The lot or yard requirements for any new building
or use shall not include any part of a lot that is required by any
other building or use to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
No required lot or area shall include any property, the ownership
of which has been transferred subsequent to the effective date of
this chapter, if such property was a part of the area required for
compliance with the dimensional requirements applicable to the lot
from which such transfer was made.
If the alignment of existing buildings on either
side of a lot within a distance of 50 feet of the proposed building
and fronting on the same side of the same street in the same block
is nearer to the street than the required front yard depth, the Borough
Council may accept the average of such existing alignment within that
distance as the required front yard, but in no case shall the front
yard be less than 20 feet.
Ground-story bays, porches, and chimney flues
may project into required yard area no more than four feet. Such projections
shall not occupy more than 1/3 of the length of the building wall.
Cornices and gutters may project not more than two feet over a required
yard. Fire escapes may be permitted in accordance within this section
in side or rear yards only.
A.
Accessory buildings or structures shall not be permitted
within required front yards.
B.
Accessory buildings or structures shall comply with
required side yards.
C.
Accessory buildings or structures shall not be located
closer to the rear property line than the required minimum side yard
for that district.
The yard requirements shall not apply to fences,
hedges, or walls less than six feet in height above the natural grade,
nor to terraces, steps, uncovered-unenclosed porches, nor to similar
features less than three feet above the level of the floor of the
ground story.
Maximum height regulations shall not apply to
farm buildings, church spires, chimneys, or other structures built
above the roof and not devoted to human occupancy.
A.
In all districts, no structure, fence, planting or
other obstruction shall be maintained between a plane two feet above
curb level and a plane seven feet above curb level so as to interfere
with traffic visibility across the corner within that part of the
required front or side yard which is within a triangle boundary formed
by the two street lines and a straight line drawn between points on
each such line 25 feet from the intersection of said lines or extension
thereof. When one or both streets which form the intersection are
classified as collector or arterial highways, the sight triangle bounded
by the two street lines and a straight line drawn between points on
such line shall be 50 feet from the intersection of said lines or
extension thereof.
B.
At each point where a private accessway intersects
a public street or road, a clear-sight triangle of 10 feet, measured
from the point of intersection of the street line and the edge of
the accessway, shall be maintained, within which vegetation and other
visual obstructions shall be limited to a height of not more than
two feet above the street grade.
On a corner lot, the street side yard shall
equal the required front yard for lots facing that street.
All uses, activities, subdivisions and/or land
developments proposed within Silverdale Borough shall comply with
the Table of Dimensional Requirements set forth in the following section.
The standard in the Table of Dimensional Requirements
shall apply in the specific districts, and all requirements must be
met for the district. These standards may not be as restrictive as
other sections of this chapter; the more-restrictive shall always
govern.
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Editor's Note: The Table of Dimensional Requirements is included as an attachment to this chapter.
