[CC 1987 §405.010; Ord. No. 475 §15, 9-13-1960]
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Title, they
shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of
the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, prosperity, and general
welfare. It is not the intention of this Title to interfere with or
abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between
parties; provided however, that where this Title or another ordinance
imposes a greater restriction upon the use of a building or premises
or upon the height of a building, or requires larger open spaces than
are imposed or required by other ordinances, rules, regulations, or
permits, or by easements, covenants or agreements, the provisions
of the more restrictive provision shall govern.
[CC 1987 §405.020; Ord. No. 475 §2, 9-13-1960]
In order to regulate and restrict the location of buildings
designated for specified use, to regulate and restrict the height,
number of stories, bulk, volume, and size of buildings and structures
hereafter erected or altered, to regulate and determine the area of
yards, courts and other open spaces surrounding buildings, the City
of Northwoods is hereby divided into four (4) districts designated
respectively as District "A", "B", "C", and "D". Each of said districts
shall constitute a use, height and area district separate in itself,
and all regulations are uniform within each district.
[CC 1987 §405.030; Ord. No. 475 §2, 9-13-1960]
The limits and boundaries of the said districts are shown upon
plat heretofore made by the City Plan Commission of the said City
and by them marked on the plat of the City of Northwoods and identified
by their signatures. The said districts are on said plat identified
by appropriate markings and legends, and the said plat filed herewith
and so identified and marked is hereby adopted and made a part of
this Title as amended.
[CC 1987 §405.040; Ord. No. 883 §1, 12-13-1977]
A.
No
buildings shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed or structurally
altered for use for any purpose other than that or those permitted
in the district wherein the building is located, nor shall any building
already erected hereafter be used for any other purpose than above
defined.
B.
No
building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to
exceed in height or bulk the limits by this Chapter established for
the particular district in which such building is located.
C.
Hereafter,
no building shall be erected upon any lot having less than thirty-five
(35) front feet of length, nor upon any lot smaller in area than three
thousand eight hundred fifty (3,850) square feet, except where such
lot has been platted and is of record, or by existing contract of
purchase prior to the passage of this ordinance.
D.
No
building shall be erected, reconstructed, structurally altered, or
moved unless it shall contain minimum outside dimensions of at least
twenty-four (24) feet by thirty-five (35) feet and contain an outside
area of at least eight hundred forty (840) square feet.
E.
No
new building or any building that has been moved, either within the
City or from outside of the City, shall be occupied or used for any
person until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by
the Building Commissioner of the City. Each certificate of occupancy
shall state that the new or moved structure conforms to all provisions
of all City ordinances governing the building or moving of such structure.
F.
No
house trailer, mobile home, recreational motor vehicle, trailer, or
other specially constructed motor vehicle designed or used for human
habitation shall be parked or permitted to be parked on any lot or
in any yard or on any commercial property within the City of Northwoods
unless same shall be parked within a garage and fully concealed thereby.
Under no conditions shall anyone live within or occupy any trailer,
mobile home or similar vehicle at any time within the City.
[CC 1987 §405.050; Ord. No. 768 §1, 9-25-1973]
For the purpose of this Title, certain terms and words are hereby
defined as follows:
Words used in this Title are to be taken in their common and
ordinary sense unless some other meaning be clearly placed upon them
by the language of the Title. Where the context requires, the singular
includes the plural and the plural the singular. The word "and" includes the word "or" where the
content may require.
A subordinate building situated upon the same lot with the
main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main
building or of the premises.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.
The vertical distance measured from the grade to the highest
point of the roof.
Any gainful occupation or employment which occupies time,
attention and/or labor.
A multiple dwelling is a building designated for or occupied
by two (2) or more families.
A detached building occupied exclusively by one (1) family.
An individual or married couple and the unmarried children
thereof,and no more than two (2) other persons related directly to
the individual or married couple by blood or marriage; provided however,
that the requirement of relationship by blood or marriage may be waived
by the Board of Aldermen if the occupant(s) is either aged, widowed,
ill, infirm, in poor health, or if an emergency or hardship exists
where the health, safety or well-being of the occupant(s) is in jeopardy;
and further provided that if either of the two (2) aforementioned
persons shall be a minor child under the age of eighteen (18) years
of age, then said minor child must be in the legal custody of the
property owner (or head of the household if rental property) by virtue
of an order of a Juvenile Court or Probate Court.
Any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or
physically handicapped persons reside, and may include two (2) additional
persons acting as house parents or guardians who need not be related
to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped
persons residing in the home. The exterior appearance of the home
and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood
standards. No group home shall be located within seven hundred fifty
(750) feet of another group home.
[Ord. 15-4 §1, 3-24-2015]
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory
buildings, including as a minimum such open space as required under
this Title. The lot lines are those bounding a lot.
The process of making anything of raw material or converting
raw material into a finished or partially finished product or the
assembling of prepared materials into finished articles, or the cleansing,
dyeing, laundering, painting, refurbishing, or making over of any
description of materials or articles or the making over of old materials
into a new form.
A garage having a capacity of not more than four (4) motor
vehicles.
A portion of a building between the surface of any floor
and the ceiling next above it.
Includes any change in the essential supporting features
of a building excepting such alterations as may be necessary for the
safety of the building.
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward. A "yard" may not be regarded as superimposed, in whole or in part, upon another
yard.
The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and
the building or any projection thereof other than steps, bays, unenclosed
balconies, and unenclosed porches.
Yard opposite the front yard and between the main building
and the rear lot line and extending from side lot line to side lot
line.
Yard between the main building and the side lot line and
extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line.
[CC 1987 §405.060; Ord. No. 475 §8, 9-13-1960]
Nothing contained in this Title shall be held or construed to
prohibit the use of any dwelling or part thereof by the owner and
occupant of such dwelling for the practice of his/her profession,
as attorney at law, physician, surgeon, dentist, artist, architect,
or engineer; provided however, that no name plate or sign used in
connection therewith shall exceed two (2) square feet in area.
