No principal structure shall be located any closer to any street
or property line than in conformity with the required minimum setbacks
displayed in the Table of Use and Bulk Requirements.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Use and Bulk Requirements is included as an attachment to this chapter.
Accessory structures and uses are permitted within the required
setbacks other than the front setback, except as specifically authorized
herein. Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height. Such
buildings (with the exception of garages) shall not be located less
than 10 feet from the principal building.
A.
Present established building lines. Wherever there is an established
building line which is greater or less than the minimum setback lines
called for in any district in this chapter, all buildings newly erected
or reconstructed shall be set back so that the front of said buildings
shall be in line with the setback lines of the existing buildings
on the street in the block.
B.
Average setback of existing dwellings. No proposed one-family or
two-family dwelling need have a setback greater than the average setback
of the existing dwellings located within 200 feet on each side of
said proposed dwelling, on the same side of the street and within
the same block and the same zone.
A.
Unroofed constructions. An unroofed surface or patio which is not
more than one foot above ground level, or an arbor, open trellis,
or flagpole, is permitted closer to a lot line than the required setback.
Paved areas (other than such walks and driveways as are needed for
access to the buildings on the lot) shall not project within 15 feet
of a street line or four feet of any other lot line. An open fire
escape, deck or unroofed porch or terrace which is more than one foot
above ground level may project not more than six feet into a required
rear setback.
B.
Entries and porticos. A roofed-over but completely unenclosed projection
in the nature of an entry or portico, not more than eight feet wide
and extending not more than six feet out from the wall of the building,
shall be exempt from the front setback requirement when the building
otherwise complies with all other front setback restrictions of this
chapter.
C.
Permitted obstructions. Cornices or cantilevered roofs may project
not more than three feet into a required setback. Belt courses, windowsills,
and other ornamental features may project not more than six inches
into a required setback.
D.
Awning, canopy, cornice or eaves. An awning or movable canopy may
project not more than six feet into a required setback; cornices or
eaves may project not more than 18 inches into a required setback.
E.
Fences.
(1)
A fence or garden wall no more than four feet in height is permitted
along any lot line and in any front and side yard, and one no more
than six feet in height along that part of any lot line behind the
front yard, as well as in any rear yard. The height of the fence or
wall shall be measured above the finished grade.
(2)
In any commercial or industrial district, a fence, wall or evergreen
hedge of a height not less than six feet nor more than 10 feet may
be required by the City Planning Board to screen the view of an adjoining
or neighborhood residence property. The design and location of such
screen shall be approved by the City Planning Board.
(3)
Except in industrial districts, no sharp points or barbed wire shall
be used in any fence, and no electrically charged or shock fence shall
be erected or maintained, but these may be permitted in an industrial
district only if the sharp points, barbed wire or charged or shock
strands are at least seven feet above the ground level.
(4)
No solid or tight fence shall be constructed of secondhand or used
lumber.
(5)
No fences shall be used for advertising, billboard or poster purposes.
(6)
All fences shall be properly constructed and erected and maintained
in a manner so as not to fall into disrepair, and, if not so maintained,
may be declared to be a nuisance and a nonconforming use.
(7)
All such fences or garden walls in existence without permission of
the City Planning Board at the date of this chapter shall, at the
expiration of one year from such date, become a prohibited and nonconforming
use and shall be discontinued.
(8)
No fence shall be constructed in the side yard of a residential lot
which has an adjacent or abutting driveway, without the written consent
of the owner of the abutting driveway.
A.
Measurement. All required front setback depths shall be measured
from the designated street line, front lot line or existing street
line, whichever is a greater distance from the center line on the
public street abutting the lot in question.
B.
Front setbacks on narrow streets. On streets with less than a 50
foot right-of-way, the front setback shall be measured from the center
line of the existing right-of-way, and 25 feet shall be added to the
required minimum front setback.
C.
Lots on other than a public street. Where lots are subdivided on
other than a public street, the designated street line, for the purposes
of front setback measurement, shall be parallel to, and 25 feet distant
from, the center line of any access easement or right-of-way.
D.
Structures permitted in front yards. The placing of ornamental fountains,
gatehouses and other structures for security or traffic control purposes,
of a nonhabitable type, may be permitted between the street line and
the required minimum front setback line, upon approval of the Planning
Board and the Design Review Board.
E.
Through lots. On a through lot, front setbacks are required from
all street lines.
A.
Yards; setback requirements. On a corner lot, front yards are required
on both street frontages, and one yard other than the front yards
shall be deemed to be a rear yard and the other (or others) a side
yard(s). The minimum setback requirements for each shall be complied
with.
B.
Obstruction to vision at street intersections. At all street intersections
in all residence districts, and in all other districts requiring a
front setback of 15 feet or more, no obstructions to vision (such
as shrubbery, hedge, or other natural growth, a fence or wall) exceeding
30 inches in height above curb level shall be erected or maintained
on any lot within the triangle formed by the street lines of such
lot and a line drawn between points along such street lines 30 feet
distant from their point of intersection (see Sketch B below), nor
shall the limbs or foliage on any tree obstruct vision or be permitted
to grow nearer to the ground than eight feet where such limbs or foliage
overhangs or is over or upon land within the triangular area as shown
in Sketch B.
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A lot owned individually and separately and separated in ownership
from any adjoining tracts of land on the effective date of this chapter
which has a total area or width less than as prescribed herein may
be used for a one-family residence, provided that such lot shall be
developed in conformity with all applicable zone regulations, other
than the minimum lot area and lot width requirements, and with the
minimum side setbacks set forth below:
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For One-Family Residence in
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For Lots With Width
(feet)
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Minimum Side Setback
(feet)
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Total Both Side Setbacks
(feet)
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R-1 Zone
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50 to 90
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6
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20
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R-2 Zone
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50 to 90
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4
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15
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