Lot Coverage & Setbacks

Required Principal Structure Setbacks from Property Lines

	LDSF	R-1	R-2	R-3	B-1	B-2	M-1
Front Yard Setback	20 feet	20 feet	20 feet	15 feet	15 feet	15 feet ***	0 feet ***
*Side Yard Setback(-)**	10% of lot width with a 5 ft. minimum and 8 ft. maximum **	10% of lot width with a 5 ft. minimum and 8 ft. maximum **	10% of lot width with a 5 ft. minimum and 8 ft. maximum **	10% of lot width with a 5 ft. minimum and 8 ft. maximum **	10% of lot width with a 5 ft. minimum and 8 ft. maximum **	0 feet ***	0 feet ***
Rear Yard Setback (-)	20 feet	20 feet	20 feet	15 feet	0 feet	0 feet ***	0 Feet ***

Corner lots shall provide a side yard setback equal to the minimum required front yard setback.
Structures exceeding one story shall provide a minimum side yard setback of eight feet on each side of the structure.
All lot boundaries abutting a residential zoning district shall be effectively sight-screened by a tight fence or wall or by a combination of fencing and landscaping, except as limited by vision triangle requirements.
(-)Attached single-family dwellings are permitted a zero interior lot line setback between the two attached dwellings, and a twenty-foot rear yard setback in the R-2 zoning district.

Accessory structures may extend to the rear lot line adjacent to any city-owned alley.

LDSF	R-1	R-2	R-3	B-1	B-2	M-1
35 percent	35 percent	50 percent	80 percent*	80 percent**	100 percent	100 percent

Lot coverage includes both principal and accessory structures and the parking area. Twenty percent of the total lot area shall be dedicated exclusively to landscaping and greenery.
Lot coverage includes both principal and accessory structures and the parking area. Twenty percent of the total lot area shall be dedicated exclusively to landscaping and greenery; provided, however, where an owner allocates more than the required off-street spaces (an allocation over one additional space) for off-street parking, the required amount of landscaping and greenery may, at the discretion of the administrative official, be reduced by the square footage of the additional off-street parking but the amount of landscaping and greenery shall in no event be less than ten percent of the lot area.