1. Determine your front, side, secondary street, and rear property lines.
a. Front property line: the shortest property line running along a street.
b. Secondary street frontage: the longer street frontage.
c. Rear property line: opposite the front property line.
d. Side property lines: all other property lines.
Establish Setbacks
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2. Additional requirements and special circumstances.
a. Corner and through lots. If there are two street frontages of equal dimension, the Zoning Administrator shall determine the front property line based on the orientations of existing buildings on the site.
b. Irregular, triangular, wedge-shaped, or pointed properties. To determine the rear setback, the setback shall be measured from an imaginary ten-foot line drawn parallel to the front property line. See the Irregular Property Diagram.
c. Alleys are not streets. A property line along an alley shall be considered a rear or side property line depending on the alley's location relative to the front property line.
3. Determine the height and
setback standards for the
zone district where the property is located. See
Sec. 39-2.04: Summary Dimensional Standards Tables.
4. How do I measure the
required minimum and maximum setbacks?
a. A
minimum setback is the minimum distance that a
structure can be located from the
property line, and the maximum
setback is the maximum distance that a
structure can be located from the
property line. These
setbacks are used to preserve and enhance the character of areas and to respond in a context-sensitive way to external variables, such as traffic speed or levels of walkability.
b.
Setbacks are measured at
grade along the ground between the
property line and the closest load-bearing structural element of the
building. See
§ 39-1.07C.4.c, Setback Measurement Diagrams.
1) More than one principal building on a property. Only the closest building to the property line shall be subject to the minimum or maximum setback requirement.
c. Setback measurement diagrams.
