Calexico Municipal Code § 17.01.1000 Lot coverage and yards—Exceptions

A. Additional Coverage. On corner lots, an additional ten percent coverage shall be permitted.

B. Side Yard. On corner lots, a side yard of at least fifteen feet is required adjacent to the side street.

C. Projections. Cornice or eave projections shall be a minimum of two feet six inches from the side lot line, except as provided elsewhere in this title, and shall not extend into the required side yard to exceed twenty-five percent of such side yard width. Drainage from roofs or projections shall be diverted from the adjoining owner's property.

D. Accessory Buildings. A detached one-story accessory building may disregard the above yard requirements, provided the total floor area of the accessory building is not more than five hundred square feet in area and not more than thirty feet in total length. Such building as limited in this section may also disregard side yard requirements if placed entirely within the rear forty percent of the lot or back of the front seventy feet of the lot.

E. Thoroughfare along Side or Rear Yard. Where an alley, walk or other public thoroughfare, other than a street of ten feet or greater width, abuts said side or rear yard, one-half the width of such alley, walk, or thoroughfare, up to a maximum of ten feet at the extreme rear of the lot, and the difference must be provided between buildings on the lot in addition to the legally required space between buildings.

F. Access through Side Yard. Where side yards are designed to be used as the principal access to living quarters, they shall have a clear and unobstructed width of not less than ten feet.

G. Detached Dwellings. Detached dwellings shall maintain a minimum distance of six feet between dwellings and three feet between the dwelling and detached auxiliary building.

H. Alteration of Nonconforming Buildings. Residential buildings not conforming to these yard requirements may be altered or enlarged to a total amount not to exceed fifty percent of the assessed value as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, provided the additions observe all existing zoning requirements.

I. Reduction of Side and Rear Yard Requirements. The above side and rear yard requirements may be reduced by an amount equal to twenty percent of the required amount of any existing lot of less than two thousand square feet in area, provided the buildings or structures erected thereon are not more than one story in height; and provided, also, the above allowable lot coverage may be increased ten percent of any existing lot of less than two thousand square feet in area, if the buildings or structures erected thereon are not more than one story in height.

(Ord. 606 § 2 (part), 1966: prior code § 8144.1)