Chapter 18.40
YARD REQUIREMENTS

Sections:

18.40.010    Exceptions to required yard.

18.40.020    Street intersection visibility.

18.40.010 Exceptions to required yard.

A required yard shall remain open and unobstructed, except as follows:

A.    Eaves, ornamental features and other ordinary projections normally associated with a residential building or structure may project not more than two feet into the required yard.

B.    Open stairways and balconies, decks, arctic entries, chimneys and other structures greater than two and one-half feet in height, may project a distance of not more than two feet into the required yard.

C.    Decks, paved terraces, patios, driveways and other similar structures, no greater than two and one-half feet in height, may be located in the required yards.

D.    In all land use districts, and except as provided otherwise, required off-street parking may be located in the required yards. (Ord. 92-21 § 4 (part), 1992.)

18.40.020 Street intersection visibility.

A.    On corner lots in all land use districts, no fence, wall, sign, hedge, berm or other structure, that impedes or obstructs the visibility of traffic on the adjacent street shall be placed between the height of two and one-half feet and eight feet above the finished grade of the adjacent street within a triangular area formed by the intersection point of the property lines that are adjacent to the street and two points each fifteen feet in distance from the intersection point measured along both property lines.

B.    On corner lots in all land use districts, no vehicle shall be parked nor shall any parking space be provided or designed, in the triangular area described hereinabove. (Ord. 92-21 § 4 (part), 1992.)