Corner
lots. Front yard minimums shall be required of both yards facing a
street on a corner lot. At all street intersections, no obstruction
to vision exceeding 30 inches in height above the established grade
of the street at the property line shall be maintained within a triangle
formed by the street lot lines of such lot and a line drawn between
the points along such street lines 30 feet distant from their point
of intersection. The only exceptions shall be existing buildings,
structures, or trees where foliage shall be at least eight feet above
grade.
Except in the Broadway Corridor Form-Based Districts, if 75% or more
of the lots on one side of a continuous street had buildings thereon
at the effective date of this chapter, the required setback from the
street shall be determined by the average setback of the existing
buildings.
Where there were existing buildings at the time of the passage of
this chapter on only one side of the street within a block, then the
setback line of the vacant side shall be the same as the average setback
line on the developed side of the street within the block. The foregoing
rule, shall, however, in no case be applied to keep the street wall,
walls or covered porches of the building further back from the street
line than the minimum depth of the front yard so indicated.
A building erected on a corner lot shall be required to comply with
the setback line on each street front, except that in the case of
a corner lot with a frontage of 50 feet or less, the Board of Trustees
may change the setback line by resolution.
Front yard. When abutting a residential district at a street line,
the front yard for new development in a Light Industrial or Business
District shall be equal to or greater than the front yard setback
required for the applicable residential district.
Side or rear yard. When abutting a residential district at the side
or rear yard, said yards for new development in a Light Industrial
or Business District shall be at least equal in depth to that required
in the applicable residential district. The Board of Trustees may
require adequate screening and/or landscaping along the side or rear
yard of the nonresidential lot in the event of construction on such
adjoining nonresidential lot.
No lot
area shall be so reduced or diminished that yards or other open spaces
shall be smaller than prescribed for the applicable zoning district
unless otherwise specified in other sections of this chapter.
Residential density shall be calculated by dividing the total lot
size by the minimum residential density indicated for the applicable
zoning district.
Density rounding. For purposes of computing the maximum number of
residential units allowed on a lot, any fraction shall be rounded
down to the nearest whole number.
The height provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the erection
of church spires, belfries, towers designed exclusively for ornamental
purposes, flagstaffs, chimneys, flues, gas holders, water towers,
standpipes, stage towers or scenery lofts. The height provisions of
this chapter shall not apply to bulkheads, elevator enclosures or
water tanks occupying in the aggregate less than 10% of the area of
the roof or lot on which they are located.
The height provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the erection
of a church, school or public library to a height exceeding 35 feet
in any zoning district where such uses are allowed pursuant to this
chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the erection of a parapet,
wall or cornice extending above such height limit not more than three
feet nor the erection of a cornice beyond the street wall to an extent
of not more than three feet.
All detached single-family dwellings shall be a minimum of 18
feet in width.
Single-family dwelling lots. There shall not be more than three accessory
structures on a lot. An attached garage shall not be considered an
accessory structure.
An accessory structure shall not exceed 15 feet in height. The area
of coverage of accessory structures shall not exceed 40% of the maximum
lot coverage specific to the applicable zoning district.
For corner lots, the setback from the side street shall be the same
for accessory structures as for principal buildings, unless otherwise
regulated by this chapter.
Accessory structures and uses on nonresidential lots. Unless otherwise
specified, accessory structures and uses shall comply with front and
side yard requirements for the principal structure to which they are
accessory and shall not be located less than 10 feet from any rear
property line.