Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-11-04

located on the roof of building.
3. Bulkheads, elevator enclosures, towers,
monitors, pent houses, skylights or water
tanks occupying in the aggregate less than
twenty-five per cent of the area of the ro.<
on which they are located.
4. Parapet walls cornices extending
above the height limit not more than five
feet.
S. Monuments towers, spires church roofs
domes cupolas. belfries for ornamental
purposes and not used for human occupancy.
8. Churches, temples, converts, schools
clubs. dormitories, colleges libraries, public
museums, hospitals sanitaria, telephone eX-
changes; provided. however, that such build
ings or portions thereof exceeding the height
limit of the district be set back from the
lot lines a distance equal to pne-Eah the
height of such building portion thereof.
z. Structures erected or for which founda-
tions have beeTi built prior to the passage of
this ordinance, and where such foundations
were designed to carry additional stories but
not to exceed the height originally intended
in the design.
Section 4. open Spaces Required
Required Courts and Yards
Every room in which one or more persons
live, sleep, work congregate, except
storage rooms or other rooms where the
nature of the occupancy does not require
direct light and air from the outside, snail
have a window area equal to tenth of
the floor area Of the room. Such required
windows shall open directly either upon
street. alley, rear yard, side yard, or court
located on the same lot with the building
and conforming to the requirements pre-
scribed by this ordinance as to it's minimum
area and least dimensions.
Yards and Court, When Not Required
The provisions of this ordinance shall not
be deemed to apply to courts or shafts for
bathrooms, toilet compartments Railways or
stairways nor shall they apply to yards and
courts which may be provided in addition to
those required by this ordinance.
No Reduction of Yards Courts Allowed
No lot area shall at any time be so reduced
or diminished that the yards, courts or open
spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by
this ordinance.
Rear Yard, When Required
There shall be a rear yard every lot,
portion thereof, the rear line of which is
more than fifty feet back from the front
street line.
Rear yard When Not Required
A corner lot an interior lot running
through the block from street to street or to
within fifty feet of another street shall not
be required to provide rear yard. In a
light manufacturing district when used for
other than residence purposes rear yard
is not required
Rear Yard. Computation of Depth
In computing the depth of rear yard
abutting on a street alley the measure
ment may include one-half the width of such
street or alley, but in no case exceeding
ten feet.
on a lot less than 100 feet deep the depth
OF rear yard for building two stories or
less in height may be reduced one per cent
for each foot such lot is less than 100 feet
in depth, provided such reduction shall in
no case exceed one-half the required depth.
For each additional story in height the depth
of such yard shall be increased as herein
after prescribed.
Accessory Buildings
Accessory buildings may occupy not more
than ten per cent Of the area OF the lot IN
addition to other building area limitations
up to a height of fifteen feet measured from
the ground floor of such buildings to the
roof plate thereof.
Chimneys or flues may be erected within a
rear yard provided they do not exceed five
square feet in area in the aggregate and do
not District ventilation.
Fire Escapes
open or lattice enclosed iron fire escapes
may project not more than eight feet and
balconies to fire towers may project not
more than four feet into a rear yard.
A corner of a yard or court may be cut
off between walls of the same building, pro-
vided that the length of the wall of such
cutoff does not exceed tive feet
Extension to Yards or Courts
windows opening on portion of a yard
or court which is extension to a yard or
court conforming 70 the minimum require
ments of a yard or court shall be deemed to
comply with the provisions of this ordinance.
Such extension which windows open shall
not be deeper in any part than it is wide
on the open side nor shall such open side
be less than six feet wide. The area con-
tanned in an extension TO a yard or court
shall in no case be included IN computing
the required area of yard or court.
Projections Allowed
The area required in n yard court at
any given level shall be open from such
level to the sky unobstructed, except for
the ordinary projections of skylights and
parapets above the bottom of such court or
yard, and except for the ordinary projec-
tions of window sills belt courses, cutters,
cornices and other ornamental features to
the extent of not more than six inches,
provided that wider corlices on the street
front may turn the corner and project their
fun width into side yard or outer court
within five feet of the street wall of the
building.
Bay Windows and Oriels-
In a side yard not less than six feet wide
an oriel or bay window not more than fifteen
feet wide and without gable may be con,
structed to extend not nearer than four and
one-half feet from the side lot line.
ARTICLE III.
Building Zones.
Section s. For the purpose of regulating
and restricting the location of trades and
industries and the location of buildings de-
signed for specified purposes, regulating the
height and bulk of buildings and regulating
and determining the area of courts, yards
and other open spaces for buildings here
after erected, the City of Wauwatosa is here
by divided into three classes of districts:
Residence districts; business districts; and
light manufacturing distriets as shown on
the zone map which accompanies this ordi-
nance and is hereby declared part hereof.
The districts designated on said map are
hereby established. The district designa-
declared to be part thereof No building,
STRUCTURE or premises shall be erected or used
for any purpose other than purpose per-
mitted in the district in which such building,
structure or premises is located. No build
ing or part OF a building shall be erected ex-
cept in conformity with the regulations here
in prescribed for the district In which such
building is located.
Section 6. Regulations for Residence Dis
triCts
Uses Permitted
In residence district no building, struc-
ture or premises shall be used and no build
ing or structure shall be erected which is
arranged, Intended or designed to be used
except for one or more of the following
specified uses:
i. Single family dwellings or two family
dwellings
:. Lodging or boarding houses, dormitories
or converts
5. Hotels
4. Clubs, excepting clubs the chief activ-
ity of which is a service Customarily carried
CA as a business
8, churches.
f. schools. colleges. libraries or public
museums
Z. Phhanthropic and eleemosynary uses OF
inst utious other than correctional institu-
lions.
$. Hospitals or sanitaria.
q. Railroad passenger stations and rights
of way