Subdividers Ordinance

thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard, except for private garage, which may occupy up to 60% of the required rear yard. Private garages must meet minimum principal structure front and side yard requirements. Only one accessory building, in addition to a private garage, is permitted per resident in residential districts. 9.06 HEIGHT AND DENSITY, OR YARDS SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED No building or other structure may hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height, to accommodate or house a greater number of families, or to have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces than herein required or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance. 9.07 SEPARATE YARDS, OPEN SPACE, AND OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purposes of complying with this Ordinance, may be included as a part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking, or loading space similarly required for any other building. 9.08 MINIMUM YARDS AND LOT AREAS SHALL NOT BE REDUCED: No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Ordinance shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Ordinance must meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Ordinance. 9.09 VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTION On a corner lot in any agricultural or residential district, no fence, wall, hedge or other planting, signs or structure that will obstruct vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet and ten (10) feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting street may be erected, placed or maintained within the triangular area formed, the right-of-way lines as such corner and a straight line joining the right-of-way lines at points that are twenty-five (25) feet distant from the intersection of the right-of-way lines, and measured along the right-of-way lines. 9.10 MORE THAN ONE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE ON A LOT In any district, more than one principal structure housing a permitted principal use may be erected on a single lot if the area, yard, and other requirements of this Ordinance shall be met for each structure as though it were on an individual lot. 9.11 HEIGHT REGULATION EXCEPTION The height limitations contained in the Schedules of District Regulations do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, elevator housing, or other structures placed above the roof level and not intended for human use or occupancy. However, the exceptions are subject to approval as special exceptions within the zone they are located. 9.12 USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY No portion of the public street or alley right of way may be used or occupied by an abutting use of land or structures for storage or display purposes, or to provide any parking or loading space required by this ordinance, or for any other purpose that would obstruct the use or maintenance or the public right of way. 143 Adopted November 14, 2007