§ 3.22.7. Lot setbacks, build-to-lines.

A.

Setback and build-to-line requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Build-to-lines shall be as established in Table A and as shown on the Emory Village regulating plan.

2.

At least seventy-five (75) percent of the length of the front sidewalk level and second-story façade shall front the build-to-line or be within five (5) horizontal feet of it. This requirement shall not be intended to restrict recessed sidewalk level doors.

3.

Nothing in this section shall prevent sidewalk level movie theater storefronts from being recessed behind the enfronting façade.

4.

There shall be no build-to-line requirement for stories above the second story.

Table 3.5: Build-to-Lines

Emory Village Build-to Line Requirements
Location	Build-To-Lines
Adjacent to contributing historic commercial structures and superseding other requirements of this table	Historic front façade location
N. Decatur Road (west of Oxford Road)	Twenty (20) feet from property line
N. Decatur Road (east of Oxford Road, unless specified)	Twenty-five (25) feet from curb line **
1485 Oxford Road	Fifteen (15) feet from curb line *
Oxford Road (east side south of N. Decatur Road, unless specified)	Twenty-five (25) feet from front lot line **
Oxford Road (west side south of N. Decatur Road)	Twenty-five (25) feet from curb line ***
Oxford Road at North Decatur Road (east corner)	As shown on regulating plan
Oxford Road (all other areas)	Front lot line

 

* Curb lines shall be based on the locations established by the Emory Village streetscape and roundabout project.

** Curb lines shall be based on the location established by the Emory Village streetscape and roundabout project. Where on-street parallel parking is created, the required build-to-line shall be reduced by an amount equal to the depth of said space.

*** Curb line shall be based on the location established by the Emory Village streetscape and roundabout project. Where on-street parallel parking is created, the required build-to-line shall be measured from the curb line adjacent to said space. Furthermore, where the build-to-line falls within the public right-of-way, said build-to-line shall only be required after said right-of-way has been conveyed to the adjoining property owner. In the absence of such conveyance, the build-to-line shall be the front lot line.

B.

Side yard:

1.

Along side lot line adjoining an R-75 district: minimum seven (7) feet and subject to section 3.22.11.

2.

Along all other side lot lines: zero (0) feet or minimum separation between adjoining buildings of seven (7) feet.

C.

Rear yard: Zero (0) feet or minimum separation between buildings of seven (7) feet and subject to section 3.22.11.

D.

Notwithstanding subsections A., B. C. and D. above, (sic) new buildings shall not be located between an existing contributing historic structure currently or former single-family home and the street. Additionally, within a minimum distance of fifteen (15) feet from said structure (as measured from the exterior wall) no new structure shall have a front setback less than or equal to the setback of said historic structure.

( Ord. No. 15-06 , 8-25-2015)