Sec. 7-9-60 to 7-9-61.13

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• Building site area calculation

  Building site area shall be calculated by measuring the site horizontally as a level plane. Rights-of-way or easements that prohibit surface use of the site, except easements for open space purposes on single-family lots, shall be excluded from the calculation.

• Building lines chart

  Where there is no building line or setback area designated on a precise plan of highway alignment or official zoning district map, where there is no applicable adopted building line plan and when the zoning district regulations and the zoning ordinance applicable to a building site do not specify a building line or a minimum setback distance, the building line for each building site shall be as specified by Table 7-9-61.9: Building Lines Chart.

• Building site verification

  No building permit and no certificate of use and occupancy shall be issued for a building or use of land until the Director has verified by official records that the parcel of land upon which such building or use of land is to be established is a building site.

• New building site access

  Each building site shall either: (1) Abut a public street, having a right of access for vehicles and pedestrians, and enjoy practical and physical access to such street, for a minimum width of twenty (20) continuous feet; or (2) Have a recorded right of access for vehicles and pedestrians for a minimum continuous width of twenty (20) feet (sixteen (16) feet paved) via street or other vehicular accessway.

• Panhandle building site area exclusion

  That portion of a panhandle or flag building site that is used for access purposes and is under forty (40) feet in width shall not be used in calculating the area of the building site.

• Panhandle building site setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft

  In the case of a panhandle building site, the building lines shall be set back a minimum of ten (10) feet from any property line, except as otherwise specified in this Zoning Code.

• Shallow building site setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

  When a building site has an average depth of less than one hundred (100) feet but more than seventy-five (75) feet, any required front and rear building line setbacks need not be more than twenty percent (20%) of such average depth; and when a building site has an average depth of seventy-five (75) feet or less, any required front and rear building line setbacks need not be more than fifteen percent (15%) of such average depth, but in no event shall any required front or rear building line setback be less than five (5) feet.