43-23 - Permitted Obstructions in Required Yards or Rear Yard Equivalents

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


In all #Manufacturing Districts#, the obstructions set forth in Sections 23-311 (Permitted obstructions in all yards, courts and
open areas) and 23-341 (Permitted obstructions in required rear yards or rear yard equivalents), as well as the following
obstructions shall be permitted within a required #yard# or #rear yard equivalent#:

(a)    In any #yard# or #rear yard equivalent#:

        (1)    Fences;

        (2)    Parking spaces for automobiles or bicycles, off-street, open, #accessory#;

        (3)   #Energy infrastructure equipment# and #accessory# mechanical equipment, provided that the height of all
               equipment shall not exceed a height of 23 feet above #curb level#;

        (4)    Steps;

        (5)    Walls, not exceeding eight feet in height and not roofed or part of a #building#.

(b)    In any #rear yard# or #rear yard equivalent#:

        (1)    Any #building# or portion of a #building# used for any permitted #use#, except that any portion of a #building#
               containing rooms used for living or sleeping purposes (other than a room in a hospital used for the care and
               treatment of patients, or #joint living-work quarters for artists#) shall not be a permitted obstruction, and
               provided that the height of such #building# shall not exceed one #story#, excluding #basement#, nor in any
               event 23 feet above #curb level#. However, in M Districts with an A suffix, the height of such obstruction shall
               be modified so that such #building# shall not exceed two #stories#, excluding #basements#, nor in any event 30
               feet above #curb level#. In addition, in all districts, decks, parapet walls, roof thickness, skylights, vegetated
               roofs, and weirs, shall be permitted upon such #building#, or portion thereof, pursuant to Section 43-42
               (Permitted Obstructions);

        (2)    Parking spaces for automobiles or bicycles, off-street, #accessory#, provided that the height of an #accessory#
                #building# used for such purposes and located in a required #rear yard# or #rear yard equivalent# shall not
                exceed 23 feet above #curb level#; or

        (3)    Solar energy systems affixed to solar canopies and located over parking spaces associated with #public parking
                lots#, automobile rental establishments, or commercial or public utility vehicle parking facilities, as permitted,
                provided that the height shall not exceed 15 feet above the level of the adjoining grade.

However, no portion of a #rear yard equivalent# which is also a required #front yard# or required #side yard# may contain any
obstructions not permitted in such #front yard# or #side yard#.