§ 3.20. General exceptions.

3.20.01. Lot of record. Where the owner of a lot whose deed and map is of official record at the time of the adoption of this resolution does not own sufficient land to enable them to conform to the yard and other requirements of this resolution, such lot may be used as a building site by the same or subsequent owner provided that the yard space and other requirements shall conform as closely as possible, in the opinion of the building inspector, to the requirements for the zone in which it is located.

3.20.02. Projections into yard areas. Porches, porticos, porte-cocheres, and similar permanently unenclosed ground-story projections not more than twelve (12) feet in height above the first-floor level may extend into a required yard not more than ten (10) feet.

3.20.03. Height. The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions or qualify and supplement, as the case may be, the specific zone regulations set forth herein:

A.

In measuring heights, a habitable basement or attic shall be counted as a story.

B.

The following structures or parts thereof are hereby exempt from the height limitations set forth in the zoning districts:

1.

Agricultural buildings, barn, silo, windmill, but not including dwellings.

2.

Chimneys, smokestacks, penthouse, spires, flagpoles, ventilators, skylights, derricks, conveyors, and cooling towers.

3.

Radio, television and telephone antennae, observation towers, and power transmission towers.

4.

Wireless communications facilities, subject to the provisions of article 4, section 4.92.

3.20.04. Visibility triangle. The following regulations provide for the maximum safety of persons using sidewalks and streets, and for the maximum enjoyment of the use of property.

A.

On any corner lot where front and side yards are required, no wall, fence, sign, structure, plant growth or any other object whether movable or stationary, which obstructs the vision at elevations between two and one-half (2½) feet and ten (10) feet above the crown of the adjacent roadway shall be placed or maintained within a visibility triangle, as shown on the sketch below.

Visibility Triangle

B.

In any required front yard, except as provided in "A." above, no fence, wall, hedge or yard ornament shall be permitted which materially impedes vision across such yard above the height of three and one-half (3½) feet.

(Ord. No. O-95-9-102, § 1, 10-23-95; Ord. No. O-98-12-101, § 1(Exh. A), 1-25-99; Ord. No. O-02-1-101, § 1(Exh. A), 2-25-02; Ord. No. O-12-9-102, § 1(Exh. A), 10-22-12; Ord. No. O-17-10-101, § 1(Exh. A), 11-20-17 )