19.42.140 Permitted projections into required setbacks.
The following structures may extend into or be located in required setbacks:
A. Fireplace structures, bay or garden windows, or similar structures may project 30 inches into a street or rear setback, provided such projections are:
1. Limited to two per building elevation.
2. Not wider than 10 feet.
3. Do not extend the floor area or foundation into the setback.
B. Eaves, cornices, awnings, and window shades may not project more than:
1. Three feet into a street or rear setback.
2. Two feet into the interior side setback.
C. Covered porches and entries may project up to six feet into the street setback.
D. Uncovered porches and decks may project up to six feet into the street or rear setbacks.
E. The following features are permitted within the required street setback:
1. Mailboxes, newspaper boxes, and free neighborhood book exchange boxes.
2. Fire hydrants and associated appendages.
3. Bus shelters.
4. Freestanding signs complying with AMC Chapter 19.67, Signs.
F. The following features are permitted within any required setback:
1. Utility poles and lines.
2. Underground utilities and sprinkler systems.
3. Light and flagpoles.
4. Trellises and open, unroofed gazebos not exceeding eight feet in height.
5. Electrical equipment cabinets and similar utility boxes and vaults.
6. Stormwater facilities and elements of stormwater best management practices, unless a minimum setback is otherwise specified in this title or in the adopted stormwater management manual.
7. Fences complying with AMC Chapter 19.66, Fences, Walls, and Hedges.
8. Uncovered porches and decks not exceeding 18 inches average height above the finished grade.
9. Rockeries and retaining walls in conformance with the standards in AMC 19.66.080.
10. Enclosures for solid waste collection and storage when in compliance with the standards of AMC 19.62.070(B) and (C).
11. Ramps added to an existing building for the specific purpose of accessibility for persons with disabilities when no other reasonable location is available.
G. No projections are allowed into a regional utility corridor, access easement, or utility easement. (Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)