Extracted standards
3 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. building in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
An accessory building or structure may only be located in a front yard if located 100 feet or greater from the nearest street line.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building in rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. (general)
In any zoning district except R-6, R-7 and R-8, a building accessory to a single-family or two-family dwelling and not exceeding 12 feet in height may be located within a required rear yard, but not within five feet of an alley, provided that where a rear yard abuts a side lot line of an adjoining lot, no such accessory building shall be located nearer such side lot line than a distance equal to the minimum side yard required on the adjoining lot.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building in side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when attached
An accessory building not exceeding 12 feet in height may be located within a required side yard when attached to an accessory building on an adjacent lot by a common wall. Such accessory building shall be located not less than 15 feet behind that face of the main building which is nearest the street line.
From the ordinance
In any zoning district except R-6, R-7 and R-8, a building accessory to a single-family or two-family dwelling and not exceeding 12 feet in height may be located within a required rear yard, but not within five feet of an alley, provided that where a rear yard abuts a side lot line of an adjoining lot, no such accessory building shall be located nearer such side lot line than a distance equal to the minimum side yard required on the adjoining lot.