Amending Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 of Chapter 21 Zoning

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shall be as set forth in this Division. Sec. 21-64. Height required requirement. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed eighty-five ( 85) feet or seven (7) stories. Sec. 21-65. Rear yard requirement. For buildings three ( 3) stories or less in height there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five ( 25) feet for interior lots, nor less than fifteen (15) feet for corner lots. For buildings exceeding three ( 3) stories in height the depth of the rear yard shall be increased three (3) feet for each additional story. Sec. 21-66. Side yard requiredment. For buildings three ( 3) stories or less in height there shall be a side yard on each side of the building, except accessory buildings, not less than five ( 5) feet in width provided, however, that on a lot having a width of less than forty (40) feet, as shown by the last conveyance of record on June 13, 1949, there shall be a side yard on each side of a building of not less than four (4) feet in width. For buildings exceeding three ( 3) stories in height the side yard shall be in all cases increased six (6) inches for each additional story. Sec. 21-67 . Front Ssetback requirement. There shall be a setback of not less than twenty ( 20) feet, provided that when twenty-five percent ( 25%) or more of all the buildings on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets has been built up with buildings having a setback of more or less than twenty ( 20) feet from the street line, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall project beyond the minimum setback line so established; provided that no building shall be required to set back more than forty ( 40) feet in any case. This regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot forty ( 40) feet or less in width, and of record on June 13, 1949, to less than seventy percent (70%) of the width of the lot. On corner lots more than forty (40) feet in width, the width of building may be greater than twenty-eight (28) feet by one-half ( 1/2)