire escapes may not extend more than five (5) feet above the principal structure or three (3) feet frcm any lot line. b. Inside and rear yards, fences thi.r_ty~ercent__.(34$-)-_open with -- ~ ' -____._ respect. to_ air movement; _walls_and_,hedges- six._(6 ) feet in height or ~ - f.'_ less; bays not to exceed a depth of three (3) feet or containing an area of more than thirty (30}square feet, fire escapes not to exceed a width of three (3) feet. c. On a corner lot; nothing shall be placed or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two and one half (2 1/2) and ten (10) feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets within a triangular area thirty (30) feet from the intersecting street right of way lines. d. In no event shall off street parking, structures of any type, buildings, or other improvements caver more than seventy five percent (75~) of the lot areas. In no event shall the landscaped portion of the lot be less than twenty five percent (25P) of the entire lot as a result of permitted encroachments. 31