§ 7.201. Adjustment of front yard requirements.  


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  • The front yards heretofore established shall be adjusted in the following cases:

    A.

    Where the forty (40) percent or more of the frontage on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is developed with buildings that have observed (with a variation of five (5) feet or less) a front yard greater in depth than herein required, new buildings shall not be erected closer to the street than the average front yard so established by the existing buildings.

    B.

    Where forty (40) percent or more of the frontage on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is developed with buildings that have not observed a front yard as described above, then:

    1.

    Where a building is to be erected on a parcel of land that is within one hundred (100) feet of existing buildings on both sides, the minimum front yard shall be a line drawn between the two (2) closest front corners of the adjacent buildings on the two (2) sides, or,

    2.

    Where a building is to be erected on a parcel of land that is within one hundred (100) feet of an existing building on one (1) side only, such building may be erected as close to the street as the existing adjacent building.

    C.

    Any building hereafter erected in any commercial or industrial zone shall have minimum setbacks from the front lot line and the side lot as follows:

    1.

    If the front lot line and/or the side lot line is immediately adjacent to either Scottsdale Road, Indian School Road or McDowell Road, the front setback and/or the side setback shall not be less than sixty-five (65) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of either such said streets.

    2.

    If the front lot line and/or side lot line is immediately adjacent to any other street other than Scottsdale Road, Indian School Road or McDowell Road, the front setback and/or side setback shall be not less than forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of any such said street.