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<br />mercial purpose, a side yard shall be required which shall
<br />be ten per cent of the lot width; provided, that no such side
<br />yard shall be less than three feet in width and shall not
<br />be required to be more than ten feet in width.
<br />(6) Side yards shall not be required in any A -B, B, B-1
<br />business district or C industrial district except as provided
<br />for in this section and section 14 of this chapter. ( Code
<br />1932, § 495 (12) ; Ord. March 29, 1939.)
<br />Sec. 14. Courts.
<br />(1) When a window in any A or A-1 residence dis-
<br />trict in any room except storage room, bathroom or clothes
<br />closet does not open on a street, alley, side or rear yard as
<br />required in this chapter, it shall open on a court conform-
<br />ing with the provisions hereinafter contained in this chap-
<br />ter. The court need not extend below the lowest story it is
<br />required to serve.
<br />(2) In any A or A-1 residence district no accessory
<br />building shall be located within any required court.
<br />(3) Within the limits of any outer court, no fence nor
<br />wall more than fifty per cent solid shall be more than four
<br />feet high.
<br />(4) In any A or A-1 residence district the minimum
<br />widths of courts at the levels of the lowest window sill of
<br />the story served by such court shall be as follows:
<br />No. of stories above the low- Width of Width of En -
<br />est level served by the court. Outer Court closed Court
<br />1 .......................................... 10 ft. none allowed
<br />2 ......................................... 16 ft. 16 ft.
<br />3 .......................................... 20 ft. 20 ft.
<br />For each story over three,
<br />if permitted, add........ 4 ft. 4 ft.
<br />(5) Enclosed courts shall not be permitted in the ground
<br />story. Outer courts in the ground story shall be continued
<br />by passages at least ten feet wide to a street, alley or pub-
<br />lic space.
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<br />(6) The length of an enclosed court shall be at least
<br />equal to required width of the court.
<br />(7) When a court is located on the side of a lot or plot
<br />other than public streets or alleys, the lot line shall be
<br />de--med an enclosure of such court.
<br />(8) In A -B, B, B-1, B-2 business districts and C indus-
<br />trial districts no courts shall be required except as pro-
<br />vided in section 14 of this chapter. ( Code 1932, § 495 (13) ;
<br />Ord. March 29, 1939.)
<br />Sec. 15. Exceptions and regulations in various districts.
<br />(1) Except as specified in this section, yards and courts
<br />required by this chapter shall be open, unobstructed to the
<br />sky.
<br />(2) Cornices and eaves may project not to exceed three
<br />feet over any minimum required yard; provided, that any
<br />such projection shalt not be nearer than two feet from any
<br />lot line.
<br />(3) Sills, leaders, belt courses and similar ornamental
<br />features may project six inches over any minimum yard or
<br />court. An open -fire balcony, fire escape or fire tower may
<br />project five feet over any yard.
<br />(4) A bay window, oriel or balcony which is not more
<br />than ten feet wide may project not more than three feet
<br />into any front yard or rear yard. An open porch or porte-
<br />cochere may extend into any side yard, provided it does not
<br />come nearer the side lot line than five feet.
<br />(5) The setback and yard requirements of this chapter
<br />shall not apply to any necessary retaining wall, or to any
<br />fence or wall which is less than five feet high and less than
<br />sixty per cent solid. Nothing herein shall prevent the con-
<br />struction of a rear line fence or wall to a height not exceed-
<br />ing seven feet. The provisions of this section shall not apply
<br />to terraces, steps and uncovered porches which are not in
<br />any part more than three feet above the floor level of the
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<br />first story and not within five feet of any party lot line.
<br />(6) Every room in which one or more persons live, sleep,
<br />work or congregate, except storage rooms or other rooms
<br />where the nature of the occupancy does not require direct
<br />light and air from the outside, except where acceptable
<br />means for ventilation and lighting are otherwise provided,
<br />shall have a total window area equal to or greater than
<br />one-tenth of the floor area of the room. Such windows shall
<br />open directly either upon a street or alley not less than ten
<br />feet in width or upon a rear yard, side yard, outer court or
<br />enclosed court located upon the same lot and conforming to
<br />the requirement prescribed for these by this chapter as to
<br />minimum area and least dimensions.
<br />In any A -B, B, B-1, B-2 business or C industrial district
<br />if such rear yards, side yards or courts be required, the
<br />courts shall comply with the court regulations for A and A-1
<br />residence districts and if the building or structure to be
<br />erected is intended or designed to be used, in whole or in
<br />part, for any industrial, manufacturing, trade or commer-
<br />cial purpose, the rear yards or side yards shall be not less
<br />than two inches wide for each foot of building height over
<br />fifteen feet, but in no case shall the minimum width be less
<br />than three feet for side yards and five feet for rear yards.
<br />(7) No lot or plot shall hereafter be so reduced in area
<br />as to cause any open space required by this section to be
<br />less in any dimension than is herein required for the dis-
<br />trict and lot in question.
<br />(8) No lot shall contain any building used as a resi-
<br />dence unless such lot abuts on at least one street or unless
<br />there is a perpetual unobstructed easement of access at
<br />least fifteen feet wide to such a street. (Code 1932, §
<br />494 (14) ; Ord. March 29, 1939.)
<br />Sec. 16. Accessory buildings.
<br />(1) Accessory buildings permitted by this section shall
<br />be placed in rear yards only. The aggregate ground area
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<br />covered by accessory buildings, including the ground area
<br />covered by any projections or encroachments hereinbefore
<br />permitted, shall not exceed thirty per cent of the rear yard
<br />area in A residence districts and forty per cent in A-1 dis-
<br />tricts, and it is further required that the area used for
<br />dwelling purposes in such accessory buildings shall not
<br />exceed 50 Jo of the first floor area of the main dwelling on
<br />that lot and in no case shall this area exceed 450 square
<br />feet. In A -B, B, B-1, B-2 business and C industrial dis-
<br />tricts, where a ground level rear yard is required, the
<br />aggregate ground area coverage shall not exceed fifty per
<br />cent of the rear area.
<br />(2) No accessory building in any A or A-1 residence
<br />district or A -B or B business district which is within fif-
<br />teen feet of any rear lot line or ten feet of any side lot
<br />line shall be more than one story high. No accessory build-
<br />ing in A, A-1, A -B or B districts shall exceed two stories
<br />in height. No accessory building which is not fireproof
<br />construction shall be nearer than five feet of any party lot
<br />line in any A or A-1 residence district; except that this
<br />shall not prevent the erection or completion of a common
<br />garage across their joint lot, line by adjoining property
<br />owners.
<br />(3) Within the limitations hereinbefore recited in this
<br />section, any accessory building on a corner lot in A or A-1
<br />districts shall be distant as far as possible from all street
<br />lines, except that this shall not require the distance from
<br />any street line to exceed thirty f eet ; but when the rear of
<br />any corner lot abuts any lot facing on a street which is a
<br />side street with reference to said corner lot, any accessory
<br />building on the corner lot shall not be built nearer the rear
<br />line of the corner lot than six per cent of the depth of the
<br />corner lot, and in no case shall such accessory building be
<br />nearer to said side street than the side line requirement set
<br />forth in this ordinance for the corner lot in question. (Code
<br />1932, § 495 (15) ; Ords. April 4, 1938, March 29, 1939.)
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