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Subd. 9. Front Setbacks. In an R-1, R-2, R-3 or greater district where <br />principal buildings on adjoining lots existed at the time of adoption of this <br />Ordinance have a lesser setback from that required, the required front yard of a <br />new structure shall not be less than the average front yard of the buildings on each <br />side lot for four hundred (400) feet and in no case shall be less than twenty (20) <br />feet. <br />Subd. 10. Zero Lot Line - Side and Rear Setbacks. In the R-2, R-3 or <br />greater districts, all "B" districts and all "I" districts, the side and rear setback <br />requirements may be excluded provided: <br />(1) Party walls are used; party wall being defined as a wall which <br />divides two adjoining properties and in which each of the owners <br />of the adjoining properties has rights of enjoyment. <br />(2) Setback requirements on adjacent lots are increased to be at least <br />twice the required minimum setback. The zero lot line approach <br />shall be allowed only as a part of a larger planned development <br />where it becomes integral to the overall site plan. <br />Such exclusion from side and rear setbacks shall be permitted only after <br />issuance of a Conditional Use Permit. <br />Subd. 11. Setbacks Adjacent to Residential Areas. Where a business <br />district is adjacent to a residential district, the minimum building setback from the <br />lot line shall be thirty-five (35) feet. In the case of the Light Industrial district, <br />such minimum setback shall be seventy-five (75) feet. In the case of the General <br />Industrial District, such minimum setback shall be one hundred (100) feet. <br />Subd. 12. Setbacks Along Thoroughfares. Along streets designated as <br />Collector or Arterial Roadways in the Comprehensive Plan, the minimum setback <br />from the thoroughfare for all buildings shall be forty (40) feet from the planned <br />right-of-way line. Where the right-of-way width has not been established, a one <br />hundred (100) foot minimum setback from the centerline of all existing thorough- <br />fares shall be required except in cases where the existing one-half right-of-way <br />exceeds sixty (60) feet, in which case a setback of forty (40) feet shall be <br />maintained from the right-of-way line. <br />Subd. 13. Permitted Encroachments. The following shall not be <br />considered as encroachments on setbacks and height requirements subject to other <br />conditions hereinafter provided: <br />(1) In any yards: Post, off-street open parking spaces, flues, belt <br />course, leaders, sills, pilaster, lintels, cornices, eaves, gutters, <br />awnings, open terraces, service station pump islands, open <br />canopies, steps, chimneys, flag poles, ornamental features, open <br />fire escapes, sidewalks, and fences, except as hereinafter <br />amended. <br />(2) In side and rear yards: Fences thirty percent (30%) open, walls <br />and hedges six (6) feet in height or less, bays not to exceed a <br />depth of three (3) feet or contain an area of more than thirty (30) <br />square feet, fire escapes not to exceed a width of three (3) feet; <br />balconies eight (8) feet above grade may extend into the yards to <br />23 <br />