§ 4.3. Measurements and Special Circumstances

4.3.1 Lot Area

No building permit shall be issued for a lot that does not meet the minimum area requirements of this Ordinance, with the following exceptions:

1.

Single-Family dwelling shall be permitted on any lot of record existing in separate ownership on the effective date of this Ordinance.

4.3.2 Yard Setbacks

Setbacks shall be unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except as follows:

1.

Ordinary projections of windowsills, belt courses, cornices or other ornamental features may project into required setbacks.

2.

Roof overhangs, open fire escapes or outside stairways may project up to three feet into required side setbacks, but no closer than five (5) feet to any rear lot line.

3.

Service Station canopies may extend beyond the building line but never closer than twelve (12) feet to any property line or over any easement.

4.

Double Frontage Lots. Required front setbacks shall be provided on both streets.

5.

Front Setbacks:

a.

Where twenty-five (25) percent or more of the frontage upon the same side of the street between two intersecting streets is occupied by a building or buildings with front setbacks of less depth than required by this Ordinance, or where the topography is such that conformity with the required front setback would work a hardship, the Zoning Board of Adjustment may modify such requirements.

b.

In residential districts, where twenty-five (25) percent or more of the frontage on the same side of the street between intersecting streets is occupied by buildings having front setbacks greater than required by this Ordinance, no other lot upon the same side of such street shall be occupied by a building with a front setback of less than the least depth of any such existing front setbacks, unless permitted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

c.

Open and unenclosed terraces or porches and eave and roof extensions may project up to four feet into required front setbacks provided, that no supporting structure for such extensions may be located within a required front setback.

d.

Where an official line has been established for the future widening of a street upon which a lot abuts, then the front or side setback shall be measured from such line.

e.

Where the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is located partly in an M-1 district and partly in a residential district, the front setback shall conform to the residential district regulations for a distance of not less than three hundred (300) feet from the district boundary.

f.

Where a front setback is required along one side of a street, the front setback requirements on the opposite side of the street shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet.

g.

In the M-1 district, no parking, storage or similar use shall be allowed in required front setbacks.

h.

In the M-2 district, where the frontage on the side of the street between two intersecting streets is located partly in M-2 district and partly in a residential district, the front setback shall conform to the residential district regulations for a distance not less than three hundred (300) feet from the district boundary. Where the frontage on one side of a street is in a residential or business district, the front setback requirements of the property on the opposite side of the street shall not be less than fifty (50) feet.

i.

In the M-2 district, no parking, storage or similar use shall be allowed in required front setbacks within twenty-five (25) feet of the street line.

7.

Side Setbacks:

a.

On a corner lot, the width of the setback along the side street shall be not less than any required front setback on the same side of such street between intersecting streets, provided that the buildable width of a lot of record shall not be reduced to less than thirty (30) feet.

b.

No accessory building shall project beyond a required setback line along any street.

c.

For the purpose of side setback regulations, a two-family, three-family, four-family or multi-family structure shall be considered as one building occupying one lot.

d.

In a residential district, where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance is less than sixty (60) feet in width, the required side setback may be reduced to provide a minimum buildable width of 30 feet, provided that no interior side setback shall be less than five (5) feet and that no street side setback shall be less than ten (10) feet.

e.

In the M-1 district, a side street setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be provided on the side of the lot adjoining or across a side street from a residential district.

f.

In an M-1 district, no parking, storage or similar use shall be allowed in required side setbacks or side street setbacks.

g.

In the M-2 district, a side setback of not less than fifty (50) feet shall be required on the side of the lot adjoining or across the street from a residential or business district.

h.

In an M-2 district, no storage or similar use shall be allowed in required side setbacks within twenty-five (25) feet of the side property line.

8.

Rear Setbacks.

a.

Accessory buildings may occupy up to twenty-five (25) percent and unenclosed parking areas may occupy up to eighty (80) percent of required rear setback areas, provided that no accessory building shall be closer than five (5) feet to any rear lot line.

4.3.3 Building Height

Exemptions from height limits:

1.

Television and radio towers;

2.

Church spires and belfries;

3.

Monuments, tanks, ornamental towers and spires;

4.

Water and fire towers, stage towers and cooling towers;

5.

Chimneys and smokestacks;

6.

Elevator bulkheads, conveyors, and flag poles;

7.

Necessary mechanical appurtenances; and

8.

Public or semi-public service building, hospitals, institutions or schools, may be erected to a height not exceeding sixty (60) feet and places of religious assembly may be erected to a height of up to seventy-five (75) feet if the building is set back from each setback line at least one foot for each two feet above the height limit in the district in which located.

No structure may be erected to a height in excess of that permitted by the regulations of any airfield zoning regulations as may exist at the time and whose regulations apply to the area in which the structure is being erected; and in the case of fences or walls, height shall be measured on the side with the least vertical exposure above finished grade to the top of the fence or wall.

4.3.4 Residential Use or Residential District

All structures existing on or before the date of this Ordinance are exempt from the requirements of Section 4.3.4. Residential Use or Residential District(s) shall have:

1.

Minimum of one (1) covered parking space per dwelling unit for single family, manufactured or industrialized homes, duplex, triplex and fourplex located behind the front building line setback and also on said same lot as the unit(s) it is serving.

2.

Skirting, if not a slab on grade, the skirting shall be masonry, and shall be of a color similar to the materials used in the construction of the home such that it blends with the overall appearance of the home. The skirting shall totally enclose and secure from view the unit's footings, piers, and required anchors.

3.

The main entrance door facing the street that the lot is addressed on.

4.

A covered front porch.

5.

The axles and tongues removed such that housing unit becomes permanently placed on site. This does not apply to manufactured housing located inside an approved Manufactured Home Park.