63-59 Amend 1133.045 & 1133.06 Zoning

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district, semi-detached one or two family dwellings may be constructed. Apartment houses may not be built in terraces or as semi-detached buildings. Every apart- ment house shall have a side yard along each lot line other than a street line or a rear line. The least dimension of the side yard shall not be less than four (4) feet in a la district or less than one-sixth (1/6) of the height of the building, whichever is the greater. The least dimension of the side yard shall not be less t~en eigt!.t (8) feet in a lb district or less than one- sl~th (1/6) of the height of the building, which ever is the greater. The side yard shall start from the curb level~ provided, however, that the above provi- sion shall not be applicable to A2a and A5 H4 area dis- tricts, in a lb use district, but in such A2a and A5 H4 area districts in, a lb use district, yards shall be provided between each building and side lot line and between buildings on the same lot in accord with the following: 1. Definitions In order to provide for the planning of one building on a lot and of buildings in groups on the same lot to form open yards and courts which are related to the use of the rooms within the dwellings, the Following terms are defined: a) A main wall - any exterior wall containing the p~incipal window or windows of a living, dining or sleeping room or rooms, and/or other windows, b) A seeondarywall - an exterior wall, other than almain wall, containing minor window or windows of a dining or sleeping room, principal window or windows of a kitchen or bath room, or a blank surface o c) Wall unit - each vertical plane of a building ~ shall be considered as a separate wall in applying thsse yard regulations. d) Overlapping walls - those portions of the exter- iorwall or walls which are directly opposite when two buildings, parallel, or obliquely aligned within 45 degrees of parallel, face each other across an open yard or space. e) Required yards - the required yards shall be the horizontal distance between parallel walls of a building or between a wall and a lot line. 2. Schedule of Yard Requirements - The yards between a building and a side lot line and the yards between buildings on the same lot across an open yard or court shall be not less than set forth in the following schedule: M__IN~MUM WIDTH O? Y~PS ~ CLASS lb DISTRICTS Between a main wall facing another main wall if over- lap is less than ~0 feet. 35.feet plu? 0.5 tim~s height of highest build- ing. Between a main wall facing a secondary wall if over- lap is less than 50 feet. 30 feet plus O.& times height of highest build- ing.