A.

Existing Lots. No lot shall hereafter be reduced in size or area so as to create a nonconforming lot or a nonconforming building.

B.

Visibility at Street Intersections. On all corner lots in residential zones unobstructed visibility shall be maintained within the area bounded by the street lot lines of the intersecting streets and a diagonal joining the points on each street lot line thirty feet from the point of intersection of said street lot lines. Within this area no structure, wall, embankment, terrace or fence of a type which obstructs visibility and no vegetation other than shade trees trimmed to a distance of at least eight feet above the curb lines shall be permitted more than thirty inches above a plane through the top of the curbs or the surface of the sidewalk, whichever plane is the lower.

(Ord. 820 § 5, 100, 1963)

A.

General Application. No building or structure shall have a greater number of stories or greater number of feet of building height than permitted in the zone where such building or structure is located.

B.

Permitted Exceptions. Building height limitations stipulated elsewhere in this title shall not apply to church spires, church belfries, church towers, chimneys, flues, parapet walls, radio or television aerials or antennas, except that no parapet wall, radio or television aerial or antenna may extend more than five feet above the maximum building height allowed for the principal building. Moreover, the building height provisions of this title shall not apply to bulkheads, elevator enclosure or water tanks occupying in the aggregate less than ten percent of the area of the roof on which they are located, provided that they are no closer to any outside wall of the structure than the height of the bulk head, elevator enclosure or water tank.

(Ord. 820 § 5.200, 1963)

A.

General Application. No building or structure shall project into or be located within any required front, side or rear yard except as provided in this title.

B.

Buffer Strips Between Residential and Nonresidential Zones. Wherever any lot in a B or C zone abuts an R zone, there shall be provided on such lot in the B or C zone a buffer strip of not less than ten feet in width. Prior to the use of such lot for any permitted use in the B or C zone, such buffer strip shall be planted by the owner thereof with evergreen hedges and shrubs spaced at such intervals as to provide a visual screen ten feet in height which shall be maintained in good condition. A screening fence six feet high such as a close-split cedar pole or basketweave fence shall also be required and shall be located along the interior line of the buffer strip. No use other than planting or the screen fence shall be permitted in the buffer strip.

C.

Yard regulations in the health care zone shall be regulated by the provisions of Section 17.20.050, health care zone.

(Ord. 1266 § 2, 1995; Ord. 820 § 5.300, 1963)

The building area shall not exceed the maximum permitted for any lot in the zone.

(Ord. 820 § 5.400, 1963)

No dwelling shall be erected on any parcel of land which does not conform to the definition given in Section 17.04.030 for "lot." There shall be no more than one dwelling on each lot in any R zone.

(Ord. 820 § 5.500, 1963)

A.

Outer Courts. The width of any outer court (distance between opposite walls) shall not be less than the height of the highest wall forming said court. The depth of an outer court formed by walls on three sides shall not be greater than the width.

B.

Inner Courts.

1.

The least dimension of an inner court shall be not less than the full height of the highest wall enclosing such court, but not less than fifty feet.

2.

An unobstructed passageway shall be provided at the grade level of each inner court. Such passageway shall have a width of twelve feet and a height of twelve feet to permit the passage of firefighting equipment and shall be continuous from the inner court to a front yard with an unobstructed access to a public street.

(Ord. 820 § 5.600, 1963)