[Ord. 672]
(a) 
Partially Developed Blocks. Where some lots or parcels of land in a block are improved or partially improved with buildings, each lot or parcel of land in said block shall have a front yard depth of not less than the average depth of the front yards of land adjoining on either side. A vacant lot or parcel of land, or a lot or parcel of land having more than the front yard depth required in the zone, shall be considered for this purpose as having a front yard of the required depth.
(b) 
Key Lots. The depth of the required front yard on the key lots or parcel of land shall not be less than the average depth of the required front yard of the adjoining interior lot or parcel of land and the required side yard of the adjoining reversed corner lot or parcel of land.
[Ord. 672]
(a) 
Width. Each interior lot or parcel of land with a lot width of 50 feet or less in zones having required side yards, shall have side yards as required by the zone, but in no event shall the width of such required side yards, in a residential zone, be less than three feet, unless a variance is obtained.
(b) 
Corner or Reversed Corner Lots. Corner or reversed corner lots and parcels of land shall have side yards as required by the zone.
[Ord. 672]
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, any accessory building having an opening more than six feet wide facing an existing or proposed alley shall be located not less than six feet from the property line of said alley.
[Ord. 672; § 4, Ord. 1143-15, eff. December 17, 2015]
(a) 
In addition to accessory buildings permitted by § 9-7.403 (Location of Accessory Buildings in Yards), the following structures may be erected or projected into any required yard:
(1) 
Fences and walls as provided in Article 8 (Development Standards);
(2) 
Landscape elements, including trees, shrubs, and other plants; and
(3) 
Landscape-related or underground stormwater management practices.
(b) 
The following projections may extend into a required setback:
(1) 
Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses, or other similar architectural features (a maximum of 18 inches);
(2) 
Fireplace structures and bays, not wider than eight feet, measured in a general direction of the wall, of which it is a part (a maximum of two feet);
(3) 
Open and unenclosed fire escapes, patios, and door stoops;
(4) 
Awnings (not to exceed a 50% encroachment);
(5) 
Planting boxes or masonry planters, not to exceed a height of 42 inches;
(6) 
Stairways;
(7) 
Landscape-related or underground stormwater management practices; and
(8) 
No structure or part of a structure not specified above may project into required setbacks without the granting of a variance under findings consistent with State law and this title.
[Ord. 672]
A minimum distance of six feet is required between all main residential buildings established on the same lot or parcel of land, and four feet between any structures.