In order to provide adequate open spaces for access of light
and circulation of air, to facilitate the prevention and fighting
of fires, to prevent undue concentration of population, to maintain
the traditional character and integrity of the Town of Berne, and
to lessen congestion on streets, no building or structure or premises
shall be erected, altered, or used except in accordance with the standards
set forth in this chapter.
The attached schedules of density control regulations (Area
and Bulk Schedule and Density Control Schedule) are hereby adopted
and declared to be a part of this chapter.
Wherever a side or rear yard is adjacent to a street, the standards
for front yards shall apply.
The following projections into required yards may be permitted:
A. Open fire escapes: four feet into side or rear yards.
B. Awnings or movable canopies: six feet into any yard.
C. Cornices, eaves and other similar architectural features: three feet
into any yard.
The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to:
A. Churches, schools, hospitals, water towers and other public and semipublic
buildings, provided that for each foot by which the height permitted
in the district is exceeded, the side, front, and rear yards required
in the district shall be each increased an additional foot.
B. Farm silos, church spires, belfries, cupolas and domes not for human
occupancy, monuments, observation towers, transmission towers, chimneys,
smokestacks, derricks, flagpoles, radio towers, masts and aerials,
ventilators, skylights, water tanks and necessary appurtenances usually
carried above roof level. Such features, however, shall be erected
only to such height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose they
are to serve.
A residential lot of required or larger-than-required size as
set forth in this chapter shall not be reduced in size for transfer
of ownership if such lot so subdivided will form two or more lots
which shall not be in compliance with the requirements for the minimum
average residential density for the district in which such lot or
lots are situated.
No detached principal building shall be closer to any other
principal building on the same lot than the average heights of said
buildings.