All required yards or court areas shall be open and unobstructed from finished grade or from such other specified level at which the yard or court is required, to the sky, except for structures allowed in yards or courts by the table in Section 87.0510. The architectural projections listed in Section 87.0510 must be attached to the principle building allowed on the lot.
Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent the construction of any allowed primary or accessory structure within the building envelope which is the lot area not included in any required yard or court.
(a) 
The projections listed in the table in Section 87.0510 may not, in any event, encroach on or into the following.
(1) 
The Clear Sight Triangle required at traffic intersections.
(2) 
Within three feet of any lot line, dividing lots not in common ownership, except as noted in the table below.
Facilities
Front and Street Side Yards and Courts
Interior Side Yards
Rear Yard
(a)
Eaves; awnings, canopies, louvers, and similar shading devices; sills, cornices, planting boxes, cantilevered closet and bay windows on first floor similar features; skylights, flues and chimneys; similar architectural features
4 feet
2 feet
4 feet
(b)
Evaporative coolers, air conditioner compressors, and pool equipment when screened from view
4 feet
2 feet
15 feet
(c)
Propane tanks sited per Uniform Fire Code and Fire Hazard Design Standards specified by Chapter 9 of this Division
Not allowed
Not allowed
4 feet
(d)
Attached patio roofs and similar residential structures having open, unwalled sides along not less than 50% of their perimeters, including top deck, with minimum 5-foot separation from rear lot line
4 feet
Not allowed
15 feet
(e)
Breezeways and similar roofed passageways projecting from a residential building
4 feet
Allowed
2 feet
(f)
Cantilevered or supported decks; and cantilevered bay windows, provided the total width of bay windows on any one story does not exceed 50% of the length of the wall containing them; bay windows are to have no liveable area except a bench seat
4 feet
3 feet
4 feet
(g)
Roofed stairways, landings, corridors, and fire escapes that are 5 feet enclosed
5 feet
3 feet
10 feet
(h)
Porches, platforms, or stairways that are uncovered or landings of average height, not greater than 4 feet above required yard or court level, plus railings up to 4 feet high
4 feet
4 feet
10 feet
(i)
Open storage of boats, R.V.’s, trailers, appliances and similar materials and temporary trash storage not within ten feet of structures
Not Allowed
Allowed
Allowed
(j)
Commercial trash bins for the temporary storage of trash on single-family residential land uses. Must be fully screened and accessible from driveway
Allowed subject to special permit
Allowed subject to special permit
Allowed subject to special permit
(k)
Slides, clotheslines and similar equipment and radio or television masts or satellite dish antennas
Not Allowed
Not Allowed
Allowed
(l)
Garages, carports, sheds and other detached, enclosed accessory buildings which occupy no more than 25% of yard
Not Allowed
Not Allowed
Allowed
(m)
Unroofed parking and loading areas regulations
As specified by the parking regulations (87.0601 et seq.)
Allowed
Allowed
(n)
Covered, underground or partially excavated structures, such as adjoining garages, fallout shelters, wine cellars, basements and public utility or telephone/cable TV vaults
Allowed, provided that the facilities do not extend more than 30 inches above the average finished grade level
 
 
(o)
Fences, screening, safety guard rails, walls, and dense hedges along property lines
Allowed
Allowed
Allowed
(1)
Industrial Land Use Districts.
6 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum height
(2)
Commercial Land Use Districts.
4 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum height
10 feet maximum height
(3)
All Other Land Use Districts.
4 feet maximum height
6 feet maximum height
6 feet maximum height
Fence heights in excess of these standards may be allowed by an approved Conditional Use Permit or Variance or when required by the City for reasons of the health and safety of the general public. In the RC and RL Land Use Districts, open fences may go up to a maximum of five feet in the front yard and street side yards.
Facilities
Front Yards
Street Side Courts
Interior Side Yards
Rear Yard
(p)
Trees, shrubs and landscaping, other than dense hedges with a screening effect, sculpture and similar decorations; flagpoles; unroofed paving; driveways; walkways, and utility poles and lines located along property lines no closer than one foot from property line.
Allowed
Allowed
Allowed
Allowed
(q)
Signs
Allowed, subject to Sign Design Standards
 
 
 
(r)
Swimming pools, spas no closer than five feet to any property line
Not Allowed
Allowed
Not Allowed
Allowed
(Ord. 253 § 12, 2006)