For the purpose of establishing front yards and regulating the location and alignment of buildings and structures back of street lines, and for the purpose of maintaining appropriate open spaces and adequate distances between buildings on opposite sides of the same street, in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare, building lines, as indicated and set forth on the building line map, which is declared to be a part of this Zoning Code, are established. The map designations and the map designation rules which accompany such map are declared to be part of this Zoning Code. Between a building line and street line, no structure or portion of a structure extending above the curb level shall be erected, except for specific provisions to the contrary contained in the text of this Zoning Code. Penalty, see § 153.199.

(Prior code § 153.295; Ord. 322-1976)

A.

On all lots in a residence district abutting on either public or private streets, on which streets no building lines exist on the Building Line Map, the following building lines are hereby established:

1.

The street building line, twenty-five feet;

2.

The building line on the street line of a corner lot, which corner lot may not have a frontage of over one hundred twenty feet on the side street, fifteen feet.

B.

In a residence district, the establishment of building lines in this section shall not be applicable to any street on which a building line was formerly established but which has been eliminated or absorbed by street widening. Penalty, see § 153.199.

(Prior code § 153.296; Ord. 739-1987; Ord. 322-1976)

A.

1.

In a residence district, attached structures may be erected beyond the building lines only as follows:

a.

A one-story vestibule may be erected beyond the building line if the area of the porch does not exceed forty square feet and the depth of the same does not exceed five feet.

b.

A one-story enclosed porch not to exceed eight feet in depth may be erected beyond the building line if it is not nearer than ten feet to any street line, if forty percent of each side and front above the floor level is devoted to glass and if it does not become a part of any interior room.

c.

A wheelchair ramp not to exceed eleven feet in depth may be erected beyond the building line if the ramp is not nearer than nine feet to any street right-of-way line.

2.

In addition, a basement room may be constructed below ground under an open or enclosed porch erected beyond the building line, if no entrance is provided from the outside.

B.

In a residence district, where the building line provided on a lot is a greater distance from the street line than the building line along the same street on an adjacent lot, a building may be erected beyond the building line for a distance of not more than fifty feet from such adjacent lot to a line parallel to and midway between the building lines.

C.

In a residence district, an apartment house along with its parking area may be located beyond the established building line in the following instances:

1.

If the distance between the established building line and the street line is over twenty feet, structures and parking may be located not nearer than twenty feet to the street line.

2.

Where the average minimum alignment of all existing buildings on a street frontage on either side of a street between two intersecting streets, but excluding the frontage along the sideline of a corner lot or outside residence districts, is less than twenty feet from the street line, structures and parking may be located not nearer the street line than such average alignment distance, except that in no instance shall such structures and parking be located nearer than ten feet to the street line. This section may apply to all street frontages of a lot.

D.

In a business or industry district, no structure, or portion of a structure extending above curb level, shall be located closer to the street line than ten percent of the average depth of the lot regardless of the established building line, except as otherwise provided within this code. However, the distance between the street line and the structure shall not be less than fifteen feet and need not be more than fifty feet. Penalty, see § 153.199.

(Prior code § 153.297; Ord. 124-1995; Ord. 859-1992; Ord. 322-1976)

Height districts are established as follows:

A.

In a Class HA District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of the elevation by the City and the F.A.A. on a drawing identified as "Clear zone and approach zones, Akron Municipal Airport" on file with the City, except that chimneys, stacks, or other necessary appurtenances may extend above such height limit not more than two feet.

B.

In a Class H1 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of thirty-five feet, except that in the case of a church, school, library, hospital or public, or semipublic building such limit shall be fifty feet.

C.

In a Class H2 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of fifty feet.

D.

In a Class H3 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of seventy-five feet.

E.

In a Class H4 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of one hundred five feet.

F.

In a Class H5 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of one hundred thirty-six feet.

G.

In a Class H6 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of two hundred fifty feet.

H.

In a Class H7 District, no structure shall be erected to a height in excess of five hundred feet. Penalty, see § 153.199.

(Prior code § 153.275; Ord. 322-1976)

Except in Class HA, H6, and H7 Districts, the following general height district exceptions shall apply:

A.

The provisions of Section 153.335 shall not apply to restrict the height of chimneys, flues, cooling towers, fire towers, church towers and spires, belfries, water tanks or towers, stacks, elevator bulkheads, grain elevators and necessary appurtenances, grain storage tanks, cereal mills, gas holders, stage towers, or scenery lofts.

B.

Nothing in this Zoning Code shall prevent the erection above the height limit of a parapet wall or cornice, solely for ornamental or screening purposes and without transparent windows, extending above such height limit not more than five feet, or the projection of a cornice beyond the building line to an extent of not more than five feet, provided it does not extend beyond the street line.

(Prior code § 153.276; Ord. 476-1997; Ord. 420-1996; Ord. 322-1976)