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~DINANOE NO. 2412 By Mr, ~illis AN ORDINANCE tO amend Ordinanc& No. 1786, entitled "Au Ordinance providing for the zoning or districting of the 0ity of Lakewood and the regulation of the location, bulk, heights and uses of the buildings and other structures and premises and re- pealing Ordinance No. 1479", and declaring an emergency. WWEWEAS, for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, it becomes desirable to change the Zoning Ordinauoe as hereinafter set forths BE IT ORDAINED BY TB~ ~OUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAXEWOOD, STATE OF C~IO: Sec%ion 1. That Ordinance No. 1786, entitled "Au Ordinance providing for the zoning or districting of the City of Lakewood and the regulation of the location, Bulk, heights and uses of the buildings and other structures and premises and repealing Ordinance No. 1479", That Paragraph A, Section 20 of said ordinance in reference to side and rear ymrd sxceptiens which now reads as follows: "The area required in a yard at any given level shall be epen from such level to the sky unobstructed except for the ordinary projections of sky lights and parapets above the bottom of such yard and except for the ordinary project~'ons of window sills, Belt courses, cornices and other ornamental reassures to the extent cf not more than four inches, except that within five feet of the street wail, a cornice may project not over three feet into such yard and provided that if the building is not over two and one-half stories er thirty feet in height, the coruiee may project not over more than t~wo and one-half feet into such yard." be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows and this amendment to take ~he:~ place of the original Section 20 or Ordinance No. 1786 passed by the Coencil of the City of Lakewood, February 13, 1922 (a) "The area required in a yard at a~y given level shall Be open from such level tc the sky unobstructed, exoep% for the ori~-~y projections of sky lights and parapets above the bottom of such yard and except for the ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices and other ornamental rear-ares to the ex'cent of not more than four inches, except that within five feet of the street wall, a cornice may project not over three feet into such yard, provided the building is more than t~o and one-half stories or 30 feet in height. If the building is not over two and one-half stories or 30 feet in height, then the cornice may project ~ot over two and one-half fee~ in%o such yard for the ~_~ire, ,,l~mgth of such yard," Section 2. This ordinance by the resolution stated in the preamble is hereby de- clared to be an emergency measure and shall be i~'full force aud effect forthwith and at the earliest period allowed by. law. Adopted, Jul~,27~ 1925 Approved~ A. Wie ;and MaYor ' ' Pregi~ent Ac I. Kauf~ma~ Clerk