A.
No building or any porch thereof shall be erected and no building or any porch thereof shall be reconstructed or altered so as to project in anywise beyond the average setback line observed by the buildings on the same side of the street, within the block, at the time of the passage of this chapter. Where there are existing buildings at the time of passage of this chapter on only one side of the street within the block, then the setback line on the vacant side shall be the same as the average setback line on the improved side of the street within the block. The foregoing rule shall, however, in no case be applied so as to keep the street wall, walls or porches of buildings further back from the street line than the maximum depth of front yard indicated in the Schedule Limiting Height and Bulk of Buildings for the zone in which such building is located.[1] Where there is no existing building on either side of
the street within the block, no new building shall be erected with
its street wall, walls or porches nearer to the street line than the
maximum or minimum depth of front yard shown for each respective zone
in the schedule.
B.
Encroachments
into front yards are hereby permitted in residential districts as
provided in this section, only for one-story porticos and open terraces
not to exceed a maximum of eight feet in width, provided that the
encroachment is no more than five feet.
[Amended 7-21-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 195-25,
Controlling setback, was repealed 11-27-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007.
[Amended 11-27-2007 by L.L. No. 7-2007]
A building erected on a corner lot shall be
required to comply with the front yard requirements on all street
frontages. In cases where the two street frontages of a corner lot
vary in length, the lot shall be deemed to be situated on the street
containing the narrower frontage in computing the average setback
line. Where the two street frontage of a corner lot are of the same
length, the owner may elect which street is to govern the setback
of his building.
