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of the space may be rented for the private vehicles of persons not resident on the premises, except that all the space in a garage of one or two car capacity may be so rented. Such garage shall not be used for more than one commercial vehicle. The gross weight of such commercial vehicle shall not exceed 7,000 pounds gross weight. 4.06 REQUIRED YARDS AND OPEN SPACE (A) No yard or other open space shall be reduced in area or dimension so as to make such yard or other open space less than the minimum required by this Ordinance, and if the existing yard or other open space as existing is less than the minimum required, it shall not be further reduced. (B) No required yard or other open space allocated to a building or dwelling group shall be used to satisfy minimum lot area require- ments for any other building. 4.07 PERMITTED ENCROACHMENTS The following shall not be considered as encroachments on setbacks and height requirements subject to other conditions hereinafter provided: (A) In any yards: Posts, off-street open parking spaces, flues, belt course, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels, cornices, eaves, gutters, awnings, open terraces, service station pump islands, open canopies , steps, chimneys, flag p y g poles, ornamental features, open fire escapes, sidewalks, and fences, except as hereinafter amended. (B) In side and rear yards: Fences 30 per cent open, walls and hedges six feet in height or less, bays not to exceed a depth of three (3) feet or contain an area of more than thirty (30) square feet, fire escapes not to exceed a width of three (3) feet; balconies eight (8) feet above grade may extend into the yards to within five (5) feet of a lot line provided said balconies do not extend over driveways. Breezeways, detached outdoor picnic shelters, open arbors, trellises and detached outdoor living rooms may extend to within five (5) feet of a side or rear lot line except that no such structures shall exceed five hundred (500) square feet. Covered porches may extend twenty (20) feet into the rear yard but not closer than ten (10) feet from the rear lot line. (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 feet and ten feet above the centerline grades of the inter- secting right-of-way lines. (D) In no event shall off-street parking space, structures of any type, buildings, or other features cover more than 75% of the lot area resulting in less than 25% landscaped area in Residential Districts. (E) In rear yards: Recreational and Laundry drying equipment, picnic tables, detached outdoor living rooms, and outdoor eating facilities, provided these are not less than five (5) feet from any lot line. -8-