Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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FIGURE 7-F: LOT LINES

Setback. The required minimum distance a Setback, corner side. A setback along the corner
structure shall be located from a lot line, which is side lot line, extending from the front setback to the
open, unoccupied and unobstructed except as rear lot line, the depth of which shall be measured
otherwise permitted in this code of ordinances. A perpendicular to the corner side lot line.
setback is located along the applicable lot line for
the minimum depth specified by the zone in which Setback, front. A setback along the front lot line,
such lot is located, and may be equal to or lesser extending between side lot lines, the depth of which
than a yard. shall be measured perpendicular to the front lot
line. For flag lots, the front setback is measured
from the rear lot line of the lot that separates the
flag portion of the lot from the street. For through
lots, the front setback shall be applied on both
street frontages unless the lot is in a residential
district, in which case one frontage shall meet the
front setback requirement and the other shall meet
the rear setback requirement. In the case of lots
without frontage on a street, the property line that
parallels the nearest developed street shall be
FIGURE 7-G: SETBACKS considered the front. Where front yard averaging is
required to determine the front setback, the
average is based upon the two adjacent lots on

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