Solano County Zoning Code § 28.97 Yards

• A. In any case, where an official plan line has been established as a part of the street and highway master plan of the County, the required yards on the street side shall be measured from such official plan lines, and in no case shall the provisions of this Chapter be construed as permitting any structure to extend beyond such official plan line.

• B. In any case where a building line has been established in accordance with Section 28.92, the required yards on the street shall be not less than the distance from the centerline of the street specified for such building line and in no case shall the provisions of this chapter be construed as permitting any structures to extend beyond such building line.

• C. For the purpose of measuring yards, fireplaces, chimneys and cantilevered walls, shall be considered as exterior walls.

• D. Cornices, eaves, canopies and similar architectural features may extend into any required yard not exceeding two and one-half feet.

• E. Unenclosed porches or stairways, fire escapes or landing places may extend into any required front or rear yard, not exceeding six feet, and into any required side yard, not exceeding three feet.

• F. In any R District where fifty percent or more of the building sites on any one block or portion thereof in the same district have been improved with buildings, the required front yard shall be a depth equal to the average of the front yards of the improved building sites, to a maximum of that specified for the district in which such building site is located.

• G. In any R-TC District, the required side yards of building sites created before January 29, 1959, having less than the required site width, may be reduced to as much as ten percent of the site width; except that no such building site shall have side yards of less than five feet.

• H. In the case of a corner lot adjacent to a key lot, the required side yard on the street side for any building within twenty-five feet of the side line of the key lot shall be equal to the front yard required on the key lot, and if more than twenty-five feet from such side line, the required side yard shall be fifty percent of the front yard required on the key lot.

• I. In the case of a double frontage lot, the main building or accessory building shall not be erected so as to encroach upon the front yard required on any of the streets.

(Revised 6/26)

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• J. Notwithstanding any requirements in this Section, in cases where the elevation of the front half of the lot, at a point fifty feet from the centerline of the traveled roadway is seven feet above or below the grade of such centerline, a private garage attached or detached may be built to within ten feet of the front line of the lot.

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• K. In any R District, the side or rear yard requirements may be reduced for an accessory building, other than an animal shelter; provided, that such building shall not be located closer to any property line than five feet, or to the same distance as a permitted primary dwelling on the same parcel, whichever is less.

(Ord. 1793, §5; Ord. No. 1840, §44)