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� Municode Page 1 of 3 <br /> Sec. 78-1405. - Nonencroachments. <br /> The following shall not be considered to be encroachments on yard requirements: <br /> (1) Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels, ornamental features, <br /> mechanical devices, cornices, eaves, and the like, provided they do not extend more <br /> -�than two feet into a required yard. - <br /> (2) Nameplate signs for one-family dwellings; lights for illuminating parking areas, loading <br /> areas or yards for safety and security purposes, provided the direct source of light is . <br /> not visible from the public right-of-way or adjacent residential property, may be located <br /> to within five feet of the front lot line. <br /> (3) Terraces, steps, uncovered porches, stoops or similar structures which do not extend <br /> above the height of the ground floor level of the principal building and extend to a <br /> distance of not less than finro feet from any lot tine. <br /> (4) In side or rear yards only, bays not to exceed a depth of two feet nor to contain an <br /> area of more than 20 square feet;fire escapes not to exceed a width of three feet, and <br /> open off-street;;parking. • <br /> (5) In rear yards only, balconies, breezeways, detached outdoor picnic shelters and <br /> recreational equipment except as otherwise regulated; no accessory structure shall be <br /> � closer than five feet from a rear lot line. <br /> �6) In side yards only, no accessory structure shall be closer than ten feet from any--side <br /> lot line. <br /> (7) Fences erected in all zoning districts are considered as a nonencroachment when <br /> they conform to the following standards: <br /> � a• Nonlakeshore lots. <br /> �• Fences and walls within a required front yard or side street yard shall not <br /> exceed a height of 42 inches above original grade. <br /> 2• Fences and walls within a required rear or side yard shall not exceed a <br /> height of six feet above original grade. <br /> b• Lakeshore lots. - <br /> �• Fences within the required street(rear)yard or side street yard of a <br /> lakeshore lot shall not exceed 42 inches above original grade. <br /> Exception: A fence not exceeding six feet in height may be located along <br /> the street lot line of a lake frontage lot which abuts a major thoroughfare. <br /> A major thoroughfare for purposes of this section means any county <br /> road or state highway. If such fence involves fill or berming, the total <br /> combined height of both fence and fill shall not exceed six feet above <br /> the height of the crown of the major thoroughfare. <br /> ,r 2• Fences within the required side yard of a lakeshore lot shall not exceed <br /> six feet in height, and any portion located lakeward of the average <br /> lakeshore setback line shall not exceed 42 inches in height. The term <br /> "average lakeshore setback line" means a line drawn between the most <br /> lakeward projection of the fence owner's principal residence structure <br /> and the most lakeward projection of the adjacent affected principal <br /> residence structure. <br /> 3. <br /> http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientID=13094&HTMRequest=http%3 a%2f... 6/13/2012 <br />