The provisions of this chapter shall be subject to such exceptions, additions or modifications as herein provided by the following supplementary regulations.
Essential services, as defined herein, shall be permitted in all districts, subject to restrictions approved by the Planning Commission with respect to use, design, yard area, setback and height.
Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by any other provisions of this chapter, the Zoning Hearing Board may permit erection of a dwelling on any lot (in a residential district, where permitted by this chapter) which, at the time of the effective date of this chapter, is on official record and containing an area or width smaller than that required for a single-family dwelling. In no case shall any dwelling be permitted within five feet of a lot line in any residential district.
No lot or premises shall be used as a garbage dump or a dead animal rendering plant. No manure, rubbish or miscellaneous refuse may be stored in the open within any district where the same may be construed as a menace to public health or safety. No exceptions shall be made.
A. 
Fences, hedges or other plantings, structures or walls shall not be located at street corners so as to interfere with vision clearance across the corner lots. The height of such objects is restricted to three feet within a triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a line joining points on the street lines and equidistant from the point of intersection. This distance shall be 30 feet from the corner.
B. 
The fencing required by Chapter 197, Vehicles, junk, § 197-3, and the square footage limitation shall be incorporated herein for purposes of securing that any requested change to the square footage limitation be adjudicated by the Zoning Hearing Board in a variance hearing.
[Added 8-13-2008 by Ord. No. 559]
For the purpose of measuring lot area on exceptionally deep lots, only that part of the depth which is less than six times the average width of the lot may be utilized in calculations.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 205-38, Swimming pools, was repealed 11-9-2016 by Ord. No. 579.
No building in the rear of a main building on the same lot may be used for living purposes in a residential district.
No living quarters shall be placed in a cellar dwelling or garage or in any other room or space having less than seven feet of ceiling clearance above the average ground level.
Structures permitted within this chapter as complementary to the principal structure shall be located per all uses by the following:
A. 
No structure shall be located within the minimum distance of the front lot line to the building line of the principal structure.
B. 
Structures on corner lots shall be located within the minimum distance of the front lot line to the building line of the structure for the adjoining lot on the side highway or street.
C. 
Detached accessory structures shall be located a minimum distance of 10 feet from the rear building line of the principal structure.
D. 
Private garages shall be located a minimum distance of 10 feet from the rear lot line; all other accessory structures not requiring vehicular access, six feet.
E. 
Accessory structures shall be located a minimum distance of four feet from a side lot line.
F. 
Private garages and all accessory structures shall be located a minimum distance of 20 feet from the rear lot line on all double frontage or through lots.
A. 
In cases where group housing, two or more buildings constructed on a plot of ground, not subdivided into the customary lots and streets and which will not be subdivided, or where the existing or contemplated street and lot layout make it impractical to apply the requirements of this chapter to the individual building units in such group housing, the application of the terms of this chapter may be varied by the Zoning Hearing Board in a manner which will be in harmony with the character of the neighborhood.
B. 
The Zoning Hearing Board shall authorize such construction subject to the following:
(1) 
Only uses as permitted within the R-1 District as established herein.
(2) 
Per family lot area in accordance with requirements established herein.
(3) 
Height, yard and lot coverage requirements in accordance with requirements in the R-3 District.
Where one or more existing structures are located on lots within 150 feet in either direction of a proposed structure, such proposed structure setback shall conform to the average setbacks of the existing structures.