Minimum yard and setback regulations are established to ensure safety, light, air, privacy, building separation and open areas appropriate to each use and district and to minimize impacts of uses and structures of one site upon adjoining sites.
A. Front yards.
(1) The front yard shall be measured from the property line to the front face of the building, porch, deck or terrace or attached accessory building. Eaves and roof extensions may project into the required front yard not more than four feet.
(2) Attached accessory buildings shall have a front yard not less than the main building.
B. Side yards. Every part of a required side yard shall be open and unobstructed, except for the ordinary projections of window sills, cornices and other architectural features projecting not more than 12 inches into the required side yard and roof eaves projecting not more than four feet.
C. Rear yards. Every part of a required rear yard shall be open and unobstructed to the sky, except for accessory uses and structures as permitted in Article
VII of this chapter and the ordinary projections of window sills, cornices and other architectural features projecting not more than 12 inches and roof eaves projecting not more than four feet into the required rear yard.