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Page 20 of 51 <br />dwelling area" as used in this Article VII will mean the total enclosed area within a dwelling <br />subject to heating and cooling; provided, that the term specifically does not include garages, <br />terraces, open porches, decks, stoops, and like areas regardless of heating or cooling. <br /> Section 7.2.Setback Lines. Any and all dwellings and other permitted improvements <br />erected on a single-family residential Lot (including garages) will conform to and comply with <br />the minimum building setback requirements shown on the recorded subdivision plats of the <br />Property and as follows: <br />(a)Front Line and Rear Line. No dwelling, building, garage <br />or other improvements including terraces, decks, porches, patios, stoops, steps and roof <br />overhangs (the "Improvements") will be located on any Lot nearer to a front Lot line than 80 feet <br />or nearer to a rear Lot line than 40 feet. For those Lots located on a private right-of-way the front <br />setback will be measured from the right-of-way boundary. <br />(b)Corner Lot. A corner Lot will be considered to have two <br />(2) front lines and Improvements must not be located closer than 80 feet from both front lines. <br />(c)Side Line. No Improvement will be located nearer than 40 <br />feet to an interior Lot line. <br />(d)Waiver. The ARB will have the authority and discretion <br />without need of formal Board approval to waive the strict setback requirements stated herein for <br />any infraction provided: (i) the infraction does not violate the minimum setback requirements <br />promulgated by Orange County or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the <br />Property and (ii) the infraction constitutes a de minimis violation of the prescribed setback <br />requirements herein. De minimis will mean ten percent (10%) or less of the stated requirement. <br />69