Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures in yards
Accessory structures allowed per article 14; structures subject to relocation for street widening
- Corner lot front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. reduction
On corner lots, depth of front yard to side of principal structure may be reduced by up to one-half of front yard requirement, but not less than 15 ft; side yard increased accordingly
- Permitted extensions into required yards
Uncovered terraces/decks up to 30 inches height; awnings/canopies/porches/patios project max 5 ft, not closer than 20 ft from street ROW; eaves/gutters 30 inches or less, min 5 ft from lot line; chimneys 24 inches or less, min 5 ft from lot line; HVAC/pump house min 5 ft from property line; handicap ramps for single-family detached with conditions
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. definition
Rear yard depth measured parallel with rear lot line
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. measurement from lot lines
Measured from property line, except wetlands measured from closest boundary, nontidal water from normal watermark
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. measurement from street
Measured from street reservation line, or right-of-way line, or 25 ft from centerline if no reservation
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. definition
Side yards run from interior edge of required front yard to interior edge of required rear yard
- Through lot front yards
Both portions of lot facing street treated as front yards
- Unusual lot configuration
Zoning administrator designates side and rear lot lines based on perpendicular/parallel to street; triangular rear yard line drawn parallel to front at point where side lines 10 ft apart
From the ordinance
Each required yard abutting a street shall be measured from the street reservation line... Where no reservation line exists... measured from a line located twenty-five (25) feet from the centerline of the pavement.