(Ord. No. 98-229, 9-28-98; Ord. No. 99-236, 3-22-99; Ord. No. 99-239, 11-22-99; Ord. No. 19-340, § 1, 1-14-19)

(a)

In all residential and industrial districts, the required front yard setback shall not be used for off-street parking, loading, or unloading, and shall remain as open space unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for landscaping plant materials or vehicle access drives. All yards abutting upon a public street shall be considered as front yards for setback purposes. In all commercial districts, the same requirements shall apply except that only the first 15 feet of required front yard setback may not be utilized for parking and loading purposes.

(b)

In determining required yard spaces for all land uses in zoning districts, the determination of such yard spaces shall be the distance from the building or structure on the lot and the nearest lot line.

(c)

In all residential subdivisions, the width of side yards, which abut upon a street or road on the same side or on the opposite side of the same block, upon which other residential lots front, shall not be less than the required front yard setback for such homes which front upon such side street. If no other residential lots front on the same side or on the opposite side of the same block, the width of side yard may be reduced to ten feet.

(d)

Required minimum floor area for each dwelling unit shall not include area of basements, utility rooms, breezeways, porches or attached garages.

(e)

Minimum land area required for each dwelling unit in the RM district shall be:

(f)

Required minimum floor area for each dwelling unit shall be:

(g)

In any commercial district, sideyards are not required except where a commercial district borders on a side street and a residential district exists in the same block there shall be provided a setback of 20 feet for all buildings, parking, and loading areas. Where a residential district exists adjacent to a business district and on the same side of the street, there shall be provided setback of 20 feet for all buildings, parking, and loading areas.

(h)

Loading space shall be provided in the rear yard in the ratio of at least ten square feet per front foot of building and shall be computed separately from the off street parking requirements. Where an alley exists or is provided at the rear of buildings, the rear building setback and loading requirements may be computed from the center of such alley.

(i)

Where a front yard of greater or less depth than 30 feet exists in front of a dwelling or dwellings in existence on April 14, 1980, on one side of a street in any block, the depth of the front yard of any building subsequently erected on that side of the street on that block shall not be less and need not be greater than the average depth of the front yard of such existing dwelling, but this shall not be deemed to require a greater depth than 40 feet or permit a less depth than 20 feet in any case.

(j)

No building or any part therefrom in the I-2 skyline industrial district, shall be erected nearer than 20 feet from any side boundary line on the building site on which the building is erected. A 50 foot setback is required if the site abuts any nonindustrial district. In the I-2, skyline industrial district, all provisions for the loading, maneuvering, and unloading of motor vehicles incidental to the operations of the business shall be placed on the lot; on-street motor vehicle loading and unloading shall not be permitted. Off-street loading areas shall be located on those sides of a building that do not front on a street. On corner lots where it is necessary for a loading area to be located on the side of a building fronting a street, the building must be set back from the property line at least 50 feet on that side.

(Code 1963, § 5.58; Ord. of 4-14-80; Ord. No. 99-239, 11-22-99)