Anderson City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
- APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS
The regulations set forth by this ordinance within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of land use. Additionally, the following general standards for the enforcement of regulations shall apply, except where provisions for relief are set forth elsewhere in this ordinance.
Sec. 4.1. - Use of land or structures.
4.1.1.
No land or structure shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no structure or parts thereof, be constructed, erected, altered or moved, unless in conformity with all the regulations herein specified for the zoning district in which the structure or land is located.
4.1.2.
No structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:
a)
With greater height, size, bulk, or other dimensions;
b)
To accommodate or house a greater number of families;
c)
To occupy a greater percentage of lot area; [or]
d)
To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces;
than is herein allowed; or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this ordinance.
4.1.3.
No part of a yard, open space, off-street parking or loading [space] required in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this ordinance, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
Sec. 4.2. - Reduction of lot size.
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by the ordinance.
Sec. 4.3. - Use of substandard lots of record.
Recorded lots which at the time of the adoption of this ordinance do not conform to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance, may nonetheless be utilized as building sites, and the zoning administrator is authorized to issue a certificate of zoning compliance for the use of the property. The zoning administrator shall establish setbacks to conform as closely as possible to the dimensional requirements of the zoning district in which the nonconforming lot is located, but not so as to prohibit a reasonable use of the parcel. If any two or more adjoining lots under the same ownership do not conform to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance, then the lots must be combined to meet more closely, if not completely, the dimensional requirements of this ordinance prior to the issuance of a certificate of zoning compliance.