Minimum front yard reductions

[Ord. No. 08-31, 10-7-2009]

• (a) Where new development is occurring in an area which is principally built, a reduction in the minimum required front yards is allowed under the provisions of this section. A principally built area is defined as having principal buildings on 2/3 or more of all lots within 500 feet in A zones, and 300 feet in R, C and I zones, as measured along the street line, in both directions from the center of the lot in question. The Building Official shall undertake the necessary calculation to determine whether an area is principally built.
• (b) In any zoning district, regardless of the availability of water or sewer, the minimum required front yard shall be reduced to that equal to the average distance from the principal buildings to the front lot lines of all those developed lots within the defined built area. If the resulting average distance exceeds the minimum front yard as contained in the applicable section of the dimensional tables, the front yard requirement in the table shall apply.