Quincy City Zoning Code
YARD REQUIREMENTS
§ 162.060 GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CENTERLINE. A line halfway between the street lines.
FRONTAGE. The distance along a street line from one intersecting street to another or from one intersecting street to the end of a dead end street.
MAIN BUILDING. The building occupied by the primary use.
WIDTH, BUILDABLE. The width of lot left to be built upon after the side yards are provided.
WIDTH, LOT. The width of a lot at the front yard line.
YARD. An open space, on the same zoning lot with a building or structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level to the sky. Except as otherwise permitted herein, YARD extends along a lot line and to a depth or width specified in the yard requirements for the zoning district in which such zoning lot is located.
YARD, CORNER SIDE. A side yard, which faces a public street.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side lot lines (and not side yards).
YARD, INTERIOR SIDE. A side yard, which is located immediately adjacent to another zoning lot or to an alley separating the side yard from another zoning lot.
YARD, REAR. A yard extending along the full length of the rear lot line between the side lot lines (and not side yards).
YARD, SIDE. A yard extending along a side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard.
(1980 Code, § 29.401) (Ord. 9423, passed 8-16-2021)
§ 162.061 YARD REQUIREMENTS.
District | One Front Yard of | Two Side Yards of | One Rear Yard of |
District | One Front Yard of | Two Side Yards of | One Rear Yard of |
RU1 | 50 feet | 20 feet | 50 feet |
RE1 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 25 feet |
RS | 40 feet | 12 feet | 50 feet |
R1A | 30 feet | 10 feet | 30 feet |
R1B | 25 feet | 7.5 feet | 30 feet |
R1C | 25 feet | 5 feet | 30 feet |
R2 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 25 feet |
R3 | 25 feet | 5 feet | 25 feet |
C1A | 25 feet | none | 25 feet |
C1B | 25 feet | none | none |
C2 | 25 feet | none | none |
C3 | 120 feet | none | 40 feet |
Ml | 25 feet | none | none |
M2 | 25 feet | none | none |
M3 | 30 feet | 20 feet | 20 feet |
(B) No yard requirements shall apply to the NR1 and NR2 Districts except as follows:
(1) Where a NR1 or NR2 District adjoins, another zoning district, no building shall be located nearer to the district division line than the side yard or rear yard provisions applicable to any other district, as appropriate, to the development in the NR District and what would otherwise be the side yard or rear yard.
(2) Where a NR1 orNR2 District adjoins or a zoning lot fronts on a street, no building shall be located nearer to the street than 25 feet.
(1980 Code, § 29.402) (Ord. 8899, passed 1-29-2001) Penalty, see § 162.999
§ 162.062 GENERAL RULES.
These general rules for yards must also be observed.
(A) On lots fronting on two nonintersecting streets, a front yard must be provided on both streets.
(B)
On corner lots that are lots of record, the buildable width cannot be reduced to less than 28 feet except that there shall be a yard along the side street side of a tract of at least five feet as well as the required side yard on the other side.
(C) On corner lots in the C, Ml or M2 Districts that rear upon a residential district, a ten foot yard must be provided along the side street side.
(D) Where a frontage is divided among districts with different front yard requirements, the deepest front yard shall apply to the entire frontage.
(E) Where a side or rear yard in a commercial district is adjacent to a residential district, the yard shall have a width or depth of 15 feet and provide sight proof landscaping and/or fencing to screen the use from adjacent properties as approved on a site plan per requirements in §§ 162.280 through 162.285.
(F) Where a side or rear yard in a manufacturing district is adjacent to a residential district, the yard shall have a width or depth of 50 feet and provide sight proof landscaping and/or fencing to screen the use from adjacent properties as approved on a site plan per requirements in §§ 162.280 through 162.285.
(G) In the commercial and industrial districts there may be more than one commercial or industrial building on a lot provided that the required yards be maintained around the group of buildings.
(H) Dwelling uses, except hotels, locating in commercial and industrial districts must provide the yards required in the R3 District.
(I) There may be two or more related multi-family, hotel, motel or institutional buildings on a lot provided that:
(1) The required yards be maintained around the group of buildings;
(2) Buildings that are parallel, or that are within 45 degrees of being parallel, be separated by a horizontal distance that is at least equal to the height of the highest building; and
(3) Where a multi-family development is adjacent to single-family residential uses, all buildings of the multi-family development shall be set back from the property limits at least 30 feet.
(J) Where a lot in the M2 District is adjacent to a lot in an residential district, the building shall be set back from the lot line one foot for each seven feet of building height.
(K) Those parts of existing buildings that violate yard regulations may be repaired and remodeled but not reconstructed or structurally altered.
(L)
On corner lots (lots abutting on two or more streets at their intersections) a front yard shall be provided along each street. The extent of rear yards shall be determined by the extension of rear yard limits of adjoining lots to their intersection, or be extended to the depth provided in the ordinance for the district should they not intersect before that depth is reached.
(M) For the purposes of the side yard requirements, a two-family or a multiple-dwelling shall be considered as one building occupying one lot.
(N) Motor vehicles, boats, trailers, campers and the like shall not be parked, located or stored in required front yards, provided, however, that passenger automobiles and pick up trucks or vans of class A shall be allowed as that term is defined for purposes of the State Motor Vehicle Code if parked or located on a driveway for only temporary periods of time and in no event more than 24 consecutive hours. This provision shall not be construed to permit parking spaces contrary to § 162.092.
(O) Drive-through lanes used for commercial and business purposes are not permitted in the required front, back or side yard setback. This requirement shall exclude residential driveways.
(1980 Code, § 29.403) (Ord. 8925, passed 11-5-2001; Ord. 9423, passed 8-16-2021)
Penalty, see § 162.999
§ 162.063 EXCEPTIONS.
The following exceptions may be made in yard regulations.
(A) On lots of record, the side yard may be reduced to 10% of the tract width but not less than five feet in the RS or R1A District and three feet in all other districts.
(B) On lots of record, the rear yard may be reduced to 20% of the tract depth.
(C) Except where specific yard requirements of this chapter apply, the front yards of two or more permitted structures in any block, within the same zoning district and on the same side of the street, are less than the minimum front yard setback in the district, than subsequent structures erected thereafter shall provide the average depth of the front yards of the two or more structures. On corner lots, the designated side yard setback shall be equal to the depth of the front yard setback requirement of the district, except that where applicable, the setback may be average as regulated above.
(D) Sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features may project only one foot into a required yard.
(E) Open fire escapes or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers projecting into a rear yard for a distance of not more than five feet when so placed as to not obstruct light and ventilation and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues, may be permitted by the Building Inspector.
(F) Decks may project into the rear yard requirement 15 feet.
(G) No side yards are required for dwellings which are erected above commercial and industrial structures.
(H) If side yards are provided where not required (i.e. in commercial and industrial districts), they must be at least five feet wide.
(1980 Code, § 29.404) (Ord. 8899, passed 1-29-2001; Ord. 9339, passed 7-16-2018) Penalty, see §
162.999