Yards

Tenement houses hereafter erected.

Par. 1. - The requirements for yards hereinafter provided shall be deemed sufficient for all tenement houses.

Width Of Yard

Par. 2. - Except in those cases hereinafter provided for, there shall be, behind every tenement house hereafter erected, a yard extending across the entire width of the lot, and at every point open from the ground to the sky unobstructed, except by fire escapes or unenclosed outside stairs.

Depth Op Yard

Par. 3. - The depth of said yard shall be measured from the extreme rear wall of the house to the rear line of the lot, and at right angles to said line, except that where there is an alley or open passageway in the rear of the lot the depth of the yard may be measured to the middle of said alley or open passageway. On an irregular lot of several depths, where there is more than one rear line to the lot, such yard may extend across the entire width of the lot in sections, provided that each section of the yard is in every part and at every point of the minimum depth hereinafter prescribed. Where the side lines of a lot converge toward the rear, the depth of the yard shall be such as to give it an area equal to the greatest width of the yard multiplied by the depth hereinafter prescribed.

Corner Lots

Par. 4. - Except on a corner lot, the depth of the yard behind every tenement house hereafter erected fifty feet in height or less shall be not less than twelve feet in every part. All yards without exception shall be increased in depth at least one foot for every additional ten feet of height of the building, or fraction thereof, above fifty feet.

Par. 5. - Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, the depth of the yard behind every tenement house hereafter erected upon a corner lot shall not be less than six feet in every part. But where such corner lot is more than twenty-five feet in width, the depth of the yard for that portion in excess of twenty-five feet shall be not less than twelve feet in every part, and shall increase in depth as above provided.

Through Lots

Par. 6. - Whenever a tenement house is hereafter erected upon a lot which runs through from street to street, or from a street to an alley or open passageway, and said lot is one hundred and fifty feet or more in depth, said yard space shall be left midway between the two streets, and shall extend across the entire width of the lot, and shall be not less than twenty-four feet in depth from wall to wall, and shall be increased in depth at least two feet for every additional ten feet in height of the building, or fraction thereof, above fifty feet.

Yards Not Fronting On Street, Etc

Par. 7. - When a tenement house hereafter erected does not front upon a street, a public alley, or a passage-way, not less than fifteen feet wide, the requirements in this section as to yards shall apply to the front of such tenement house as well as to the rear. Neither the yard behind one tenement house nor any part thereof shall be deemed to satisfy in whole or in part the requirement of a yard in front of another tenement house.