23-321 - Basic front yard requirements in R1 through R5 Districts

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

R1 R2 R3 R4 R5

In the districts indicated, #front yards# shall be provided as set forth in the following table, except as further modified by the
provisions of this Section.


                              District
                                                                                  Front Yard
                              R1
                                                                                       20 feet


                              R2 R2A R2X
                                                                                       15 feet
                              R3-1 R3-2


                              R3A R3X
                                                                                       10 feet
                              R4 R4-1 R4A

                              R5 R5A


                              R4B
                                                                                        5 feet
                              R5B R5D



For the purpose of this Section, the area between the #street line# and the #street wall line# of adjacent #buildings# containing
#residences# on the same or adjoining #zoning lots# fronting on the same #street# shall be considered adjacent #front yards#.

Minimum #front yard# yards shall be modified as follows:

(a)    For #qualifying residential sites# with a #lot width# of at least 150 feet, the applicable #front yard# depth set forth in the
       table may be reduced by five feet, except that a #front yard# shall be no shallower than five feet;

(b)    For a #corner lot#, one #front yard# may have a depth that is five feet shallower than the applicable depth set forth in the
       table, except that a #front yard# shall be no shallower than five feet;

(c)    Where an adjacent #front yard# is shallower than the minimum required pursuant to the applicable district regulations,
       then the #front yard# may be as shallow as the shallowest adjacent #front yard#. However, a #front yard# shall be no
       shallower than five feet;

(d)    In R4B and R5B Districts, a #front yard# shall be no deeper than the deepest adjacent #front yard# and no shallower
       than the shallowest adjacent #front yard#. However, a #front yard# shall be no shallower than five feet, and need not
       exceed 15 feet in depth. Where the #street walls# surrounding the subject #building# do not have a #prevailing street wall
       frontage#, these #front yard# line-up provisions need not apply; and

(e)    To accommodate #street wall# articulation, such as bay windows, and facade recesses, up to 50 percent of the #aggregate
       width of street wall#, at any level, may encroach into a required #front yard#, provided that no encroachment exceeds a
       depth of three feet, as measured perpendicular to the #street wall#, or portion thereof.