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CHAPTER 63 - LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

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63.110 APPLICATION OF YARD AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS

Front, side and rear yards or setbacks are provided on a lot or site according to the following rules:  

1. The minimum front yard or setback is provided on a lot or site between the front lot line and a front yard line established at a distance equal to the required front yard or setback.  On a corner lot, one frontage shall be designated as the front lot line and all other frontages shall be designated as side street lot line.  On a flag lot or a lot with no frontage, the zoning administrator shall designate a front lot line by reference to the following design features:
   1. The location of the structure's primary entrances.
   2. The orientation of the primary windows required by the Building Code or the structure.
   3. The location of the longest side of the building.
2. The minimum rear yard or setback is provided on a lot or site between the rear lot line and a rear yard line established at a distance equal to the required rear yard or setback.  On a triangular-shaped lot, the rear yard line is established by points located on the intersecting lot lines (or which would intersect if extended to form a true triangle) which are equidistant from the apex (or imaginary apex if non-intersecting lot line were extended to intersect) and which, when connected, create a line equal in width to the minimum width at the building line.
3. The minimum side yard or setback is provided on a lot or site, between all side lot lines and a side yard line established at a distance equal to the required side yard or setback, and extending from the front yard line to the rear yard line.
4. On corner lots where potential front and side lot lines create a continuous curve, a radial line intersecting the midpoint of the curve shall be deemed the boundary between the yards.
5. Establishing the Front Lot Line on Private Roadways: Where a development utilizes private roadways to provide access to individual buildings within the development, the front lot line shall be considered to be:
   1. In the case of an access roadway, a line parallel to the edge of the roadway at a distance from the roadway equal to one foot for every five feet of roadway surface width;
   2. In the case of a limited access roadway, a line established at the edge of the roadway surface;
   3. In the case of a common driveway, the lot line if one is established or the centerline of the driveway.

In the case where a building is bounded on two or more sides by an access roadway or limited access roadway, one side shall be considered a front yard and the remaining side shall be considered a side street yard.

63.112

Special Yard and Setback Requirements:  The following special yard and setback requirements are established by the ordinance:  

1. Front Yards on Cul-de-Sacs:  On lots fronting a cul-de-sac or curvilinear street, the front yard setback may be established a) as a straight line which at no point is closer to the front lot line than a distance calculated as 80 percent of the required front yard, or b) as a line which is parallel to the front lot  line at the required setback distance.  In no instance shall a setback greater than that established for the district be required.
2. Side Street Side Yard:  The side street side yard shall have a depth equal to the 1/2 of the required front yard in the applicable zoning district.  That portion of a side street side yard within 25 feet of a lot line separating the side street side yard from the front yard on an adjacent lot shall have an increased depth defined by a line where one endpoint is 25 feet from the common lot line and located on the side street side yard line and where second point is located 6 feet from the common lot line and 20 feet from the side street side lot line.
3. Through Lots:  On through lots the lot line across which access is provided and towards which the primary windows and entrances are oriented shall be considered the front lot line.  The opposite frontage shall be treated as a side street lot line.
4. Existing Small Lots:  On any residential lot of record in existence on the effective date of this ordinance with a depth of less than one hundred (100) feet, the depth of the minimum rear yard may be reduced one percent (1%) for each one (1) foot such lot is less than one hundred (100) feet in depth, but the reduction shall not exceed one-half (1/2) of the required minimum rear yard.
5. Alleys:  When a side yard or rear yard on a lot abuts an alley, one-half of the width of the alley may by counted towards meeting the side or rear yard requirement, but in no case shall this result in a building or structure being erected closer to the alley than 1/2 the distance of the minimum required yard or, in the case of a rear yard, closer than five feet from the right-of-way line.
   
   
   
   
   
   
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