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Onondaga City Zoning Code

§ 285-25

Modified yard requirements.

A. 
Accessory buildings and facilities. In any district wherein a rear yard is required, an accessory building or facility may be located in such rear yard no closer to the rear lot line than a distance equal to 10% of the lot width, but in no case less than five feet, and no closer to the side lot line than would be permitted for the main building side yard width. If the accessory building is connected to the principal building by a breezeway or other covered connecting building, the accessory building shall be considered part of the principal building.
B. 
One-story structure in side yards. In any One-Family Residential District R-C, R-1, R-2 or R-3, a portion of a dwelling or principal structure may occupy and be constructed upon and within the area otherwise set apart and required to be used as a side yard, provided that such portion shall be no more than one story in height, and provided that there shall remain open and unoccupied 75% of the width otherwise set apart and required to be used as a side yard, and provided further that no part of a side yard, the width of which shall have been computed in accordance with § 285-27C(2) as less than otherwise required in the district in which it may be, shall be occupied by a portion of a dwelling or principal structure as permitted by this subsection.
C. 
Corner lots. The minimum yard depth required on all sides of the main structure facing a street shall be equal to the front yard setback required within the district in which the particular corner lot is located.