[Amended 10-1-1996 by Ord. No. 5844-96]
No building erected or hereafter erected shall
be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building
be used, designed or arranged to be used for any purpose other than
a purpose which is included among the uses permitted in the district
in which such building or land is located, nor conducted in any manner
contrary to any of the requirements specified in said district.
No building shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed
or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit designated for
the district in which such building is located.
No building shall hereafter be erected, nor
shall any existing building be structurally altered, enlarged, rebuilt
or moved, nor shall any open space contiguous to any building be encroached
upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity with the yard,
lot width and area, building location, percentage of lot covered by
building area, minimum habitable floor area, off-street parking space,
off-street loading space and other applicable space and area regulations
designed for the district in which such building or space is located,
subject to such modifications thereof and such general provisions
as are set forth in said district.
Off-street parking space and off-street loading
space shall be provided as specified and shall be provided with necessary
passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto and giving access thereto.
All such parking space and loading space, together with such passageways
and driveways, shall be deemed to be required space on the lot on
which the same is situated and shall not thereafter be encroached
upon or reduced in any manner except as otherwise provided.
No yard or other open space provided contiguous
to any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of
this chapter shall be considered as providing a yard or open space
for any other building, and no yard or other open space on one lot
shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building
on any other lot.
Where a lot is formed from part of a lot already
occupied by a building, such separation shall be effected in such
manner as not to impair any of the requirements of this chapter with
respect to the existing buildings and all yards and other open spaces
in connection therewith, except as may be otherwise required or provided
by law, and no permit shall be issued for the erection of a building
on the new lot thus created unless it complies with all of the provisions
of this chapter.
In the case of any lot or plot substandard in
area or width by the terms of this chapter, the rights acquired or
existing therein for the use of said lot or plot as a building parcel
shall terminate and become nonexistent and void should said substandard
plot merge in fee with any adjoining land or property. Such merger
shall be deemed to occur when the same person or persons acquire,
obtain or have fee ownership in both parcels, whether by purchase,
sale, devise, gift or otherwise.
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require
any change in the plans, construction or designated use of any building,
the actual construction of which was lawfully commenced prior to the
time this chapter or any amendment thereof affecting the same takes
effect and on which building actual construction is complete within
one year after such time.
For single- and two-family detached dwellings,
there shall be only one principal structure per lot. For commercial
and industrial uses, there shall be only one principal use per lot,
although more than one structure shall be permitted; if there are
several lessees or owners occupying separate principal structures,
a subdivision shall be required so that there will be only one principal
structure per lot.
