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ordinance and is her$by declax°ad to be part hereof., ara hereby established. The Map designations and the map designation rales which accompany said ma.p are here- by declared part thsreof. Between a building line and the street line no building or portion of a building extending above the established grade may be erected. In a class vl or U2 district a one story unenclosed porch may, however, be constructed betvveen ths building line and the street Iine. On a corner Iot betTyeen the builaing line and the street line and within th$ triangular space included between the street Ti.nes for a distance of 25 feet from their point of intersection= no fence or other structure more than three feet in height above the glane of the establish$d grade sha11 hereafter be erected, and no shrubs or foliage shaZZ be maintained that in the jurlgment of the inspector of buiZdings wilI materi- ally obstruct the view by adriver of a vehicle approaching the intersection =d -within 75 feet of the center of such intersection of approaching cross.traffic -vithin 75 feet of the center of such intersection. Where a built9ing line is shovm on the buiIs7.ing line map as an existing alignment Iine,, the alignment of the build- ings existing a.Zong such frontage sha.1l determine the bvilding Ii.ne. On any street frontage in a Cla.ss Ul or. U2 district, -uhere no building line is design.ated on the bui7ding Iin.e mag -the location di the building line shall be as follows: (a) Cln a street_frontage on either side of a street between two intersecting streets' but excluding the frontage along the side line Qf a carner Zot, the distance of the building line baek fram the street line shalZ be 20 per cent of the averags or normal depth of the Zots having their front Iines along such street .frontage9 but stach distance back from the street line need not be more -ehan 4(} feet. VTVh.ere in any portion of such strest frontage there are lots of ma.rkedly - Iess r3epth than the normas., the city pla.nni.ng and zoning commission in defining and applying this building line reguZation may, when in its oginion the general purpose and-intent of this section -will be better served thereby, divide such street frontage into sections for the application of the above 20 per cent builrling line requirement. For the purpose of this paragraph the term ?"Zotn sha1l incZude unimproved parcels in-separate_,ownership and unimproved Iots or parcels in subdivisions of 1and. (b) In a class Ul rlistrict, along the side line of a corner lot the distance. of . the builcling line ba.ck from the strest,Iine sha.71 ba 20 per cent of the average width of such Iot., but such distance bac4 from the street line need not be more than 20 feet. In a class U3 d.istrict along the side line of a corner Zot the distance of the building line back from the street line shaL1 be 12 per cent of the average width of such Zot9 but such distance back from the street line need not be more than. 12 feet. Section 21. Enforcement; board of zoning appeals. This ordinance shall be enforced by the inspector of biaildings unrler the rules and regu.Iations of the boa.rd of zoning appea:Ls. The city planning ana zoning commission is herebe constituted a boaxd of zoning apgeals for ths purgose of this ordinance. 2I1- meetings of the boazd of zoning appeaZs shall be public. The board of zoning appeals shaTl ker;p mi.nutes of its proceedings., shovring the vote of each member upon every question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indiea-te such fact. The board of zoning a.ppeaIs shaLt adopt from time tQ time such rules anrl regutations as they may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this ord.inance. 9ny decision of the 3.n.spector of buiZdings made in the enforcement of this ordinance ma.y be appealesl to the boasd of zoning appeals by any person cZaiming to be adversely affected by such decision. 1??'here there are pra.cticaZ difficus.ties or unnecessary Y?ardships in the way o.f carrying out the strict letter of the provisions of this ordinance, the boa.rd of zoning appea.Zs sha.7-I have power in a specific case to vary any such provision in harmony -with its genera.l purpose and intent so that the public health, safety and genera.l welfare may be secured and substantial justice done. -10-