Every building used or designed to be used for residence purposes
shall be built upon permanent foundation walls and shall occupy a
minimum building area of 900 square feet for a structure of one story
in R, B and I Districts; and such buildings shall occupy a minimum
building area of 900 square feet for a one-and-one-half-story building
in R, B and I Districts; and such buildings shall occupy a minimum
building area of 750 square feet for a two-or-more-story building
in R, B and I Districts.
All corner or through lots shall have such yard areas on abutting
streets or rights-of-way as are provided for herein, except that the
owner may choose which lot line he desires to consider his front line.
Two or more buildings or structures may be, in B and I Districts, constructed jointly or on lot lines, provided that the exterior walls of such buildings or structures are of fire-resistant materials. The setbacks of both front, rear and sides in the schedule in §§
170-13F and
170-14G relate to residential dwellings only in District B and in District I.