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3.General Provisions VI <br /> {3)(4) Yards,and Setbacks. <br /> (a) Setbacks. <br /> 1. No setback,yard or other open space shall be reduced in area or dimension so as <br /> to make such setback,yard or other open space less than the minimum required by this Ordinance, <br /> and if the existing setback,yard or other open space as existing is less than the minimum required, <br /> it shall not be further reduced. <br /> 2. Front Setbacks. Where principal buildings on adjoining lots existed at the time <br /> of adoption of this Ordinance have a lesser setback from that required, the required front yard <br /> setback of a new structure shall not be less than the average front yard of the adjacent buildings on <br /> each side lot for four hundred(400)feet and in no case shall be less than twenty(20)feet. <br /> 3. Corner Lots. On corner lots,nothing shall be placed or allowed to grow in such <br /> a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two and one-half(2-1/2)and ten(10) <br /> feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets within fifteen(15)feet of the intersecting <br /> street right-of-way lines. This restriction shall also apply to the planting of crops and to yard <br /> grades that result in elevations that impede vision within fifteen(15)feet of any intersecting street <br /> right-of-way lines. <br /> (b) Permitted Yard Encroachments. The following shall not be considered as <br /> encroachments on setback requirements subject to other conditions provided herein: <br /> 1. All Yards. <br /> a. Flag poles, sidewalks, wheelchair ramps, name plate signs, trees, shrubs, <br /> plants, yard lights, mailboxes, floodlights, or other sources of light illuminating authorized <br /> illuminated signs, or light standards for illuminating yards for safety and security reasons, <br /> provided the direct source of light complies with§1007.043(6)of this Ordinance. These <br /> b. Posts, flues,belt course,bay windows, leaders, sills,pilaster, eaves, gutters, <br /> awnings, open terraces, open canopies, chimneys, cantilevers, ornamental features, open fire <br /> escapes extending from the principal structure,provided they do not project more than three(3) <br /> feet into a required setback. <br /> c. Uncovered porches, decks, balconies, stoops, patios, or similar features <br /> provided: <br /> i. The decking shall not extend above the height of the floor of the ground <br /> floor level of the principal structure though railings may be higher,and <br /> ii. They shall not extend to a distance less than five(5)feet from any side or <br /> rear lot line,and <br /> 3-6 <br />