Franklin Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 500
Area and Bulk Requirements
§ 212-501 Residential uses area and bulk requirements table. [1]
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Editor's Note: The Table of Residential Uses Area and Bulk Requirements is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 212-502 Nonresidential uses area and bulk requirements table. [1]
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Editor's Note: The Table of Nonresidential Uses Area and Bulk Requirements is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 212-503 Required yards to apply to one building.
No part of a yard or other open space about any building, structure or use, required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this article, shall be included as a part of a yard or open space similarly required for another building, except when specifically authorized.
§ 212-505 Property applied to one set of dimensional requirements.
A.
The lot or yard requirements for any new building or use shall not include any part of a lot that is required by any other building or use to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
B.
No required lot or area shall include any property the ownership of which has been transferred subsequent to the effective date of this chapter, if such property was a part of the area required for compliance with the dimensional requirements applicable to the lot from which such transfer was made.
§ 212-506 Minimum lot size; computing lot size.
A.
Where a minimum lot size is specified, no primary building or use shall be erected or established on any lot of lesser size than as specified in Article 500, except as specified in § 212-507.
B.
For any lot in which the width between the side lines of the lot are less than the width at the building line, only that portion of the lot in which the width exceeds 50% of the width of the building line shall be used to compute the minimum lot area.
§ 212-507 Existing lots of inadequate size.
A.
The provisions of this article shall not prevent the construction of a single-family dwelling in a residential district on any lot that was lawful when created and which, prior to the effective date of this chapter, was in separate ownership duly recorded by plan or deed, provided that:
(1)
Such a lot was lawful when recorded.
(2)
Those lots not served by a public water supply shall meet all requirements of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Those lots not served by a public sewer shall meet the requirements of the DEP as specified by the Allegheny County Health Department.
B.
This exception shall not apply to any two or more contiguous lots in a single ownership as of or subsequent to the effective date of this chapter in any case where a reparceling or replatting could create one or more lots which would conform to the article.
§ 212-508 Minimum lot width.
§ 212-509 Minimum front yard depths.
Where a minimum depth of front yards is specified in Article 500, an open space of at least the specified depth shall be provided between the street line or lines and the nearest point of any building or structure, except as shall be permitted hereafter. As provided in Article 200, street lines are considered to be established by future rights-of-way when so designated. The purpose of this provision is to avoid interference with future street widenings and improvements.
§ 212-510 Average existing front yard depth exceptions.
If the alignment of existing buildings on either side of a lot, within a distance of 50 feet of the proposed building and fronting on the same side of the same street in the same block, is nearer to the street than the required front-yard depth, the average of such existing alignment within that distance shall be the required front yard.
§ 212-511 Projections into front yards.
Projections, as defined in Article 200, shall not occur in front yards.
§ 212-512 Fences, walls, terraces and porches in front yards.
The provisions of § 212-509 shall not apply to front fences or walls less than four feet high above the natural grade in the required front yard nor to terraces, steps, uncovered porches or unenclosed porches nor to other similar features less than three feet above the level of the floor of the ground story of the principal structure.
§ 212-513 Use of required side yards.
§ 212-514 Projections into side yards.
Bays, balconies, chimney flues and fire escapes may project into a required side yard not more than 1/3 of the width of the projection, but no more than four feet in any case. Ground-story bays and porches which encroach on a side yard shall not exceed half the length of the side wall and may project into any required side yard 3 1/2 feet. In neither instance shall the projection be within 3 1/2 feet of the lot line of side yards.
§ 212-515 Fences, terraces and porches in side yards.
The provisions of § 212-513 shall not apply to fences or walls less than six feet above the natural grade nor to terraces, steps, uncovered porches or other similar features less than three feet above the floor of the ground story of the principal structure.
§ 212-516 (Reserved) [1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 212-516, Accessory buildings and structures, was repealed 2-15-2017 by Ord. No. 634-2017.
§ 212-517 Building in rear yards.
§ 212-518 Projections into rear yards.
Such projections into side yards, as permitted by § 212-514, shall also be permitted into rear yards up to the same number of feet, but in no case within five feet of an accessory building.
§ 212-519 Minimum height of structures other than buildings.
Structures, such as, but not limited to, television and radio towers, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, silos, elevator bulkheads, conveyors and flagpoles, may exceed the height regulation herein prescribed, provided that each required front, side and rear yard shall be increased by one foot for each foot of additional height above 35 feet and that the height of such structures will not constitute a hazard. The Allegheny County Airport Zoning Committee shall be consulted and a permit secured, if applicable.