Subject: 9737 Amend/Front and Rear Lot Lines
Date: Wed, 27 May 1992 07:51:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9737
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS TO AMEND
                   CERTAIN SECTIONS RELATIVE TO DEFINITIONS OF
                   FRONT AND REAR LOT LINES.
                  
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              	   WHEREAS, the Building Department of the City of
         Chattanooga has requested new definitions for "Front and Rear
         Lot Lines" for purposes of clarification and ease of
         interpretation; and
              	   WHEREAS, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional
         Planning Commission has reviewed and recommends a proposed
         amendment to the Chattanooga City Council;
                                 NOW, THEREFORE,
              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as amended, 
the
         Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
              	   SECTION 1.	  That Article II, Section 100,
         Subsection (55)  be amended so as to add the following
         additional language:
                   (a)	Lot Line, Front:  The front lot line of
                        an interior lot is the line separating
                        the lot from the street or easement of
                        principal access.  The front lot line of
                        a corner lot shall be the lot line of
                        lease length abutting the street or
                        streets, except that any street lot line
                        may be elected to be the front lot line
                        (front yard) for the purposes of this
                        Ordinance, provided it is so designated
                        on the application for a building permit.
                  
                   (b)	Lot Line, Rear:  The rear lot line is the
                        boundary line or lines opposite, most
                        distant, and more or less parallel to the
                        front lot line.  The rear lot line or
                        lines of an irregular lot shall be
                        determined by the Chief building Official
                        or assignee thereof.  For purposes of
                        setback, measurements from the
                        established rear lot line shall be to the
                        closest point of the building.
                  
                   (c)	Lot Line, Side:  A side lot line is any
                        boundary line not a front lot line, or a
                        rear lot line.  A side lot line
                        separating a lot from a street line is an
                        exterior side lot line.  Any other side
                        lot line is an interior side lot line.
        
         	   SECTION 2.	  That Article II , Section  100, be
         amended so as to delete Subsection (95) in its entirety and
         substitute in lieu thereof the following:
                   (95)	Yard, Front:  An open space across the
                        full width of the lot, extending from the
                        closest point of the building, (including
                        porches, porticos, entry landings and
                        similar structures greater than five (5)
                        feet in width), to the front line of the
                        lot.  [See (55)(a) Lot Line, Front].
        
         	   SECTION 3. That Article II, Section 100, Subsection
         (49), be amended so as to add at the end thereof the following
         language:
                   	 The front yard requirements (setback)
                        shall apply to all yards of a flag lot.	
        
         	   SECTION 4.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
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         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading June 23, 1992.	       
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         	   	     	       	          CHAIRPERSON
        
         	   	     	       APPROVED: ______ DISAPPROVED:_____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:___________ ___, 1992.
        
        
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