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Memo to the Mayor and City Council/OA 98-4 <br />November 16, 1998 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> The front yard setback requirements shall be observed on each street side <br /> of a corner lot; .... <br /> <br />The yard regulations reflect the general interpretation used by staff who <br />interprets corner lots as having two front yards, one on each street frontage. <br /> <br />Amended Definitions <br /> <br />The amended definitions of Lot Line, Front, and Lot Line, Rear are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />LOT LINE, FRONT: The boundary of a lot which abuts a street or road. <br />In the case of a corner lot, there shall be two front lot lines. (See figure <br />A). <br /> <br />LOT LINE, REAR: The boundary of a lot which is opposite the addressed <br />street. (See figure A). <br /> <br />New Definitions <br /> <br />The new definitions requested are as follows: <br /> <br />YARD: An open space on the same lot with a building or structure, <br />which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for <br />accessory structures or otherwise permitted by City ordinance. (See <br />figure A). <br /> <br />YARD, FRONT: A yard extending along the full width of a front lot <br />line between side lot lines and from the front lot line to the nearest <br />building line in depth. On a corner lot, the front yard shall be on each <br />street. (See figure A). <br /> <br />YARD, SIDE: A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard <br />and lying between the side lot line and the nearest building line, or in <br />the absence of such front or rear yards, to the front or rear lot lines. <br />(See figure A). <br /> <br />YARD, REAR: A yard extending along the full width of a rear lot line <br />between side lot lines and from the rear lot line to the nearest building <br />line in depth. (See figure A). <br /> <br />\\elkriverXsys\shrdockplanningXstevewen\ccmmo\oa98-4cc.doc <br /> <br /> <br />