Guidelines - City of Oklahoma City

Preservation Standards AND Guidelines August 1, 2012
floors in a multi-story building, and may include decorative bands or patterns.
VERNACULAR means a building built without being designed by an architect or someone with similar
formal training; often based on traditional or regional forms; not high style.
VISIBILITY FROM A PUBLIC WAY means able to be seen from any public right-of-way, or other
place, whether privately or publicly owned, upon which the public is regularly allowed or invited to
be.
WALL means a structure or hedgerow that provides a physical barrier, typically constructed of a solid
material such as stone or rock.
YARD: means an open space at grade, other than a court or plaza, between a structure and the adjacent
lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except
where otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining
the depth of the front yard, rear yard or side yard, the minimum horizontal depth between
the lot line and a building or structure shall be used.
YARD, CORNER SIDE: means a side yard on a corner lot which abuts a street.
YARD, FRONT:
A. An open area facing and abutting a street and extending across the front of the lot between
the side lot lines and having a minimum horizontal depth measured from the street equal
to the depth of the minimum front yard specified for the district in which the lot is located.
The required front yard line represents the line in front of which no building or structure
may be erected, other than steps, unenclosed porches, canopies, marquees and carports as
may be permitted in this chapter.
B. In commercial or industrial uses, the front yard shall always be adjacent to an expressway
or arterial if the lot abuts such a facility.
YARD, REAR: An open area that extends across the rear of the lot between side lot lines and which
has a minimum depth measured from the rear lot line as specified for the zoning district in which the
lot is located. Steps, unenclosed porches and unenclosed balconies may extend into the rear yard as
may be permitted in this chapter. On both corner lots and interior lots, the rear yard shall, in all cases,
be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.
YARD, SIDE: An open area which extends between the required front yard and the required rear
yard, and has a minimum width measured from the side lot line as specified for the zoning district in
which the lot is located. Steps may extend into a side yard as may be permitted in this chapter.
ZONING DISTRICTS: A section of the City designated in the text of this chapter and delineated on
the Official Zoning Districts Map, for which land use requirements, and building and development
standards are prescribed.
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