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West Frankfort City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

36 - HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS

17.36.010 - Applicability of chapter.

The district regulations set forth in this chapter qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this title.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 (part), 1962).

17.36.020 - Public buildings, hospitals and schools.

Public buildings, hospitals, sanitariums, schools or institutions of an educational, philanthropic, religious or eleemosynary nature, in the R-1 district, may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 1, 1962).

17.36.030 - Chimneys, towers and antennae.

Chimneys, towers, elevator bulkheads, monuments, stacks, tanks, spires, church steeples, antennae, and necessary mechanical devices appurtenant to the principal use, may be erected to a height in accordance with existing or hereafter adopted ordinances of the city.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 2, 1962).

17.36.040 - When alley considered part of rear yard.

Whenever the rear of a lot abuts upon a public alley, one-half of the width of the public alley may be considered as a portion of the required rear yard.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 3, 1962).

17.36.050 - Projections.

Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed, except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, and except for the ordinary projections of sills, cornices, chimneys, flues and ornamental features projecting not to exceed, eighteen inches and except for open or latticed-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers which may project not more than five feet. No required parking space shall be in a required yard except as otherwise expressly permitted by this title.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 4, 1962).

17.36.060 - Multiple dwellings deemed one building for side yard.

For the purpose of side yard regulations a two-family dwelling, duplex, a group house, or a multiple dwelling shall be deemed one building occupying one lot.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 5, 1962).

17.36.070 - Area requirements inapplicable to steps, terraces and fences.

The side, front and rear yard requirements shall not apply to steps, open terraces, underground structures and fences, provided any fences or other landscape improvements located on a corner lot with the vision triangle provided by the applicable front yard and side yard requirements of the district in which the lot is located shall preserve a clear view between points three feet above the crown of each intersecting street or highway.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 6, 1962).

17.36.080 - Gasoline service stations.

Gasoline pumps and air and water services of retail gas service stations in the districts in which they are permitted shall be exempted from front and side yard requirements, provided the centers thereof shall be at least twenty feet from the street or highway right-of-way line.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 10 § 7, 1962).