1. No structure – to include signs, fences, walls, shrubs or trees in the front or side yard – shall be situated as to obstruct the view of vehicular traffic at street intersections.
2. Residential fences and walls:
   1. Front yard perimeter fences or walls shall not exceed 4 ft. in height.
   2. Rear yard fences, walls or hedges shall not exceed seven (7) feet in height. Any fence over seven (7) foot requires a special permit;
   3. No residential fence or wall shall be topped with barbed wire, glass or other shape objects.
   4. No electrical fences shall be allowed.
   5. For interior lots, the seven (7) foot fence or wall may not exceed the front yard setback, whichever is farthest from the front property line. For corner lots, seven (7) foot fence or wall may extend to the front of the building on the interior side of the lot. On the exterior side, the seven (7) foot fence or wall may not extend past the edge of the structure toward the side street. See Part A;
3. Industrial fencing and walls: Perimeter fences that are adjacent to residential zones or land uses and/or state highways on the interior side shall be 7.5 ft.

Side-yard setbacks on the side street line shall be a minimum of 15 ft. Sign-yard setbacks on the interior side shall be 7.5 ft.

Any operable vehicle shall be allowed on any single parcel of property or lot in any residential district. Only one (1) unlicensed or inoperable, unhoused automobile shall be allowed on any single parcel of property or lot in any residential district.

No commercial or industrial-type equipment – to include tractors, backhoes, bulldozers, trenchers, cranes or other similar equipment – may be parked in an area visible to the public for more than twenty-four (24) hours for any construction purposes on the site.

All auto wrecking and salvage yards are allowed in Industrial Districts only and must have an approved 6 ft. opaque fence surrounding the yard perimeter.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent the location or erection of installations necessary to distribute public utilities. This, however, does not provide for storage yards or warehousing unless allowed by the zone in which the facility is located.

A facility is subject to the minimum front and side yards of the zone in which it is located. Any fencing shall be set at a distance not closer to a street lot line than the minimum front and side yards of the zone.

1. The height limits of this Ordinance shall not apply to:
   1. Chimneys, conveyors, derricks, flagpoles, radio or television towers, masts and aerials, silos, smokestacks, transmission towers or power transmission poles.
   2. Churches, hospitals, sanitariums, schools or other public buildings provided that the minimum side rear yards are increased by an additional foot, in depth or width, for each foot by which the height or such building exceeds the maximum height permitted in the zone in which such building is located. No building shall be higher than 50 ft.
2. All structures may be restricted by the solar access regulations.

A lot of record is any lot shown upon an official subdivision duly approved and recorded prior to the effective date of this Ordinance or any lot for which a bona fide deed is of record in the Office of the County Clerk or which a valid, bona fide contract of sale or memorandum of agreement is in full force and effect at the time that this Ordinance becomes effective, and said map, deed or contract of sale is of record on said date.

1. Any such lot may be used as a building site provided the yard and other requirements of this Ordinance are complied with. No permit shall be issued for more than one (1) dwelling unit on any lot having less than the minimum area per dwelling unit of the zone in which said lot is located.
2. Each minimum side yard may be reduced by 2 in. for each 1 ft. by which such lot is narrower than 55 ft.; provided that no minimum side yard shall be narrower than 5 ft. from the lot line and/or utility easement.
3. In any residential zone where a lot adjoins lots having existing front yards less than the minimum required by the ordinance, the minimum front yard on said lots shall be the average of the existing front yards on the two (2) adjoining lots or, if only one (1) one of the lots is built upon, such front yard shall be the average of the existing front yard of the zone; provided no such front yard shall be less than 10 ft.

Steps, uncovered porches and covered, but unenclosed, porches on the first story which do not extent more than 10 ft. beyond the front wall of the building are not considered in the front or side yard requirements.

The lawful use of any building, structure or land existing at the time of enactment of this Ordinance may be continued although such does not conform with the provisions of this Ordinance; provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Unsafe Structures: Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent the strengthening or restoring to a safe condition any portion of a building or structure declared unsafe by a proper authority.
2. Alteration: A non-conforming building or structure may be altered, improved or reconstructed provided that such work is not to any extent exceeding in aggregate cost fifty percent (50%) of the actual value of the building or structure unless the building or structure is changed to a conforming one. Reconstruction due to disaster or catastrophe is accepted.
3. Extension: A non-conforming use shall not be extended or enlarged. The extension of a lawful use of any portion of a non-conforming building or structure which existed prior to the enactment of this Article shall not be deemed the extension of such non-conforming use.
4. Changes: Non-conforming structures shall not be changed to another non-conforming use.
5. Construction Approved Prior to Enactment of Chapter: Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any change in plans, construction or designated use of a building or structure for which a building permit has been issued and the construction of which shall have been diligently pursued within three (3) months of the date of such permit.
6. Abandonments: A non-conforming use shall be considered abandoned when:
   1. the non-conforming use has been discontinued for one (1) year; or
   2. it has been replaced by a conforming use.
7. Displacement: A non-conforming use shall not extend to displace a conforming use.
8. No mobile home in any zoning district shall be replaced by another mobile home unless it meets all the required yard setbacks of the district.

In every case where property has not been specifically included within a district, it shall be classed as “Single Family Residential, R-1” unless the following conditions exist:

1. Where the land is surrounded by land classed other than R-1, the property shall be zoned the same as the surrounding property so as not to create a spot zone.
2. Where the land lies between or adjoins districts of two (2) or more zoning classifications, the most restrictive adjoining zone classification shall apply.

Mobile homes are allowed in the following districts: MUR, SR, MH and GB.

Any mobile home or manufactured home which meets the HUD code for manufactured housing may be installed in the Suburban Residential (SR) and Mobile Home (MH) Districts without a perimeter curtain wall, but must be skirted within thirty (3) days of installation. Skirting shall seal the entire perimeter of the unit from the wall to the ground with an appropriate material of wood or siding and shall allow an access of utilities beneath the dwelling.

The minimum size of the first floor of a single-family residence which is the principal building on a lot within the R-1 District, shall be 864 sq. ft., excluding the garage.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of the ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor and each person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined in any sum deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court of the Town of Glenrock not to exceed seven-hundred fifty ($750) dollars for each separate violation.