[CC Ch. 35 §1; Ord. No. 10-1974 Ch. 35 §1, 7-1-1974]
This Chapter, which shall be known as "The Zoning Code of the
City of St. John, Missouri," may be cited as "The Zoning Code."
[CC Ch. 35 §2; Ord. No. 10-1974 Ch. 35 §2, 7-1-1974; Ord. No. 962 §1, 3-21-2011; Ord. No. 996 §2, 11-19-2012]
The Zoning Ordinance is adopted to facilitate the implementation
of the 2012 Comprehensive Plan of the City of St. John, and to promote
health, safety, morals, comfort, and general welfare; to secure economic
and coordinated land use; and to facilitate the adequate provision
of public improvements.
[CC Ch. 35 §3; Ord. No. 10-1974 Ch. 35 §3, 7-1-1974; Ord. No. 538 §1, 2-5-1996; Ord. No. 791 §1, 3-15-2004; Ord. No. 803 §§1, 3, 6-21-2004; Ord. No. 962 §2, 3-21-2011]
A.
For
the purpose of this Chapter, certain words and phrases are herein
defined. Words and phrases defined herein shall be given the defined
meaning. Words and phrases which are not defined shall be given their
usual meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different
or specific meaning.
B.
Words
used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular number
includes the plural and the plural includes the singular, the word
"dwelling" includes the word "residence," and the word "shall" is
mandatory and not permissive.
C.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
ACCESSORY LIVING QUARTERS
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
ACCESSORY USE
ALLEY
APARTMENT UNIT
AUTOMOBILE (VEHICLE) SALES AREA
BASEMENT
BLOCK
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
BOARD, PLANNING AND ZONING
BUILDABLE LOT WIDTH
BUILDING
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
BUILDING LINE
CITY
CITY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
CLINIC
CLUB
COMMUNITY CENTER
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
DENSE PLANTING STRIP
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS
DORMITORY
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT (RESIDENTIAL UNIT)
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY (DUPLEX)
DWELLING, THREE-FAMILY (TRIPLEX)
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
EASEMENT
EASEMENT, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT
EASEMENT, UTILITY
ENGINEER
FAMILY
FARM
FENCE
FENCE - HAZARDOUS
FLOOD PLAIN
FOSTER HOME FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
FRONTAGE
FUEL CENTER
GARAGE, PARKING
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, SERVICE
GARDEN APARTMENT
GOLF COURSE
GOLF, MINIATURE
HOME OCCUPATION
HOSPITAL
HOTEL
HOUSE-TRAILER
HOUSE-TRAILER PARK
JUNK YARD
KENNEL
LOADING SPACE
LOT
LOT, AREA
LOT, CORNER
LOT, DEPTH
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE (THROUGH LOT)
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT LINES (PROPERTY LINES)
LOT LINE, FRONT
LOT LINE, REAR
LOT LINE, SIDE
LOT OF RECORD
LOT WIDTH
MOTEL (MOTOR HOTEL)
NON-CONFORMING LAND USE OR STRUCTURE
NURSERY, DAY
NURSERY SCHOOL
NURSING HOME
OFFICE
OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC
OPEN STORAGE
OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
PARCEL (TRACT) OF LAND
PARK
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC
PARKING AREA, SEMI-PUBLIC
PARKING SPACE
PEDESTRIAN WAY
PERMITTED BY RIGHT
PERSONAL SERVICES
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
PLANT NURSERY
PROPERTY LINE
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY, LOCAL
PUBLIC WORKS, DIRECTOR
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
RESIDENCE
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
RETREAT
SEMI-FINISHED MATERIAL
SERVICE STATION
SETBACK
SIGN
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
SPECIALIZED PRIVATE SCHOOL
STADIUM
STORAGE WAREHOUSE
STORAGE YARD
STORY
STORY, HALF
STREET
STREET, ARTERIAL
STREET, COLLECTOR
STREET, LOCAL
STREET, FRONTAGE OR SERVICE
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE, HEIGHT OF
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, OR WORK
TOWNHOUSE
USE
USED OR NEW AUTOMOBILE, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER
VARIANCE
VETERINARY CLINIC
WAREHOUSE
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
The
following words and phrases are defined:
Any building, the use of which is incidental to the principal
use of another structure on the same premises.
Living quarters within an accessory building located on the
same lot with the main building for the sole use of persons employed
on the same premises.
Any structure, the use of which is incidental to the principal
use of another structure on the same premises.
A use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of
the premises.
A public right-of-way which affords only a secondary means
of access to abutting property.
A dwelling unit within a multiple-family dwelling.
An open area, other than a street or alley, used for the
display, sale or rental of new or used motor vehicles and where no
repair work is done except minor incidental repair of such motor vehicles
to be displayed, sold or rented on the premises.
A floored and walled substructure of a building, at least
fifty percent (50%) below the average finished grade of the building.
A "basement" shall not be counted as a story.
An area of land surrounded by public highways, streets, streams,
railroad rights-of-way, parks or other similar areas or facilities.
See Article X of this Chapter.
The City Planning and Zoning Board of St. John, Missouri.
The width of a lot minus the combined widths of the minimum
required side yards.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels
or property of any kind and, when separated by dividing walls without
openings, each such portion of such building so separated shall be
deemed a separate building.
The vertical distance measured from the finished ground elevation
at the perimeter of such building to the highest point of the roof
parapet of a flat roof, or to its roof surface if there is no parapet;
to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the middle point of the
vertical distance between eaves and ridges of gable, hip, and gambrel
roofs.
A line drawn parallel to a lot line at a distance therefrom
equal to the depth of the corresponding required yard.
The City of St. John, Missouri.
The group practice of medicine or dentistry for humans including
assistants and laboratories, but not including in-patient care or
operating rooms for major surgery.
A building or a portion of a building intended to be used
as a center of informal association for a selective membership not
open to the general public.
A facility maintained by a public agency or by a not-for-profit
community or neighborhood association primarily for social, recreational,
or educational needs of the community or neighborhood.
A continuous area of land set aside along the perimeter of
a parcel or lot that is established to protect an abutting land use
from the land use on the subject parcel. A dense planting strip consists
of a landscaped surface, not less than the full width or full length
of the parcel or lot and contains dense foliage, shrubbery, evergreens
or other such plant material not less than four (4) feet in height
and planted in such a way as to limit visibility between adjoining
parcels or lots. Such dense planting strip shall be permanently maintained.
That person, firm or corporation by whom a tract will be
subdivided and/or improved pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter.
The act of changing as well as the state of a tract of land
after its function has been purposefully changed by man, including,
but not limited to, structures on the land and alterations to the
land.
A part or parts of the City of St. John for which the Zoning
Code establishes regulations governing the development and use of
land therein.
The "FP" Flood Plain, the "PS" Park and Scenic, the "R" Residence,
the "C" Commercial, the "I" Industrial, and the "S" Special districts
of St. John, Missouri.
A building, usually associated with an educational or religious
institution, with many rooms providing sleeping and living accommodations
for a number of usually unrelated persons.
Any building, or portion thereof, used exclusively for human
habitation; except hotels, motels, dormitories, or house-trailers.
A room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming
a habitable residence for one (1) family.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one (1) family and shall include, but not be limited to, any home
in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped
persons reside, and may include two (2) additional persons acting
as houseparents or guardians who need not be related to each other
or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing
in the home.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by two (2) families living independently of each other.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by three (3) families living independently of each other.
A building, or portion thereof, used or designed as a residence
for four (4) or more families living independently of each other.
A grant by a property owner to the public, to a corporation,
utility or to a person for the use of land for a specific purpose.
A grant by a property owner to the City, County, or State
for the purpose of road maintenance, improvement and widening.
A grant by a property owner to a public utility company for
the purpose of installation, improvement and maintenance of public
utilities.
A professional engineer registered in the State of Missouri.
An individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood
or marriage, or a group of persons who need not be related by blood
or marriage living together and subsisting in common as a single non-profit
housekeeping unit utilizing only one (1) kitchen and shall include,
but not be limited to, any private residence licensed by the Division
of Family Services or Department of Mental Health to provide foster
care to one (1) or more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated
to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption.
[Ord. No. 1148, 6-4-2018]
A parcel of land used for growing or raising of agricultural
products including related structures thereof.
A structure, exposed on both sides erected from the ground
level up for the purpose of enclosing a piece of land or to separate
two (2) contiguous pieces of land.
Any single strand wire having sharp points or protrusions
which can cause serious injury. Including, but not limited to, barbed
wire, razor wire, etc.
A geographic area susceptible to periodic inundation from
overflow of natural waterways and determined as to its extent in St.
John by the 1964 Flood Elevation Study made by the St. Louis County
Planning Commission.
An institution providing sleeping and living accommodations
for the full-time care, training, recreation, and convalescent needs
of three (3) or more physically or mentally handicapped minors.
That edge of a lot or series of contiguous lots bordering
a street right-of-way.
An accessory structure or accessory building used for dispensing,
or sale at retail, of vehicle fuel that is an accessory use to another
permitted land use and development with a primary structure larger
than one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet.
[Ord. No. 1237, 10-3-2022]
A building, or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively
for the storage of motor-driven or self-propelled vehicles; and at
which gasoline, motor fuels, and oils are not sold and motor-driven
or self-propelled vehicles are not serviced, equipped, repaired, hired
or sold.
An accessory building with capacity for not more than four
(4) motor vehicles for storage only, with no provision for servicing
such vehicles for profit.
Any building or premises, except those described as a private
garage or parking garage, used for the storage or care of self-propelled
vehicles, or where any such vehicles are equipped for operation, serviced,
repaired or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
An apartment unit in a multiple-family dwelling with a maximum
of three (3) stories, which usually integrates indoors and outdoors
by using large windows and by opening apartments onto private patios,
terraces or balconies.
An area or course for playing golf which consists of at least
nine (9) holes, except miniature golf, within which the playing area
is not artificially illuminated.
A commercial recreation facility resembling golf but containing
short "holes," the majority of which are under three hundred (300)
feet in length.
A domestic activity carried on by no more than two (2) members
of a family residing on the premises and providing that there are
no signs or any display that will indicate from the exterior of the
building that it is being utilized, in whole or in part, for any purpose
other than that of a dwelling; providing, also, that there is no stock
in trade or commodity sold or stored upon the premises, no person
is employed other than a member of the family residing on the premises,
and no mechanical equipment is used except such as is customary for
purely domestic or household purposes. However, a "home occupation" shall not be interpreted to include barber shops, beauty parlors,
tourist homes, and restaurants.
An institution providing medical and surgical care for both
in and out patients and including medical service, training, and research
facilities.
A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is provided
and offered to the public for compensation and which is open to transient
guests; provided however, that there are no provisions for cooking
in any individual room.
A self-contained mobile structure, non-self-propelled, intended
to be used for dwelling purposes and which has been, or reasonably
may be, equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting said
structure.
An area designed or intended to be used as a site for occupied
house-trailers.
A parcel of land on which waste material and/or inoperative
vehicles and other machinery are collected, stored, salvaged, or sold.
The use of land or buildings for the purpose of selling,
breeding, boarding, or training dogs or cats or both; or the keeping
of three (3) or more dogs over six (6) months of age; or the keeping
of three (3) or more cats over six (6) months of age; or the keeping
of more than four (4) dogs and cats. The word "selling" as herein
used shall not be construed to include the sale of animals six (6)
months of age or younger which are the natural increase of animals
kept by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined; nor shall
selling be determined to include isolated sales of animals over six
(6) months old by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined.
A paved space within the main building or on the same lot
for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks.
A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned.
developed, or otherwise used as a unit.
The total horizontal area within the boundaries of a lot.
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
The average horizontal distance from the front lot line to
the rear lot line.
A lot having frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets
as distinguished from a corner lot.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
In the case of an interior lot, that line which separates
said lot from the street right-of-way. In the case of a corner lot
or double frontage lot, those lines separating said lot from the street
rights-of-way.
In the case of an interior lot, that lot line that is most
distant from, and is parallel or nearly parallel to the front lot
line. In the case of a corner lot, that lot line which is parallel
or nearly parallel to the shortest front lot line. There is no rear
lot line on a double frontage lot.
Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot
line.
A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has
been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis
County; or a parcel of land which was legally approved and the deed
recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County
prior to the adoption of this Chapter. A Deed of Trust is not to be
considered a deed by the terms of this definition.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at the building line.
A building or group of buildings containing individual sleeping
or living units for the temporary residence of transient motorists
or travelers, and with parking facilities conveniently located to
each such unit.
A land use or structure which existed lawfully on the date
(July 1, 1974) this Zoning Code or any amendment thereto became effective
and which fails to conform to one or more of the applicable regulations
in the Zoning Code or such amendment thereto, except minimum lot area,
yard, and setback requirements.
A building used for the supervision and care of preschool
children during daylight hours; provided however, that no residence
shall be used by more than six (6) such children, other than those
of the operator.
A pre-kindergarten school for children primarily between
the ages of three (3) and five (5).
A building intended for use as a medical care facility for
persons who need nursing care and medical service but do not require
intensive hospital care.
A building, or portion of a building, wherein services are
performed involving predominantly administrative, professional or
clerical operations.
Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for
general use by the public, including parks, recreational areas, school
sites, community or public building sites, and other public lands.
Storage of material or goods on the ground outside of a building.
A separately designated area of land delineated by identifiable
legally recorded boundary lines.
An area open to the general public and reserved for recreational,
educational, or scenic purposes.
An open area, other than a street or alley, used for the
temporary parking (one (1) day or less) of self-propelled vehicles,
and which is available for public use whether free, for compensation,
or as an accommodation for clients or customers.
An open area, other than a street or alley, used for temporary
parking (one (1) day or less) of self-propelled vehicles as an accessory
use to such land uses as semi-public institutions, schools, churches,
hospitals, and non-commercial clubs.
A durable, dust-proof, surfaced, properly graded for drainage,
usable and accessible space; enclosed in a main building, in an accessory
building, or unenclosed; and which is not less than eight (8) feet
wide by fifteen (15) feet long.
[Ord. No. 1171, 6-3-2019]
An easement or right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate
pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
Uses which are listed in each zoning district under the title
"Permitted Land Uses and Developments."
Those activities which provide frequently or recurrently
needed services on site and which involve the care of a person or
his personal goods or apparel. Typical uses include beauty or barber
shops, electrolysis studios, nail salons, shoe shining and/or repair
operations, tailors and neighborhood laundry and dry cleaning operations.
A development which is approved through a zoning procedure designed to permit flexibility in building types and relationships between buildings. In a planned zoning district, a tract of land may be developed for any use permitted in that district, provided that approval is obtained by securing a Planned Development Permit from the City Council in compliance with the procedure delineated in Section 400.320 of this Chapter. Height, lot area, lot dimensions, yard, off-street parking, off-street loading, and sign requirements shall be limited by the conditions in the ordinance authorizing the establishment of the particular Planned Development.
The City Planning and Zoning Board of St. John, Missouri.
A farm, garden, or other cultivated land, together with accessory
structures, designed and intended to be used only for the cultivation
and sale of live vegetation.
The legally recorded boundary of a lot, tract, or other parcel
of land.
A public utility facility serving a wide area, such as a
high voltage transmission tower or a power generation plant.
A public utility facility serving a local area only, such
as an electric substation, a water or gas pumping or regulating station,
or a telephone switching center.
An individual person or a firm, appointed by the City Manager,
whose function is to review all zoning petitions, and development
plans prior to their review by the Planning and Zoning Board, in order
to ensure that they are complete; to inspect developments to insure
that they are constructed according to the approved plans; to issue
building permits; and generally to perform all functions assigned
to him by reference in this Chapter.
Any vehicle which relates to, or is used primarily for, recreational
activities.
Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed or used
exclusively for residential purposes; except hotels, motels, or dormitories.
An establishment where the sale of foods prepared for consumption
on the premises represents the major source of income for the establishment.
An establishment where food and/or beverage is sold to the
consumer, where motor vehicle parking space is provided, and where
provisions are made to permit such food and/or beverage to be consumed
in the motor vehicle parked upon the premises or anywhere on the premises
outside the main building.
A building or group of buildings with designated open areas
utilized and maintained for educational and religious conclaves, seminars,
and similar activities by particular educational, religious, fraternal,
or other groups.
Material which has gone through one (1) or more stages of
processing.
Any structure or premises used for dispensing, or sale at
retail, of automotive vehicle fuels or lubricants, and for the lubrication
of automobiles and replacement or installation of minor parts and
accessories; excluding, however, major repair work, such as motor
replacement, body and fender repair, spray painting, and the storage
of junk or vehicles for sale.
The average horizontal distance between the building line
and the lot line.
A name, identification, description, display, or illustration
which is affixed to, or points out, a building, structure, or tract
of land, and which directs attention to an object, product, place,
person, service, activity, institution, organization or business.
Attached sign: A sign which is in any manner
affixed to any exterior wall of a building and which projects not
more than eighteen (18) inches from the building wall and which does
not extend more than five (5) feet above the highest point of the
roof surface of a flat roof; the deck line of a mansard roof; or the
eave line of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
Business sign: A sign which directs attention
to a business or profession conducted or to a commodity, service or
entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is
located.
Directional sign: A sign identifying entrances,
exits, aisles, ramps, and similar traffic-related information.
Flashing sign: An illuminated sign on which
an artificial or reflected light is not continuously constant in intensity
and/or color.
Free standing sign: A sign not attached to
or painted on a building, but which is mounted on a separate structure
which is affixed to the ground. A sign attached to a flat surface
such as a fence or wall which is not part of a building shall be considered
a free standing sign.
Height of free standing sign: The vertical
distance measured from either the ground elevation of the structure
supporting the sign or the upper surface of the nearest curb or edge
of a street, whichever is lower, to the highest point of a sign.
Illuminated sign: Any sign designed to internally
give forth artificial light or designed to reflect light from one
or more exterior sources of artificial light erected for the sole
purpose of illuminating the sign.
Indirectly illuminated sign: A sign which does
not produce artificial light from within itself but which is illuminated
by spotlights, floodlights, or other artificial light source(s) not
a part of the sign itself.
Information sign: A sign which identifies a
residence, a non-commercial activity, including historic markers,
or a sign conveying cautionary and similar information.
Internally illuminated sign: A sign so designed
that its source of artificial light is contained within itself and
said source is not directly visible when in normal operation.
Mechanical sign: A sign that contains moving
parts; creates the effect of illusion of having any moving parts;
or has flashing or intermittent lighting.
Name plate: A non-business sign which states
only the name or address or both of the occupant of the lot where
the sign is located.
Off-premise sign: A sign which contains a message
unrelated to a premises or profession or to a commodity, service or
entertainment, sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is
located.
Projecting sign: A sign which is attached to
and whose front edge projects more than eighteen (18) inches from
the face of a wall of a building.
Sign, area (outline area): The area of a sign
shall include the space to be used for advertising purposes, including
the spaces between open-type letters and figures, including the background
structure, or other decoration or addition which is an integral part
of the sign. The perimeter shall not include any structural or framing
elements lying outside the perimeter and not an integral part of the
sign.
Temporary business sign: A sign which gives
information concerning a product, service, or activity offered, conducted
or sold on the premises upon which the sign is erected and which is
not displayed for more than seven (7) consecutive days.
Temporary sign: A sign which is intended to
promote community or civic projects, construction projects, or other
special events and intended for non-permanent use whose size and duration
is defined in applicable sign regulations set forth herein.
Time and temperature sign: A sign in a commercial
district used solely to convey a message stating the time of day and
the temperature. Such sign shall not be considered a mechanical sign
or a flashing sign.
Warning sign: An information sign which is
intended to give notice of danger or possible harm.
An institution emphasizing specialized and individual instruction
for students at the grade school, junior, or senior high school level
whose instructional needs are not specifically being met by public
school districts.
A structure built about a central open space or arena with
tiers of seats for spectators.
A completely enclosed structure available for lease or rent
for the purpose of the short or long term general storage of household
goods, vehicles, or other personal property.
An area from which no retail sales are undertaken and which
is used for the outdoor storage of equipment, goods and material.
That portion of a building, other than a basement, included
between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next
above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between
the surface of the floor and the ceiling above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, with exterior
walls on at least two (2) opposite sides that are not more than three
(3) feet above the floor level of such story.
A general term denoting a public or private way which affords
the principal means of access to abutting property. The term includes
all facilities which normally occur within the right-of-way. It shall
also include such other designations as highway, thoroughfare, parkway,
throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, and court,
but shall not include an alley or a pedestrian way.
A multi-lane facility designed for movement of a relatively
large volume of traffic. Arterials provide connections between local
and collector streets and freeways.
A street located within a neighborhood or other integrated-use
area which collects from and distributes traffic to local streets,
and connects arterial streets.
A street, used primarily to provide direct access to abutting
properties.
A minor street generally parallel to and adjacent to arterial
streets and highways which provides access to abutting properties
and protection from through traffic.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent location on the ground, or which is attached to something
having a permanent location on the ground. This definition does not
apply to existing parking lots.
The vertical distance measured from the finished ground elevation
at the perimeter of such structure to its highest point.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change
in the roof or in the exterior walls.
A single-family attached dwelling unit, usually in rows of
houses with common side walls at least partially, and usually with
at least one (1) walk-up floor above ground floor.
As utilized herein, "use" is any functional,
social, economic or technological activity which is imposed or applied
to land or to structures on the land.
A dealer in used or new automobiles, trucks, motor vehicles
or recreation vehicles when purchased or sold as a unit and any enfranchised
new car dealer operating a used car or truck department.
A modification or variation of the provisions of this Chapter
as applied to a specific piece of property and approved by the Board
of Adjustment, except that modification in the allowable uses within
a district shall not be considered a variance.
A facility for the practice of veterinary medicine.
A building used for the storage of goods, wares, or merchandise
that will be processed, sold, or otherwise disposed of off the site
of the premises.
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward,
except as otherwise provided in this Chapter. Unless otherwise stated
in this Chapter, the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard,
or the depth of a rear yard, shall be the minimum horizontal distance
between the lot line and the nearest portion of the main building.
A required yard extending across the full width of the front
of the lot between the side lot lines and measured between:
A required yard extending across the full width of the lot
at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard, and measured between
the rear line of the lot and the rear of the main building or any
projections thereof, other than steps, unenclosed porch or terrace.
On corner lots the "rear yard" shall be considered
as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.
A required yard between the nearest point of the main building
and the side lines of the lot and extending from the front lot line
to the rear lot line.
