HomeMy WebLinkAboutSec113-241Sec. 113-241. Required yards and open spaces.
(a) Existing yards. No yards, now or hereafter provided for a building existing on the
effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall subsequently be
reduced below, or further reduced if already less than, the minimum yard requirements
of this chapter for equivalent new construction in any zone.
(b) Permitted encroachments on required yards. The following shall be permitted
encroachments into setback and height requirements except as restricted by other
sections of this chapter:
(1) In any yards:
a. Posts, off-street parking, flues, sills, pilasters, lintels, cornices, eaves (up
to three feet), gutters, awnings, open terraces, steps, sidewalks, essential
services, stoops, or similar features provided that they do not extend five
feet above the height of the principal structure or to a distance less than
three feet from any lot line;
b. Yard lights and nameplate signs, trees, shrubs, plants;
c. 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;
d. No deck, uncovered porch, or air conditioner shall be less than five feet
from a side or rear yard line and if in the required front yard area, a
variance shall be required;
e. An exposed ramp is a permitted encroachment, provided that a setback
of at least five feet in the side and rear yard is met and the design and
materials are approved by the zoning administrator as being in harmony
with the surrounding residential neighborhood and the documented
medical needs of the user;
f. Chimneys, flagpoles and open fire escapes may not extend more than
five feet above the principal structure or three feet from any lot line.
Basement egress window wells may not extend closer than three feet to
any lot line.
(2) In side and rear yards:
a. Fences that meet all other provisions of this chapter;
b. Walls and hedges six feet in height or less;
c. Bays not to exceed a depth of three feet or containing an area of more
than 30 square feet, fire escapes and basement egress window wells not
to exceed a width of three feet.
(3) 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 2 1/2 and ten feet above the
centerline grades of the intersecting streets within a triangular area 30 feet from
the intersecting street right-of-way lines.
(4) In no event shall off-street parking, structures of any type, buildings, or any
impervious surfaces cover more than 75 percent of the lot areas, except for R-1
zoned land which is regulated by the schedule below:
TABLE INSET:
Lot Area (sq. ft.)Maximum Impervious Lot Coverage
7,370 or less 45%
Over 7,370 to 1,5800 3,320 sq. ft. or 30%, whichever is greater
Over 15,800 to 34,000 4,940 sq. ft. or 20%, whichever is greater
Over 34,000 6,800 sq. ft. or 15%, whichever is greater
(c) Street frontage. All buildable lots must have frontage on and direct access to an
improved public street except for planned unit development in which private streets have
been approved by the city.
(Code 1993, § 9-2.05; Ord. No. 0-96-01, § 2, 2-28-1996; Ord. No. 0-96-05, § 1, 8-14-1996; Ord.
No. 99-05, § 2, 8-25-1999; Ord. No. 03-01, § 1, 1-22-2003)