The general area and bulk requirements in each land use district are set forth in the attached District Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations.[1] This schedule is supplemented, as appropriate, by other provisions of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: The District Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the use of an existing lot of record of less than the prescribed area, width or depth, if such existing lot of record was owned individually or separate from any adjoining tract at the time of enactment of this chapter, provided that all other provisions of this chapter are met.
A. 
The height restrictions set forth in the District Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations shall not be applicable to the following:
(1) 
Flagpoles, radio or television antennas, transmission towers or cables, agricultural silos and similar features, any of which shall be restricted to a maximum height of 100 feet above the average finished grade at its base.
(2) 
Spires, belfries, chimneys, skylights, water or cooling towers, parapets or railings, elevators, stair bulkheads, solar collectors, air-conditioning units or similar structures which in their aggregate coverage occupy no more than 10% of the roof area of the building of which they are a part. Such features shall be erected only to such minimum height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which they are intended.
B. 
No structure, or other exception, shall be used as a place for habitation or for advertising not otherwise authorized by this chapter.
A. 
Required front yards. On a corner lot, each street frontage shall be deemed a front street line, and the required yard along each such lot line shall be a required front yard. The Code Enforcement Officer, in consultation with the owner, shall decide which of the remaining yards shall be the required side yard and the required rear yard.
B. 
Obstructions at street intersections. At all street intersections, no obstructions to vision, such as a fence, wall, hedge, structure or planting, over three feet in height shall be erected on any lot within the triangle formed by the intersecting street lines or their projections where corners are rounded and a straight line joining said street lines at points which are 50 feet distant from their point of intersection measured along said street lines and/or projections.
A. 
The following architectural features of a building may extend into a required yard, subject to the limitations provided herein:
(1) 
Ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices, eaves and other architectural features; provided, however, that such features shall not project more than three feet into any required yard.
(2) 
Chimneys or pilasters.
(3) 
Open arbors or trellises.
(4) 
Unroofed steps, patios or terraces not less than 20 feet from the highway right-of-way nor less than 10 feet from any side or rear lot line, provided that the building complies with the yard requirements of this chapter.
(5) 
Awnings or movable canopies not to exceed 12 feet in height nor projecting more than six feet into any required yard.
(6) 
Retaining wall, fence or masonry wall, except as limited by § 150-14B of this article or § 150-21 of this chapter.
(7) 
Open fire escapes on the side or rear of a building and extending not more than six feet into any required side or rear yard.
B. 
Accessory structures may be located in any side or rear yard, subject to the limitations stated in the attached District Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The District Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
C. 
Fences may be located in required yard areas where in full compliance with the standards provided within § 150-21 of this chapter.
A. 
Required side and rear yards. Where the side or rear yard of a lot abuts a side or rear yard of a lot in a more restricted district, there shall be provided along both sides of such abutting lot line or lines side or rear yards equal to those required in the more restricted district.
B. 
Required screening. Where a lot in the Commercial/Light Industrial District abuts a lot in a residential district, there shall be provided along the abutting side or rear lot line a wall, fence, compact hedge or landscaped strip of trees or shrubs designed to form a year-round visual screen not less than six feet in height at the time of installation.