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

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 5.1)

No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, or altered to:

(1)

Exceed the height limits;

(2)

House a greater number of families or occupy a smaller lot area per family; or

(3)

Have narrower or smaller front or side yards than as herein required.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 5.2)

No lot, even though it may consist of one or more adjacent lots in the same ownership at the same time of passage of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, shall be reduced in size so that lot width or size of yards or lot area per family or any other requirement of this chapter is not maintained. This section shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for a public use.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 5.3)

No part of a yard or other open space or the off-street parking or loading space required adjacent to any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be included as a part of the yard or off-street parking or loading space required for another building.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 5.4)

Within any district, more than one building (housing a permitted use together with accessory buildings) may be constructed upon any tract of land provided that yard and other requirements are complied with for each structure as though each structure were on an individual lot.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 5.5)

No building shall be erected on a lot which does not abut for at least 25 feet on a public street or at least 25 feet on a designated private street. For the purposes of this chapter:

(1)

A public street shall be a street whose right-of-way has been dedicated to and accepted by:

a.

The city;

b.

The state acting by and through the state department of transportation, and such department's precursor agencies or departments; and

c.

The United States of America, acting by and through its authorized departments and agencies.

(2)

A designated private street shall be those streets, roads or drives, within the city, which are shown on the map attached to the ordinance from which this chapter is derived as exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference, which streets roads or drives are not now a public street as defined in subsection (1) of this section.

(Comp. Ords. 1970, app. II, § 5.6; Ord. of 9-29-2003, § B)