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. Proposed Covered Front Porch Amendment: Section 6.C.2 of the Zoninl! Code Section 6.C.2.a. Parts of the Principal Structure. Features which are part of a principal structure, including but not limited to eaves, cantilevered areas, cornices, canopies, awnings, balconies, fire escapes and chimneys, may extend three (3) feet into the required front, side, and rear setbacks but in no case shall these encroaclunents be Less than six (6) feet from any lot Line. Decks, uncovered porches, ramps, and steps may extend six (6) feet into the required front, side, and rear setbacks but in no case shall these encroaclunents be less than six (6) feet from any lot line. Required steps per the International Codes shall be permitted encroaclunents Section 6.C.2.d Covered Front Porches for Sinl!le-Familv Detached Dwellinl!s. 1. In required single-family residentiaL front yard setbacks, covered front porches (porches) may be attached to a pre-existing(?) principaL structure and may extend into the required front setback subject to the following provisions: (a) The porch shall not encroach closer to the front lot Line then the nwnber of feet calculated by the following formula: Current principal structure setback * .75 = Porch setback from the front lot line in feet . (For example, if the principal structure is 32 feet from the front lot line, then: 32 feet * .75 = 24 foot setback from the front lot line for the porch. In this case, the porch may extend up to 8 feet from the principal structure into the front setback) Principal structure setback is defined as: The setback from the front lot line to the fronl of the principal structure, not including overhangs, awnings, eaves, garages, stoops, sidewalks, bay windows, cantilevered areas, accessory structures, auached garages encroaching On the front setback, existing porches, or other extensions or projections not deemed part of the principal structure. (b) A porch on a principal structure that is fifty (50) feet or more from the front lot line shall not encroach upon the forty (40) foot yard setback. (Should existing structures that can construct a porch that can meet the full front yard setback be required to meet the full setback?) (c) A porch closer than twenty (20) feet to the front lot line shall require a review through the variance process. (d) New principal structures shall conform to the full setbacks of the Zoning Ordinance, including the porch. (Should new structures be required to meet full setback requirements? Example C on graphic example) . 1