[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.