The regulations set by this chapter within each
district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to
each class or land or structure or land and particularly, except as
hereinafter provided:
A. No building, structure or land shall hereafter be
used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall
hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally
altered, unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified
for the district in which it is located.
B. No building or other structure shall hereafter be
erected or altered to: exceed the height, accommodate or house a greater
number of families, occupy a greater percentage of lot area, have
narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards or other open
spaces than herein required or in any other manner contrary to the
provisions of this chapter.
C. No part of a required yard or other open space or
off-street parking or loading space for any building complying with
this chapter shall also be included as part of a required yard, open
space of off-street parking or loading space for any other adjacent
building.
D. No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of
this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum
requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective
date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements
established by this chapter.
E. All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the
City shall be placed in the R-1, Low-Density Residential District
until the Planning Commission has made a thorough study of the newly
annexed area, reported its recommendations to Council and Council
has adopted a final zoning district classification. This study and
report by the Planning Commission shall be made within three months
of the time of annexation.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. Boundaries indicated as appearing to follow the center
lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow
such center lines.
B. Boundaries indicated as appearing to follow platted
lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C. Boundaries indicated as appearing to follow municipal
limits shall be construed as following municipal limits.
D. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall
be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
E. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the
center lines of streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall be
construed to follow such center lines and in the event of change in
the location of streams, rivers and other bodies of water, shall be
construed as moving with the actual body of water and following the
center line.
F. Boundaries not specifically indicated on the Official
Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.