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one family, together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a building site of not less than 11,250 square feet in area. The width of the lot at the street shall not be less than 75 feet. No existing lot shall be subdivided unless all the resulting lots comply in size with the provisions hereof. Front Yard Requirements-Each lot shall be a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet in depth facing any street or road. If at the time this ordinance becomes effective 50 percent or more of the then existing dwellings having frontages on the same street or road have a predominant front yard setback different from that specified herein, then all buildings thereafter erected, altered or moved shall conform to that predominant front yard depth as a minimum, unless a different setback is approved in writing by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of all of the owners of the then existing buildings within two hundred (200) feet of the proposed building location. Side Yard Requirements-Each lot shall have two side yards, one on each side of the building. For every building erected or structurally altered, each side yard shall have a width of not less than ten (10) feet. "Side yard" shall mean the distance from the side lot line to the nearest por- tion of the building. The foregoing requirement for side yards shall be subject to the following modifications: (A) On a corner lot, the side yard on the street side of such corner lot shall have a width of not less than thirty (30) feet. (B) A church, public, parochial, or private school shall have a side yard of not less than fifty (50) feet on each side adjoining other property. (C) When two or more adjoining lots are used as a single building site the side yard requirements shall apply only to the outside lot lines. Rear Yard Requirements- (A) The rear yard for each lot shall have a depth equal to, or greater than, twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot. (B) The setback for dwelling accessory buildings shall not be less than five (5) feet from the rear lot line where no alleys are plotted and not less than four (4) feet where alleys are plotted. (C) Where a garage is located in the rear of the lot, not less than twenty (20) feet behind the dwelling, such garage may be built so that no portion thereof is less than five (5) feet from the side lot line, except that on a corner lot a thirty (30) foot setback from the street shall be the minimum. 6.05 DUPLEX FAMILY (R-2) DISTRICT This district is intended to provide a residential atmosphere for those persons desiring a duplex-family neighborhood with a more urban, but limited, density. A density as proposed may permit the economical installation of sewer and water at a later date. -21-