The director shall make all yard averaging determinations.

(1)

For new buildings, the required street yard, or setback, may be decreased in any residential district to the average of the existing street yards of the abutting structures on each side, but shall in no case be less than 15 feet.

(2)

For additions to existing buildings, encroachments upon the street yard abutting existing structures shall not increase beyond the average of the existing street yards of adjacent lots or parcels coterminous to the public way creating the street yard

(Code 2004, § 17.0506)

Corner lots shall have two street yards considered to be the yards running from the exterior wall of the principal structure to the public right-of-way and by way of extending such lines from these walls directly to the lot perimeter, whereby all yard area between the street and such lines shall be considered street yard. A front yard shall be designated by and correspond to the location of the main entrance to the principal structure. The rear yard shall be the yard that is the most opposite the front yard. All other yards shall be considered side yards.

(Code 2004, § 17.0507)

Double frontage lots are generally prohibited in residential districts, except in the case of reverse frontage lots. On a reverse frontage lot, the front yard shall be measured from the street from which access is taken and a rear yard setback shall be provided on the second street. All other yards shall be side yards.

(Code 2004, § 17.0508)

No lot shall be less than the width specified in the base zoning, except lots of lesser width and of record on the effective date of this chapter may be increased in their lot width to create a larger lot even though such resulting lot is less than the width required by the base zoning. No division of land or increase of lot width shall create additional lots of a width less than the width required by the base zoning, nor shall any lot with a width less than the width required by the base zoning be reduced in width.

(1)

Upon the recommendation of the plan commission, lot boundaries of lots with a width of less than that required by the base zoning may be altered to create a lot with a width less than that required by the base zoning for the purpose of correcting lot lines over which structures have been built, but no reduction of the original lot area shall be permitted.

(2)

Upon the recommendation of the plan commission, lot boundaries of lots with a width of less than that required by the base zoning may be altered to create a lot with a width less than that required by the base zoning for the purpose of eliminating a vacant substandard buildable lot and thereby preserve existing air and light by removing future construction that would further congest the area, but no reduction of the original lot area shall be permitted.

(Code 2004, § 17.0510; Ord. No. 2258, 8-21-2007)