[Code 1974, § 82-1.5]
Except as hereinafter provided:
(1) 
No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved, or altered, unless in conformity with the regulations specified for the district in which it is located.
(2) 
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered:
a. 
To exceed the height;
b. 
To accommodate or house a greater number of families;
c. 
To occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
d. 
To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, inner or outer courts; and
e. 
To have less dwelling space per dwelling unit area than is specified for the district in which such building is located.
(3) 
No part of a yard or other open space required about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.
[Code 1974, § 82-1.6]
The following uses are not permitted in any district, subject to the conditions imposed herein:
(1) 
The wrecking, storage, or dismantling of automobiles or the maintenance and/or operation of junk yards is prohibited, except as provided in Article VI of this chapter.
(2) 
No conditions shall be allowed to exist which will constitute a hazard to health, safety, or welfare, are unsightly, or in any way create a nuisance or damage adjoining property.
[Code 1974, § 82-1.7]
Except as provided for elsewhere in these provisions, the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments or commissions of underground, surface, or overhead gas, steam, electrical, fuel, or water systems for the purposes of transmission, distribution, collection, communication, supply, or disposal, including poles, high voltage transmission lines, and towers in connection with such lines, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, meters, distributions transformers, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, structures less than 50 square feet in area, and other similar equipment, accessories, and appurtenances shall be permitted in all districts and are excluded from all provisions of this chapter. This exemption shall not apply to utility installations in natural vegetation strips as set forth in § 86-471, to structures greater than 50 square feet in area that are regulated under § 86-654(f)(4), or to wireless communications facilities subject to the requirements of § 86-438.