The front setback shall be unobstructed except as provided in
this section:
A. Uncovered landings shall be permitted, provided that they
do not extend a distance greater than five feet into the front setback.
B. An awning or movable canopy on a residential building shall
not project more than 10 feet from the building wall. On a commercial
or industrial building, the marquee or awning may project to the street
line, provided that there is a clear height under the permitted encroachment
of 10 feet.
C. Open porches, balconies, steps, soils, belt courses, cornices,
eaves, gutters, chimneys bay windows, and other ornamental features
shall not project more than four feet into the front setback.
D. Expansions.
(1)
The expansion shall not encroach into the front setback
further than the existing building.
(2)
The expansion shall not encroach into the front setback
farther than 15 feet in from the front property line.
(3)
The expansion shall conform to all other applicable
bulk requirements.
E. Handicap ramps. In nonresidential districts, unroofed handicap
ramps shall be permitted in the side and rear yards only and shall
maintain an eight-foot setback from the respective property line.
In residential districts, unroofed handicap ramps are encouraged to
be placed in the side or rear yard and shall maintain an eight-foot
setback from the respective street or property line.
The required side and rear yards of each district shall be unobstructed
by any buildings or uses, except for plantings, screening, fencing,
driveways and directional signs for the control of traffic within
a parking facility.
Any parcel of land with an area or width less than that prescribed
for a lot in the district in which it is located, which at the time
of the adoption of this chapter was under one ownership and when the
owner thereof owns no adjoining land, may be used as a lot for any
purpose permitted in the district, provided all other regulations
prescribed for the district by this chapter are complied with. When
two or more adjacent lots are in a single ownership, they shall be
considered as being a single lot.
There shall be no more than eight contiguous single-family attached
residential units.
On corner lots, no obstruction of vision shall be erected, installed,
planted, parked or otherwise placed within the triangular area formed
by the intersecting street lines and a straight-line adjoining said
street lines at points which are 25 feet distant from the point of
intersection, measured along said street lines. In such area no shrubbery,
nor fences of masonry, wood or other material which creates a solid
visual barrier, shall be erected higher than two feet from the accepted
street grade of the abutting top of curb, or from the crown of the
abutting road, if there is no curbing, nor shall branches or foliage
of trees be permitted less than 10 feet from the ground. An open fence
of chain link wire, wrought iron, split, rail or other similar material
which does not screen or obstruct views, light and air may be permitted
in the triangular area, provided it does not obstruct visibility.