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§ 5-4. ,OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF ZONING DISTRICTS.
The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions to or to qualify and supplement, as
the case:may be,the specific district regulations set forth in Article V:
A. An open space or lot area required for an existing building or structure shall not be counted
as open space for any other building or structure.
B. Open eaves, cornices,window sills and belt courses may project into any required yard a
distance not to exceed two(2)feet Open porches or open fire escapes may project into a
front yard a distance not to exceed five (5) feet Fences, walls and hedges in residential
districts may be erected in any required yard, or along the edge of any yard, provided that
street corner visibility requirements of this Code shall be met, and provided further that no
fence, wall or hedge located in front of the front building line shall exceed four (4) feet in
height,and no other wall or fence shall exceed six(6)feet in height.
C. Where the dedicated street right-of-way is less than fifty(50)feet, the depth of the front yard
shall be measured starting at a point twenty-five(25)feet from the edge of right-of-way.
D: No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut at least one street, which is it
least forty(40)feet in width,for at least twenty(20)feet The street shall form the direct and
primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units. Alleys, where they exist, shall
form only a secondary means of ingress and egress.
E. The owner of any lot of record existing at the time of the adoption of this Code that does not
meet the above criteria may apply to the Board of Adjustment for a variance for the
construction of a single-family home. The Board of Adjustment shall make a
recommendation and the City Commission shall determine that there is reasonable access
to the property, and that this action will create no adverse impact on adjacent properties,
before a variance is granted.
F. Accessory buildings which are not a part of the main building may be built in the rear yard,
but shall not cover more than thirty(30)percent of the rear yard.
G. On any corner lot,the applicable front yard setback shall apply to both street frontages.
H. On any corner lot on which a front and side yard is required, no wall, fence, sign, structure
or any plant growth which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two (2) feet, six (6)
inches and ten (10) feet above any portion of the crown of the adjacent roadway shall be
maintained in a triangle formed by measuring from the point of intersection of the front and
. exterior side lot lines a distance of twenty-five (25) feet along the front and side lot lines,
and connecting the points so established to form a safe sight triangle on the area of the lot
adjacent to the street intersections of minor and collector streets. The same distance for
the intersection of any street with an arterial street as defined in the Comprehensive Plan
shall be forty(40)feet
I. An attached or detached private garage which faces on a street shall not be located closer
than twenty-five(25)feet to the street right-of-way.
J. Open porches may extend into the rear yard in residential districts provided that:
(1) The open porch does not cover more than thirty(30)percent of the rear yard;
(2) The open porch does not increase the maximum impervious surface of the lot to
be greater than fifty(50)percent;
(3) The open porch is no closer than seven and one-half(7%)feet to the rear lot line
and no closer than seven and one-half(7%)feet to either side lot line; and
(4) The open porch does not extend into any utility, drainage or landscape easement
or conservation area.