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! ! 4. No accessory building shall be located nearer the front lot line than the principal building on that lot (this provision shall not apply to attached garages). 5. An accessory building shall be attached to and shall be made structurally a part of the principal building if it is within five (5) feet eave-to-eave of the principal building. ((~) The following shall not be considered as encroachments on setbacks and height requirements: ]. In any yards: Off-street open parking spaces, terraces, awnings, canopies, steps, chimneys, flag poles. 2. Fences, walls and hedges: Notwithstanding any or:her pro- visions of this code, fences, walls and hedges are permitted in or along the edge of any residential yard, provided that no fence, wall or hedge except a retaining wall in the required front yard setback of any interior lot shall be over forty-two (42) inches in height. On a corner lot, nothing sba].] be placed or allowed to grow in such a manner as to impede vision between heights of three (3) and ten (10) feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets. The latter ]imitation shall apply to that triangular area within sixty-five (65) feet of the center of the intersection. 3. In rear yards: Recreational and laundry drying equipment, arbors and trellises, balconies, breezeways, open porches, detached outdoor living rooms and private garages, providing a setback of five (5) feet or the depth of any existing easements, whichever is greater, is maintained. 4. Height limitations shall not apply to radio and TV trans- mission towers, barns, silos, and other structures on farms, to church spires, be]fries, cupolas and domes, monuments, water towers, fire and hose towers, observation towers, chimneys and smokestacks, flag poles, telephone po]es, television antennae, and parapet walls extending not more than four (4) feet above the limiting height of the building. No lot, yard or parking area shall be so reduced in area or dimension as to make any such area or dimension less than the minimum required by thJs chapter, and if already less than the minimum required, it sha].l not be further reduced. The performance standards established in this section are designed to encourage a high standard of residential and business development by providing assurance that neighboring land uses will be compatible. The performance standards are also designed to prevent and eliminate those conditions that cause blight. All future development in the "U" Districts shall be required to meet these standards. The standards shall also apply to existing development where so stated. The zoning