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Aragon City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

- APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS

Except as hereinafter provided:


Sec. 5.1. - Use.

No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.

Sec. 5.2. - Height and density.

No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:

5.2.1

To exceed the height limits;

5.2.2

To accommodate or house a greater number of families or occupy a smaller lot area per family; or

5.2.3

To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces than are herein required or specified; or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of the ordinance [appendix].

Sec. 5.3. - Yard service to one building.

No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about, or in connection with, any building for the purpose of complying with this ordinance [appendix] shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.

Sec. 5.4. - Only one principal building.

Every building or structure hereafter erected shall be located on a lot or tract as defined herein; and there shall not be more than one principal building on one lot, plus its accessory buildings, except as provided in article IX of this ordinance [appendix].

Sec. 5.5. - Reduction of lot area.

No lot, even though it may consist of one or more adjacent lots of record, shall be reduced in size so that the lot width or depth, front, side or rear yard, lot area per family, or other requirements of this ordinance [appendix] are not maintained. This section shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for public purposes.

Sec. 5.6. - Street frontage.

No principal building shall be erected on any lot which does not have immediate frontage on at least one street for a distance of not less than 25 feet.

Sec. 5.7. - Corner and double frontage lots.

On lots having frontage on more than one street in residential districts, the minimum front yard shall be provided for each street in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance [appendix].

Sec. 5.8. - Inspection of required buffers.

In the event a screen, wall, fence, planted dividing strip, or any other type of buffer is required by this ordinance [appendix] for any use, such screen, wall, etc., will be subjected to periodic inspections by the building inspector to determine that such required walls, fences, etc., are being properly maintained. Failure to maintain such required walls, fences, etc., to an acceptable standard may be deemed a violation of this ordinance [appendix].