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<br />(a) Any lot shown upon an official subdivision map duly approved by <br />the city council and recorded in the office of the county recorder, or <br />any lot for which a recorded contract of sale was in full force and <br />effect prior to June 3, 1954, and the deed is so recorded in the <br />office of the county recorder, may be used as a legal building site, <br />subject to the conditions, limitations, and restrictions governing the <br />district in which it is located. <br /> <br />(b) The following exceptions to yard requirements shall be applied with <br />respect to all buildings, structures, and uses permitted in the A 1, <br />RE, R1, R2, R3, and P districts only;: <br /> <br />(1) Where a lot fronts on a cul-de-sac, the required front yard <br />may be reduced to not less than ten (10) feet. <br /> <br />(2) Where where forty (40) per cent or more of the lots along <br />any block, excluding reverse corner lots and key lots, are <br />developed with buildings, the required front yard for any new <br />building or alteration to an existing building shall be not less <br />than the arithmetical average of the front yards of said <br />buildings existing on forty (40) per cent or more of the lots <br />along said block. In computing said average front yard, main <br />buildings situated entirely on the rear one-half (1/2) of any lot <br />along said block shall not be included. Notwithstanding this <br />subsection, no front yard shall be less than eight (8)twenty <br />(20) feet from a front property line or future right-of-way line, <br />whichever results in the larger minimum front yard. <br /> <br />(c) In any commercial district, the front and side yards required for <br />dwellings, apartments, hotels and boardinghouses may be waived <br />when such uses are erected above the ground floor of a building <br />when said ground floor has no required front and side yard. <br /> <br />(d) In computing the depth of a rear yard where such yard opens upon <br />an alley, one-half ( 1/2) of the width of such alley may be <br />considered a portion of the rear yard; when such rear yard opens <br />upon a street, public park, creek or riverfront under public <br />ownership, ten (10) feet of such public space may be considered a <br />portion of the rear yard. <br /> <br />Section 23. Section 41-604 is hereby amended to read as follows <br />(new language shown in bold, deleted language shown in strikeout for tracking <br />purposes only): <br /> <br />Sec. 41-604. Same--Through lots. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-XX <br />Page 15 of 25 <br /> <br />758-87 <br /> <br />