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towers and scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, cbinmeys, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, conveyors, flagpoles, silos, and air conditioning and heating units; and that no tower, gable, spire or similar structure shall be used for sleeping or eating quarters, or for any commercial purpose except one incidental to the permitted uses of the main building. * 154.130 YARDS. (A) General requirements. The minimum depths of front yard, rear yard and side yard for each district shall be as defined in the schedule of regulations and conform to the following additional regulations: (1) All structures, whether attached to the principal structure or not, and whether open or enclosed, including porches, carports, balconies or platforms above normal grade level shall not project into any minimum front, side or rear yard; (2)- Lots which abut on more than 1 street shall provide the required front yards along each street for the principal structure. Side yard setbacks for an accessory structure will apply to the frontage that is not considered, to be the required front yard; " (3) Any principal structure situated on lands contiguous to or abutting any portion of the public lakes in the city shall maintain yard setbacks of 75 feet from the lake. Where adjacent structures have yard setbacks different from these requirements, the minimum setback from the lake shall be the average setback of the adjacent structures to a minimum of SO feet; and See also Floodplain Chapter and additional requirements for shorelands. (4) The minimum side or rear yard depths for the following nonresidential structures or uses which abut any lot in any residential district shall be: (a) Off-street parking spaces and access drives for nomesidential uses, 20 feet; (b) Churches, schools and public or semi-public structures, 40 feet; and (c) Recreation facilities, entertainment facilities, all business uses and all industrial uses, 60 feet. (B) Computingfront yards. For the purpose of computing front yard dimensions, measurements shall be taken from the nearest point of the front wall of the building to the street right-of-way line subject to the following qualifications: (1) Cornices, canopies or eaves may extend into the required front yard a distance not exceeding 2 feet, 6 inches; (2) A landing place or uncovered porch may extend into the required front yard to a distance not exceeding 6 feet, if the landing place or porch has its floor no higher than the entrance floor of the building. . An open railing no higher than 3 feet may be placed around the place; (3) The above enumerated architectural features may also extend into any side or rear yard to the same extent, except that no porch, terrace or outside stairway shall project more than 3 feet into any side yard and then, in the case of an outside stairway, only if it is umoofed and unenclosed above and below the steps. In no case shall a porch, stair landing or any other architectural feature extend closer than 4 feet to the side property line; and 37