[CC 1987 §420.010; Ord. No. 475 §9, 9-13-1960]
A. 
Any land or building already in use for any particular purpose at the time of passage of this ordinance may continue to be so used, notwithstanding that such use may not conform with the terms and provisions of this Chapter, provided that such use shall be otherwise in accordance with law; but if such use be discontinued, then it shall not be renewed except in conformance with the terms and provisions of this Title. The provisions of this Section shall apply to land or buildings which may be redistricted in accordance with future changes and amendments of this Title.
The Board of Aldermen will have the power and it shall be its duty:
1. 
To permit a temporary building in Districts "A" or "B" when such temporary building is incidental to the residential developments, such permit to be used for not more than one (1) year.
2. 
To permit the erection or extension or use of a building or the use of a premises in any location for a public service corporation for public utility purposes which is clearly necessary for the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare.
[CC 1987 §420.020; Ord. No. 475 §10, 9-13-1960]
A. 
In order to regulate and determine the height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, to regulate and determine the area of yards or other open spaces surrounding buildings, the following rules shall apply:
The height of buildings and the minimum dimensions of yards or courts shall be as follows:
1. 
Height. No building shall exceed forty-two (42) feet or three (3) stories, except as hereinafter provided in Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 420.030.
2. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a minimum depth of twenty-five (25) feet. In computing the depth of a rear yard, one-half (½) of an alley shall be assumed to be a part of the rear yard.
3. 
Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of a building having a width not less than eight percent (8%) of the frontage of the building lot on the street, and in no case less than three (3) feet.
4. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard depth of not less than twenty (20) feet, except where there is already existing by buildings erected and fronting on the same street a depth of fifteen (15) feet, which depth of fifteen (15) feet shall control.
[CC 1987 §420.030; Ord. No. 475 §11, 9-13-1960]
A. 
The foregoing requirements in the use, height and area districts shall be subject to the following exceptions and regulations:
1. 
Use. Where seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the property fronting on both sides of a street between two (2) intersecting streets has been built up with single-family dwellings, no other building shall be erected thereon unless it be a single-family dwelling.
2. 
Height. Public and commercial buildings, hospitals, sanitariums, schools, churches, or institutions of an educational nature may be erected to a height not exceeding eighty-five (85) feet when front and rear yards are increased in depth and side yards are increased in width one (1) foot for each foot of height that the building exceeds the height limit of the district.
3. 
One-family dwellings may be increased in height by not more than ten (10) feet when two (2) side yards of not less than ten (10) feet in width are provided. Such dwellings, however, shall not exceed three (3) stories in height.
4. 
The height of chimneys, towers, penthouse, scenery, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be regulated in accordance with the ordinances of the City of Northwoods.
5. 
Area. An accessory building shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the area of a required rear yard, nor shall it exceed fifteen (15) feet in height.
6. 
Every part of a required side yard shall be open and unobstructed to the sky, except for the ordinary projections of sills, belt courses and cornices; provided however, that none of the above shall project more than fourteen (14) inches.
7. 
Fire escapes, stairways, balconies, and marquee projections not more than five (5) feet into a yard and the ordinary projection of chimneys and pilasters may be permitted by the Building Commissioner where same are so placed as not to obstruct light and ventilation.
8. 
A front yard shall not be required where the entire frontage of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is wholly within District "D".
[CC 1987 §420.040; Ord. No. 475 §14, 9-13-1960]
All applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plat in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size of the buildings to be erected, and such other information as may be required by the Building Commissioner which is necessary to provide for the enforcement of this Title. No yard or other open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Title shall again be used as a yard or other open space for another building.
[CC 1987 §420.050; Ord. No. 86-23 §2, 6-24-1986]
The Board of Aldermen may from time to time, on its own motion or on petition, after public notice and hearings as provided by law, amend, supplement or change the boundaries or regulations herein or subsequently established. In case, however, of a protest against such changes duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of thirty percent (30%) or more, either of the areas of the land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in such proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and one hundred eighty-five (185) feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, such amendments shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the Board of Aldermen.