Following the effective date of this chapter:
A. No building shall be erected, moved, altered, rebuilt
or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be used, designed or arranged
to be used for any purpose or in any manner except in conformity with
all regulations, requirements and restrictions specified in this chapter
for the district in which such building or land is located.
B. No yard or open space required in connection with
any building or use shall be considered as providing a required open
space for any other building on the same or any other lot.
C. No lot shall be formed from part of a lot already
occupied by a building unless such building, all yards and open spaces
connected therewith and the remaining lot comply with all requirements
prescribed by this chapter from the district in which said lot is
located. No permit shall be issued for the erection of a building
on any new lot thus created unless such building and lot comply with
all the provisions of this chapter.
D. Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any
change in the plans, construction or designated use of a building
complying with the Zoning Ordinance in force prior to this chapter
if all of the following are found to exist:
(1) A building permit shall have been duly issued and
construction shall have been started before the date of first publication
of notice of the public hearing on this chapter;
(2) The ground story framework, including the second tier
of beams, shall have been completed within six months of the date
of the building permit; and
(3) The entire building shall have been completed in accordance
with such plans as have been filed with the Building Inspector within
one year from the effective date of this chapter.