1.   Building Lines on Approved Plats. Whenever the plat of a land subdivision approved by the Zoning Commission and on record in the office of the County Recorder shows a building line along any frontage for the purpose of creating a front yard or side street yard line, the building line thus shown shall apply along such frontage in place of any other yard line required in this chapter unless specific yard requirements in this chapter require a greater setback.

2.   Structures to Have Access. Every building hereafter erected or moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street, or with access to an approved private street, and all structures shall be so located on lots as to provide safe and convenient access for servicing, fire protection, and required off-street parking.

3.   Erection of More Than One Principal Structure on a Lot. In any district, more than one structure housing a permitted or permissible principal use may be erected on a single lot, provided that yard and other requirements of this chapter shall be met for each structure as though it were on an individual lot.

4.   Accessory Buildings/Structures.

   A.   The following accessory buildings/structures regulations shall apply to AG, RS, RM, MH, AC, BC, LI, and HI Districts: No accessory building/structure may be erected in any required front yard and no separate accessory building/structure may be erected within five feet of a main building. No accessory building/structure shall be closer than five feet to the rear or side lot line. Accessory buildings/structures located in the rear yard may not occupy more than 30 percent of the rear yard. No accessory building/structure shall be used without occupancy of the principal building. If a garage is entered directly from an alley in a perpendicular or nearly perpendicular manner, the garage setback shall be 15 feet. All accessory buildings/structures shall be placed on a minimum four inch thickness concrete slab of equal or greater size than the perimeter of the building. All accessory buildings/structures must have concrete footings and foundation.

   B.   The following accessory buildings/structures regulations shall apply to RS, RM, and MH Districts: Accessory buildings/structures shall be limited to 15 feet in height with the sidewalls not exceeding 10 feet in height. Accessory buildings/structures shall be constructed of materials similar to the principal structure and in character with the surrounding building environment as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission. No storage container or pod shall be placed in any yard as a permanent accessory building/structure.

5.   Fences. No fence more than four feet high may be located on any part of a lot except fences less than seven feet high may be erected on those parts of a lot that are as far back or further back from a street than the main building. Higher fences may be allowed by special exception only.

6.   Height Limits. Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers or scenery lofts, tank, water towers, ornamental towers, spires, wireless tower, grain elevators, or necessary mechanical appurtenances are exempt from the height regulations provided in specific district regulations.

7.   Sills, belt courses, cornices, and ornamental features may project only two feet into a required yard.

8.   Open fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into a rear yard for a distance of not more than three and one-half feet when so placed as not to obstruct light and ventilation, may be permitted by the Zoning/Building Administrator.

9.   Open, unenclosed porches may extend 10 feet into a front yard. The entire structure must meet a 15 foot minimum front yard setback.

10.   Terraces/decks which do not extend above the level of the ground (first) floor may project into a required yard, provided these projections are distant at least two feet from the adjacent side lot line. Multiple levels are allowed at or below the ground floor elevation.

11.   Nothing in these regulations shall have the effect of prohibiting utility service lines.

12.   Yards and Visibility. On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of three and 10 feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along said street lines 25 feet from the point of the intersection (see Diagram).

13.   All vehicular parking spaces located in required front yards shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width and be surfaced with gravel, concrete, or asphalt.

14.   Private swimming pools shall be allowed only in rear yards and shall not be allowed in front or side yards.

15.   Satellite dishes shall be allowed in all districts except in front yards.