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(e) Minimum required, building setback tine. Every building in the ResidentialI R£60 ~nd the Residential R-60-A DiStricts shall be set back at least 50 feet from the center line of the street upon which the plot fronts and 40 feet from the center line of any adjoining side street, except that every ~building adjacent to a street which has a building setback line prescribed in the City Code shall be set back in accordance therewith. (f) Minimum side yards. The minimum required side yard on every plot occupied by a one or two story structure, other than a row house, shall be ten ~ercent of the plot width but not less than five feet, except that any side yard abutting a street shall be at least 15 feet. The end dwelling in a row house structure shall have a side yard of at least five feet ex- cept that any side yard abutting a street shall be at least 15 feet and there shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet between the end dwellings of separate row house structures. (g) Minimum side yards for multi-story buildinqs. The minimum required side yards for every plot occupied by a structure of more than two stories other than a row house shall be deter- mined as in subsection (f) immediately above, except that four additional feet shall be added to each of the side yards so deter- mined for each full story of building height in excess of two stories. (h) Minimum required rear yard is 25 feet except that corner lots may have a rear yard of not less than 15 feet pro- vided that one side yard has a width of at least 25 feet. (i) Maximum permissible plot coverage other than for row houses. The total ground area covered by the principal build- ing and all accessory buildings or structure shall not exceed 35 percent of the total plot area. (j) Location of accessory buildings. No accessory building shall be erected in any required front or side yard, or within fifteen feet of any street line, or within five feet of any plot line not a street line. (k) Off-street automobile parking. Space for this function shall be provided as specified in Section 3-16. (1) Corner visibility. On a corner plot, within the area formed by the center lines of the intersecting streets and a line joining points on such center lines at a distance of 80 feet from their intersection, there shall be no obstruction to vision between a height of three feet and a height of ten .feet above the average grade of each street at the center line thereof; pro- vided, however, this section shall not apply to United States mail boxes, police and fire alarm boxes, public utility poles, street name markers, official traffic signs and control devices, fire hydrants and tree trunks with circumference not greater than five feet.