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208 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2111 PAGE THIRTY-SIX (b) The following exceptions to yard requirements shall be applied with respect to all buildings, structures, and uses permitted in the Al, RE, Rl, R2, R3, and P districts only: (1) Where a lot fronts on a cul-de-sac, the required front yard may be reduced to not less than t~ (10) feet. (2) Where forty per cent (40 percent) or more of the lots along any block, excluding reverse corner lots and key lots, are developed with buildings, the required front yard for any new building or alteration to an existing building shall be not less than the arithmetical average of the front yards of said buildings existing on forty per cent (40 percent) or more of the lots along said block. In computing said average front yard, main buildings situated entirely on the rear one-half (1/2) of any lot along said block shall not be included. Notwithstanding this subsection, no front yard shall be less than eight (8) feet from a front property line or future right-of-way line, whichever results in the larger minimum front yard. (c) In any commercial district, the front and side yards required for dwellings, apartments, hotels and boardinghouses may be waived when such uses are erected above the ground floor of a building when said ground floor has no required front and side yard. (d) In computing the depth of a rear yard where such yard opens upon an alley, one-half (1/2) of the width of such alley may be considered a portion of the rear yard; when such rear yard opens upon a street, public park, creek or riverfront under public ownership, ten (10) feet of such public space may be considered a portion of the rear yard. SECTION 52: That section 41-605 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-605. Same--patios and architectural features. (a) Cornices, eaves, chimneys, and similar architectural features may extend into the required yards of the Al, RE, and Rl districts as follows: A distance not to exceed forty-eight (48) inches into any required front, rear, and/or side yard of the street side of a corner lot; and a distance not to exceed eighteen (18) inches into any other required side yard. The aforesaid architectural features may extend intb the required yards of the R2 and R3 districts as follows: A distance not to exceed forty-eight (48) inches into any required front, rear, and/or side yard of the street side of a corner lot; and a distance not to exceed six (6) inches into any other required side yard. 36 I' II 1 . 'f !~f; ;~;,;!)f:" ,~<~" ',r' ./. '"