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154.53 YARD PROJECTIONS
 154.53 YARD PROJECTIONS
 
154.53.00           PROJECTIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
 
                           Certain architectural features may project into required yards or courts as follows:
 
154.53.00.01      Front and side yards
 
                           Into any required front yard, or required side yard adjoining a side street lot line; 
 
(a)        Cornices, canopies, eaves or other architectural features may project a distance not exceeding two (2) feet, six (6) inches.
 
(b)        An uncovered stair and necessary landings may project a distance not to exceed six (6) feet, provided such stair and landing shall not extend above the entrance floor of the building except for a railing not exceeding three (3) feet in height.
 
(c)        Bay windows, balconies and chimneys may project a distance not exceeding three (3) feet, provided that such features do not occupy, in the aggregate, more than one-third (1/3) of the length of the building wall on which they are located.
 
154.53.00.02      Interior side yards
 
                           Subject to the limitations in 154.53.00.01 the above-named features may project into any required side yard adjoining an interior side lot line, a distance not to exceed one-third (1/3) of the required least width of such side yard, but not exceeding three (3) feet in any case.
 
154.53.00.03      Rear yards
 
                           Subject to the limitations in 154.53.00.01, the features named therein may project into any required rear yards the same distances they are permitted to project into a front yard; provided, however, that landings or porches may be covered and may project a distance not exceeding ten (10) feet from the rear lot line.
 
154.53.02           FENCES, WALKS AND HEDGES
 
                           May be located in required yards as follows:
 
154.53.02.01      If not exceeding at any point four (4) feet in height above the elevation of the surface of the ground at such point, such features may be located in any yard.
 
154.53.02.02      If not exceeding at any point six (6) feet in height above the elevation of the surface of the ground at such point, they may be located in any required rear yard or side yard.


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