18.31.030 Setbacks:
A. Front Yard. Each business shall have a front yard not less than ten feet (10') deep and not greater than twenty feet (20') deep or equal to the front yards of existing buildings within the same block.
1. Front setbacks may be modified from private streets and access corridors, provided front setbacks are maintained from all public streets.
2. Setback exceptions may trigger additional requirements under provisions of the State Building Code.
3. At least fifty percent (50%) of the length of the ground level street-facing facade of the structure shall be within the maximum setback.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no structures are allowed within the minimum setback.
B. Side Yards. None required, unless the side lot line adjoins an existing residential development, a residential zone, or a street.
1. Existing residential development or residential zone: fifteen feet (15').
2. Street: Twenty feet (20'). Required side yards shall be landscaped or covered with a hard surface or a combination of both. No accessory buildings or structures shall be located in such yards unless otherwise permitted by this title.
C. Rear Yard. None required, unless the rear lot line adjoins an existing residential development, a residential zone, or a street:
1. Existing residential development or residential zone: fifteen feet (15').
2. Street. Twenty feet (20'). Required rear yards shall be landscaped or covered with a hard surface or a combination of both. No accessory buildings or structures shall be located in such yards unless otherwise permitted by this title.
D. Improvements.
1. Improvements less than thirty inches (30") above grade, including decks, patios, walks, and driveways are permitted in setbacks. Fences, landscaping, signs, flagpoles, street furniture, transit shelters, and slope stability structures are permitted in setback areas, provided that all other applicable requirements are met. No other structures including accessory structures are permitted in setback areas.
2. Projections or Equipment. Attached or detached mechanical structures or equipment such as but not limited to electrical equipment boxes, heat pumps, air conditioners, emergency generators, and water pumps are allowed in a street setback. However, mechanical structures or equipment shall not be allowed in a required setback or buffer abutting a residential zone. Landscaping shall screen such structures. Where there is no alternative location and the equipment will generate no noise, electrical or utility equipment boxes may be located in a setback adjoining a residential zone, but not a buffer.
E. Private Streets and Access Corridors. Setbacks from private streets and access corridors shall be met when the private street or access corridor serves more than two (2) lots. (Ord. 2458, 5/12/09; Ord. 2144, 12/9/03)