West Unity City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1145
Height, Area and Yard Requirements
1145.01 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, ALL DISTRICTS.
(a) Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged, or reconstructed to exceed the height limit established for the district wherein such building or structure is located, as set forth in Tables 1 and 2.
(b) Exceptions to Height Limitations:
(1) On through lots one hundred fifty feet or less in depth, the height of a building may be measured from the adjoining curb level on either street.
(2) On through lots more than one hundred fifty feet in depth, the height regulations and basis of height measurements for the street permitted the greater height, shall apply to a depth of not more than one hundred fifty feet from the street.
(3) Penthouses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, fire or parapet walls, skylights, television aerials, electrical transmission and communication poles and towers, theater screens, steeples, roof signs, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, wireless masts, water tanks, grain elevators, silos, gas containers, industrial installation requiring a vertical production procedure such as flour mills, steel mills and refineries, or similar structures may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed, but no such structures or any place above the height limits shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space for residential, business or industrial use.
(Ord. 411. Passed 12-4-75.)
1145.02 LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS.
Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged or reconstructed unless such erection, alteration, enlargement or reconstruction conforms with the area requirements of the district in which it is located, as set forth in Tables 1 and 2.
(Ord. 411. Passed 12-4-75.)
1145.03 YARD REQUIREMENTS, ALL DISTRICTS.
(a) Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected unless such building or structure conforms, and no building or structure shall be altered, enlarged or reconstructed unless such alteration, enlargement or reconstruction conforms with the yard regulations of the district in which it is located, as follows:
(1) Depths. The minimum front yard depths shall be as required in Tables 1 and 2.
(2) Front yards on a through lot
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At each end of a through lot there shall be a front yard of the depth required by this section for the district in which each street frontage is located, and one of such front yards may serve as a required rear yard.
(3) Front yard between buildings. Where a lot is situated between two lots, each of which has an existing main building thereon, the front yard requirements of such lot shall be the average of the front yards of said existing buildings.
(4) Front yard adjoining building
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Where a lot abuts only one lot having an existing main building thereon, the front yard requirement of such lot shall be the average of the front yard of the existing building and the required front yard.
(5) Side yard requirements
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There shall be two side yards for each lot, the minimum width of each and the aggregate width of both shall be as required in Tables 1 and 2.
(6) Corner lot, side yard width to the side street line
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In the case of a corner lot, the side yard width to the side street line shall be equal to the front yard depth requirement for the district in which the lot is located.
(7) Rear yard requirements
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There shall be a rear lot for each lot, the minimum depth of which shall be as required in Tables 1 and 2.
(8) Rear yard
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Accessory buildings - an accessory building not exceeding twenty feet in height, may occupy not more than thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard area, provided that no accessory building shall be closer than three feet to a side, or rear property line.
(9) Yard requirements for private swimming pools
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A pool wall shall not be located any closer than six feet from a side or rear property line. Under no circumstance shall a private swimming pool be located in the required front yard.
(b) General Provisions and Exceptions to Yard Requirements
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(1) Yards apply to only one building
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No required yard or other open space around an existing building, or which is hereafter provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building; nor shall any yard or other required open space or any lot be considered as providing a yard or open space for another lot whereon a building is to be erected.
(Ord. 411. Passed 12-4-75.)
(2) Fences, walls, and hedges
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Fences, walls and hedges, not to exceed seven feet in height, may be permitted in any required yard, or along the edge of any yard, provided that no fence, wall or hedge along the sides or front of any required front yard shall be over two and one-half feet in height, and further provided that no fence, wall or hedge shall be installed less than two feet from the property lines of the sides and rear of any required yard unless the adjoining owners agree in writing to the installation on the property line, a copy of which writing is promptly provided to the Zoning Inspector and the adjoining owners sign the Building Permit.
(Ord. 2000-7. Passed 2-10-00.)
(3) Corner visibility. No fence, wall, hedge or other planting or other obstruction to vision, extending in excess of two and one-half feet above the established street centerline grade shall be erected or maintained on that part of the corner lot that is included between the lines of intersecting streets and a line intersecting them at points of twenty-five feet distant from the intersection of the street lines.
(Ord. 411. Passed 12-4-75.)
1145.04 LOT COVERAGE; SPECIFIED DISTRICTS.
In the districts hereinafter established, buildings or structures including accessory buildings or structures, shall not be erected, enlarged or reconstructed to exceed the maximum lot coverage established for the district wherein such buildings or structures are located, as listed in Tables 1 and 2. In computing such coverage, the area of open porches and terraces shall be excluded.
(Ord. 411. Passed 12-4-75.)
1145.05 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SIZES.
No residential building shall be erected, enlarged, or reconstructed for residential purposes having a ground floor area, exclusive of unenclosed porches, terraces, breezeways and garages, of less than the minimum established for the district where such building is located, as listed in Table 1
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(Ord. 411. Passed 12-4-75.)
1145.06 SITING REQUIREMENTS.
Any Double Wide Manufactured Home proposed to be located in an R-2 District shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) The structure shall be installed upon and properly attached to a foundation system that provides adequate support of the structure’s vertical and horizontal loads and transfers these other imposed forces, without failure, from the structure to the undisturbed ground below the frost line.
(b) All hitches, axles, wheels and conveyance mechanisms shall be removed from the structure.
(c) Skirting shall be masonry or manufactured skirting (no smooth, ribbed or corrugated metal, fiberglass, plastic or wood) and must extend to the top of a poured concrete runner placed around the perimeter of the structure.
(Ord. 1994-12. Passed 10-27-94.)