Subject: 9883 Setback for Decks
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 1990 11:55:00 -0500


                              ORDINANCE NO.   9883 
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                   TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS RELATIVE TO SETBACK 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR DECKS.
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              	   WHEREAS, the staff of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County
         Regional Planning Commission received a request to study the
         setback requirements for decks; and
              	   WHEREAS, the staff has studied the requirements of
         other Tennessee cities and has found that the deck requirements 

         for the City of Chattanooga are more restrictive than other
         comparable cities;
                                 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 VI, Section 104, be
         deleted in its entirety and the following section substituted 
in
         lieu thereof:
                   104.	An uncovered deck may be located ten (10)
                        feet from the rear property lines if it:
                  
                   	     does not enroach on required side
                             yards, easements, areas reserved for
                             septic tank and field lines, and
                  
                   	     has a maximum deck elevation no
                             greater than the average finished
                             first floor elevation.
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                   	A porch, portico or entry landing may
                        project into the required front yard no
                        more than five (5) feet.
                  
         	   SECTION 2.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading May 18, 1993.	       s/s_______________________________
         	   	     	       	          CHAIRPERSON
        
         	   	     	       APPROVED:   X   DISAPPROVED: _____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:  May 19, 1993.
        
        
         	   	     	       s/s_______________________________
         	   	     	       	    	     MAYOR
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