§ 17.24.030. Exceptions.  


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  • The following exceptions may be made in yard regulations:

    A.

    On separate tracts (large tracts outside of subdivision), the side yard may be reduced to ten (10) percent of the tract width.

    B.

    On separate tracts, the rear yard may be reduced to twenty (20) percent of the tract depth.

    C.

    Where, on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, forty (40) percent or more of a block frontage was occupied by two or more buildings, then the front yard is established in the following manner:

    1.

    Where the building furthest from the street provides a front yard not more than ten (10) feet deeper than the building closest to the street, then the front yard for the frontage is, and remains an average of the then existing front yards.

    2.

    Where subsection (C)(1) of this section is not the case and a lot is within one hundred (100) feet of a building on each side, then the front yard is a line drawn from the closest front corners of these two adjacent buildings.

    3.

    Where neither subsection (C)(1) or (2) of this section is the case and the lot is within one hundred (100) feet of an existing building on one side only, then the front yard is the same as that of the existing adjacent building.

    D.

    Sills, belt courses, cornices, and ornamental features may project only one foot into the required yard.

    E.

    Open fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, and balconies opening upon fire towers, and the ordinary projection of chimneys and flues may project into a rear yard for a distance of not more than three and one-half feet, or into a side yard not more than two feet, when so placed not to obstruct light and ventilation, may be permitted by the building inspector.

    F.

    A vestibule enclosing not more than forty (40) square feet may extend four feet into the front yard.

    G.

    Patios or terraces which do not extend above the level of the ground (first) floor may project into a required yard, provided these projections be distant at least two feet from the adjacent side lot line.

    H.

    No side yards are required where dwellings are erected above commercial structures.

    I.

    If side yards are provided where not required in B and I districts they must be at least five feet in width.

(Prior code Appx. B § 3.3)