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SECTION 10.16 used for any purpose permitted in the district in which it is located although by such addition such lots or parcels do not reach the minimum area or frontage required in such district; provided, however, that subsequent to such addition, the side yard,' open space and percentage of 'occupancy provisions for lots of the resulting size shall .apply; and prodide.d further, that after buildings have been erected on such - lots or. parcels their area or width, shall not thereafter he reduced, except in .con- formit;y -to the provisions of this ordinance. (4) SETBACK (a) The setback of buildings for uses designated in Section 10.05 (1) (f), (g) and (h) shall be not less than fifty (50) feet; and for uses designated in Section 10.12 (1) (g) the minimum setback shall be seventy-five (75) feet. (b) In no district shall any part of the building project into any setback area ex- cept chimneys, steps, open porches not covered or enclosed and not more than two (2) feet above grade. (c) In districts in which service stations are permitted, pumps and pump islands may be located within the setback line,, but not closer to the lot line or highway right; of way line than twelve (12) feet. On corner lots no pump or pump island shall -be closer to either street or highway than twelve (12) feet. (d) In case of interior lots having frontage on two streets, no accessory building shall extend into the setback area of either street. (e) When the side line of an interior lot is formed wholly or in part by the rear line of an abutting corner lot and the street side yard for the main building is less than the setback for the main building facing such street, the setback for the build- ing on such interior lot may be modified so as to' be midway between the side yard for the' building on the corner lot and the setback for such street. (f) In platted subdivisions recorded before the adoption of this ordinance where a building line shall have been established by the construction of buildings on thirty (30) per cent of the lots in any one block, such established setback line shall be the setback for such. block, but in no event shall such setback be less than twenty (20) .feet. • (g) No existing building, erected prior to the adoption of this ordinance, which projects into the setback area, shall be moved,- structurally altered or added to so as to increase that part of the building projecting into the setback area. This pro- vision shall not 'be construed to prohibit additions or alterations which. conform to the setback requirements. (5) SIDE YARDS (a) Lots of non-conforming width: 1.. On lots fifty (50) feet or more in width but less than sixty (60) feet, the minimum- aggregate side yards shall be fifteen (15) feet and no single side yard shall be less than five (5) feet. 2. On lots less than fifty (50) feet in width the minimum side yard on each side shall be five (5) feet. (b) Corner Lots: 1. When the long side of a corner lot is formed by a Class A, B or C highway the side yard on such street shall conform to the setback requirements for such highway. 2. When the long side of a corner lot is formed by a Class D or E highway the side yard for such street shall be not less than one-fifth of the width of the lot, but . • in no event less than ten (10) feet. The ten (10) foot minimum shall apply only on lots fifty (50) feet or less in width. (c) Side Yards for Special Uses: 1. Side yards for uses designated in Section 10.05 (1) (f), (g) and (h) shall be - C -