The Table of Dimensional Requirements for Principal Uses is
included at the end of this chapter.
The lot or yard areas required for any new building or use shall
not include any part of a lot that is required by any other building
or use to comply with the requirements of this chapter. No required
lot or area shall include any property, the ownership of which has
been transferred after the effective date of this chapter, if such
property was a part of the area required for compliance with the dimensional
requirements applicable to the lot from which such transfer was made.
When there is an existing building on each of the lots adjoining
the lot on which a building is proposed to be erected, and where each
such existing building lies within 100 feet of such proposed building
and lies nearer to the street line than the required front yard depth
elsewhere specified in this chapter, then the average of the existing
front yard depths of such adjoining lots shall be the minimum required
front yard depth for the lot on which the proposed building is to
be erected.
On every corner lot abutting the intersection of two streets,
a triangular area within the lot shall remain clear of any structure,
wall, fence, planting or other visual obstruction which might cause
danger to traffic by obscuring the view across the lot between the
height of two feet and seven feet above the level of the intersecting
streets; such triangular area shall be delineated by a line drawn
across the lot to connect points on the two street lines at a distance
of 25 feet from the intersection of the street lines.
Completely detached accessory buildings equal to or less than
100 square feet in gross floor area may occupy required side and rear
yards but shall not be located closer than five feet to any side or
rear property line. Any detached accessory building greater than 175
square feet in gross floor area shall have a minimum distance to the
side or rear lot line not less than the longest horizontal dimension
of the structure or the minimum distance specified for that district,
whichever is the lesser of the two. In no case shall an accessory
building that is to be permanently placed (footers/foundation) on
a lot be allowed to occupy an easement established on a duly recorded
subdivision plat.
All yards adjoining public streets, except yards adjoining alleys,
shall be deemed front yards and all other yards shall be deemed side
yards.
A building in existence before the effective date of this chapter
shall be exempt from front, side and rear yard requirements when the
proposed use is a principal permitted use within that zoning district.
This exemption is not applicable to any new yard requirement resulting
from the establishment of a new line of subdivision nor to the expansion
of said buildings or uses.
For a lot of record in any district wherein a single-family
or two-family dwelling is principally permitted and/or if such use
is existing, if the lot does not meet the minimum lot area and/or
minimum lot width for the district in which it is located, the following
modifications shall apply:
A. The sum of the side yard widths of such lots shall be a minimum of
30% of the lot width, and in no case shall any one side yard be less
than 10% of the width of the lot.
B. The depth of the rear lot from the principal permitted use to the
property line shall be a minimum of 25% of the depth of the lot.