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<br />provided further that no rear yard shall hereby be required to
<br />be more than 35 feet deep.
<br />Sec. 496 (12) . Side yards.
<br />(1) In any A or A-1 Residence District there shall be a side
<br />yard on each side of every lot and the width of such side yard
<br />for each side of said lot shall be not less than five (5) feet.
<br />(2) Exceptions to Paragraph (1).—For lots less than forty
<br />(40) feet in width, existing at the time of passage of this Code,
<br />no such side yard shall be less than three (3) feet in width.
<br />In A-1 Residence Districts, when semi-detached houses are
<br />built with a party wall on the dividing lot line, the side yard re-
<br />quirement along the other lot line shall be two-thirds of the sum
<br />of the two side yards required for a detached house.
<br />(3) In any B, B-1, B-2 Business District or C Industrial Dis-
<br />trict if a building to be erected is intended or designed to be used
<br />entirely for residential purposes, the side yard requirement shall
<br />be the same as hereinbefore provided for in A or A-1 Residence
<br />Districts.
<br />(4) In any B, B-1, B-2 Business District or C Industrial Dis-
<br />trict along any boundary line between such districts and A or A-1
<br />Residence Districts, such boundary line being not a street line,
<br />if the building or structure to be erected is intended or designed
<br />to be used in whole or in part for any industrial manufacturing
<br />trade or commercial purpose, a side yard shall be required which
<br />shall be ten percent of the lot width, provided that no such side
<br />yard shall be less than three (3) feet in width and shall not be
<br />required to be more than ten (10) feet in width.
<br />(5) Side yards shall not be required in any B, B-1, B-2 Busi-
<br />ness District or C Industrial District except as provided for in
<br />this subsection and in subsection 14.
<br />Sec. 495(13). Courts.
<br />(1) When a window in any A or A-1 Residence District in
<br />any room except a storage room, bath room or clothes closet does
<br />not open on a street, alley, side or rear yard as required in this
<br />section; it shall open on a court conforming with the provisions
<br />hereinafter contained in this subsection. The court need not ex-
<br />tend below the lowest story it is required to serve.
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<br />(2) In any A or A-1 Residence District no accessory build-
<br />ing shall be located within any required court.
<br />(3) Within the limits of any outer court, no fence nor wall
<br />more than 50 percent solid shall he more than four feet high.
<br />(4) In any A or A-1 Residence District the minimum widths
<br />of courts at the levels of the lowest window sill of the story
<br />served by such court shall be as follows:
<br />No. of stories above the
<br />Width of
<br />lowest level served by
<br />Width of
<br />Enclosed
<br />the Court
<br />Outer Court
<br />Court
<br />1
<br />4 ft.
<br />6 ft.
<br />2
<br />6 ft.
<br />10 ft.
<br />3
<br />8 ft.
<br />14 ft.
<br />For each story over three, if
<br />permitted, add
<br />2 ft.
<br />4 ft.
<br />(5) In no case shall an outer court be less than two inches
<br />wide for each foot of building length from the enclosed end.
<br />(6) The length of an enclosed court shall be at least twice the
<br />required width of the court or such court shall have an area
<br />equivalent to the product of the said required dimensions.
<br />(7) In B, B-1, B-2 Business Districts and C Industrial Dis-
<br />tricts no courts shall be required except as provided in subsec-
<br />tion 14.
<br />Sec. 495(14). Exceptions and regulations in various
<br />districts.
<br />(1) Except as specified in this subsection, yards and courts
<br />required by this section shall be open, unobstructed to the sky.
<br />(2) Cornices and eaves may project not to exceed three feet
<br />over any minimum required yard. Provided that any such pro-
<br />jection shall not be less than two feet from any lot line.
<br />(3) Sills, leaders, belt courses and similar ornamental fea-
<br />tures may project six inches over any minimum yard or court.
<br />An open fire balcony, fire escape or fire tower may project five
<br />feet over any yard.
<br />(4) A bay window, oriel or balcony which is not more than
<br />ten (10) feet wide may project.not more than three feet into
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<br />any front yard or rear yard. An open porch -,r port cochere
<br />may extend into any side yard, provided it does rn tt come nearer
<br />the side lot line than three feet.
<br />(5) In B-1, B-2 Business Districts, and C Industrial Districts,
<br />a chimney, smokestack, flue or elevator shaft tttaY project into
<br />any rear yard, provided the horizontal section -f the projection
<br />does not exceed five square feet.
<br />(6) The set back and yard requirements o,f this section
<br />shall not apply to any necessary retaining wall, 4 n- to any fence
<br />or wall which is less than five feet high and less than 60 per-
<br />cent solid. Nothing herein shall_ prevent the cuu;truction of a
<br />rear line fence or wall to a height not exceedin;; se% en feet. The
<br />provisions of this section shall not apply to terraces, steps and
<br />uncovered porches which are not in any part nt„re than three
<br />feet above the floor level of the first story and not within five
<br />feet of any party lot line.
<br />(7) In A, A-1 Residential and B Business Districts a ground
<br />story extension may project into a rear yard fr,,in the rear of
<br />any building not more than ten (10) feet, pr„t idrd it does not
<br />extend within less than ten (10) feet of a rear loot line.
<br />(8) Every room in which one or more person; live, sleep,
<br />work, or congregate except storage rooms or other rooms where
<br />the nature of the occupancy does not require direct light and air
<br />from the outside shall have a total window area equal to or
<br />greater than one-tenth of the floor area of the n- in. Such win-
<br />dows shall open directly either upon a street .-r alley not less
<br />than ten (10) feet in width or upon a rear yard, sick: yard, outer
<br />court or enclosed court located upon the same loot and conform-
<br />ing to the requirements prescribed for these by this section as to
<br />minimum area and least dimensions.
<br />In any B, B-1, B-2 Business or C Industrial 1 ristrict if such
<br />rear yards, side yards, or courts be required, the courts shall
<br />comply with the court regulations for A and A-1 Residence Dis-
<br />tricts and if the building or structure to be errctrd is intended
<br />or designed to be used in whole or in part ft.r arty industrial,
<br />manufacturing, trade or commercial purpose, tltc rear yards or
<br />side yards shall be not less than two (2) inches wide for each
<br />foot of building height over fifteen (15) feet. hn� in no case
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<br />shall the minimum width be less than three i., o feet for side
<br />yards and five (5) feet for rear yards.
<br />(9) No lot or plot shall hereafter be so reduced in area as to
<br />cause any open space required by this section to, l,e less in any
<br />dimension than is herein required for the district curl lot in ques-
<br />tion.
<br />(10) No lot shall contain any building used tts a residence
<br />unless such lot abuts on at least one street or rtnless there is a
<br />perpetual unobstructed easement of access at (cast fifteen (1 5 )
<br />feet wide to such a street.
<br />Sec. 495(15). Accessory buildings.
<br />(1) Accessory buildings permitted by this section shall be
<br />placed in rear yards only. The aggregate ground area covered
<br />by accessory buildings, including the ground area covered by
<br />any projections or encroachments hereinbefore permitted, shall
<br />not exceed 30 percent of the rear yard area in A kesidence Dis-
<br />tricts and 40 percent in A-1 Districts. In B, L-1, and B-2 Busi-
<br />ness and C Industrial Districts, where a ground le%,el rear yard
<br />is required, the aggregate ground area coverage Ahall not exceed
<br />50 percent of the rear yard area.
<br />(2) No accessory building in any A or A-1 Residence Dis-
<br />trict or B Business District which is within ten 1,10) feet of am
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<br />party lot line, shall be more than one story highNo accessory
<br />building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. No acces-
<br />sory building which is not of fire -proof constriction shall be
<br />within less than three feet of any party lot line itt any A or A-1
<br />Residence District; except that this shall not pret•ent the erec-
<br />tion or completion of a common garage across their joint lot line
<br />by adjoining property owners.
<br />(3) Within the limitations hereinbefore recited in this sub-
<br />section any accessory building on a corner lot in A or A-1 Dis-
<br />tricts shall be distant as far as possible from all street lines, ex-
<br />cepting that this shall not require the distance from any street
<br />line to exceed thirty (30) feet; but when the rear of any corner
<br />lot abuts any lot facing on a street which is a side street with
<br />reference to said corner lot, any accessory building on the corner
<br />lot shall not he built nearer the rear line of the corner lot than
<br />six percent of the depth of the corner lot.
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