§ A. Special requirements which prevail in absence of stricter requirements.

(a)

Lot Line shall be defined as any line adjacent to property, right of way, or servitude lines.

(b)

All buildings shall be provided with a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet unless forty (40) per cent or more of the frontage on the same side of the street between two (2) intersecting streets or within five hundred (500) feet of the building site where intersecting streets are more than one thousand (1,000) feet apart is improved with buildings that have observed a front yard having a variation in depth of not more than six (6) feet, in which case no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established; provided, further, that in no case shall the front yard between street line and building line be less than ten (10) feet and need not exceed twenty (20) feet.

(c)

No building shall be built nearer than seven (7) feet to a side street line.

(d)

All buildings shall be provided with yards adjacent to interior lot lines not less than three (3) feet wide, which shall remain unobstructed for their full height, except that cornices and eaves (including gutters) projecting not more than twelve (12) inches from a wall and ordinary window sills or belt courses, projecting not more than four (4) inches from a wall, and drop awnings shall not be deemed obstructions.

(e)

Two (2) or more buildings built on the same site shall be separated by a minimum distance of six (6) feet, four (4) feet of which shall remain unobstructed from the ground to the sky.]

Editor's note

The above provisions have been designated as Section A by the editor. They are derived from Ordinance Number 38, adopted on March 12, 1964, which amended Ordinance Number 15, the Building Code of the Parish of Plaquemines, to create sections 12A, 13, 14, 15 and 16 (each constituting a separate subsection in this section). It is the position of the council that the above provisions are not superseded entirely by the zoning ordinance, but rather that they apply in the absence of stricter provisions. Upon direction of the council, such sections 12A, 13, 14, 15 and 16 have been saved from repeal and printed in the zoning ordinance for the convenience of the user of the zoning ordinance. They do not constitute a part of the basic zoning ordinance.