Subject to modification in special cases as specified in subsequent or preceding sections of this chapter, requirements for the lot size and bulk of buildings permitted in each district shall be as set forth in the Schedule of Regulations as to Bulk, Height and Other Requirements, which is hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The height limitations of this chapter shall
not apply to chimneys, church spires, belfries, standpipes, water
towers, flag poles or monuments; or to elevators, radio or television
aerials, skylights, ventilators, clock towers, cupolas, water tanks
and similar structures and mechanical appurtenances which are part
of a building; provided that the aggregate horizontal area of such
structures or parts of buildings shall not exceed 25% of the ground
area covered by the main building. No parapet wall or cornice may
exceed the height limitations of this chapter. A railing on a flat
roof may exceed the height limitations, provided that such railing
has at least 50% of its vertical face open.
A.
Extensions of a structure into a required front or
rear yard shall be permitted as follows:
(1)
By cornices, canopies, window sills, eaves, overhangs
and similar extensions which are 10 feet or more above grade: one
foot.
(2)
By open, fireproof fire escapes: four feet.
(3)
By any terrace or porch having its floor level no
higher than the floor level of the first story of the building and
having no railing or other member higher than three feet above floor
level: 10 feet.
B.
Extension of a structure into a required side or rear
yard shall be permitted as follows: same as permitted for extensions
into required front yards, except that no porch, terrace or steps
shall be closer than five feet to any side lot line.
A.
No accessory buildings are permitted in any required
front or side yard.
B.
Detached accessory buildings. Detached accessory buildings
shall be permitted in a required rear yard subject to the following
regulations:
(1)
The aggregate ground area covered by all accessory
buildings located in the required rear yard space shall not exceed
30% of such required rear yard.
(2)
Height limit: 15 feet.
(3)
Setback from the side or rear yard lot shall be five
feet.
(4)
Setback from the street line on a corner lot: same
as the corner side yard requirements for the district in which the
lot is located.
C.
Permitted accessory structures, such as flagpoles,
statuary and fences which are not buildings as defined by this chapter
may be located anywhere on a lot, subject to any other applicable
provisions of this chapter.
On every corner lot within the triangle formed
by the street lines on such lot and a line drawn between points on
such lines at the distance from their intersection specified below,
there shall be no fence or wall higher than 24 feet nor any other
obstruction to vision other than a post, column or tree not exceeding
in cross-section one square foot between a height of 2 1/2 feet and
a height of 10 feet above the established grade of either street.
Lot frontage shall not be less than 80% of the
required lot width, except in the case of lots on the turning circle
of a cul-de-sac where the frontage may be reduced to 30 feet.
An isolated lot in any R District which does
not meet the minimum lot size requirements for the district in which
it is located, and which existed as an isolated lot at the time of
passage of this chapter, may be used for a one-family house without
the granting of a variance by the Board of Adjustment, provided that
all of the other requirements for the district are met.
