The regulations set by this article within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided:

(1) 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 except in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located; provided, however, that outside of the corporate limits of the City and outside of the Commission floodway, the use of land for farming or agricultural purposes, except feed lots, is specifically exempt from the provisions of this article.

(2) No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:

(a) To exceed the height or bulk;

(b) To accommodate or house a greater number of families;

(c) To occupy a greater percentage of lot area;

(d) To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces than herein required; or

(e) In any other manner be contrary to the provisions of this article.

(3) 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 article shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.

(4) No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this article shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this article shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this article.

(5) Districts or parts of districts which are also included within the boundary of a selected floodway district or a floodway district shall comply with all use regulations of the selected floodway district or floodway district, whichever may apply, and with the use regulations of the primary district to which it is attached, except in the case of conflicting regulations, in which case the more restrictive of the regulations shall apply.

Source: Ord. 1400 (1998); Ord. 1926 (2015)