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

(A)

The provisions of the Ordinance are applicable in the incorporated areas of Dobson, or in the established extraterritorial jurisdictions of the Town of Dobson.

(B)

In the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), the Town of Dobson must exempt farm use on a bona fide farm in the same way County zoning would exempt farm use in accordance with G.S. 160D-903(c). Property that ceases to be used for bona fide farm purposes shall become subject to Town of Dobson zoning in the ETJ. Floodplain regulations still are applicable when in bona fide farm use.

No building shall be erected on a lot which does not abut a street or private street, or have access to a street or private street, provided that in a business district or in a planned project in a residential district, a building may be erected adjoining a parking area or other dedicated open space which has access to a street used in common with other lots.

The minimum yards or other open spaces required by this Ordinance for each and every building shall not be encroached upon or considered as meeting the yard and open space requirements of any other building.

Every building hereafter erected, moved or structurally altered shall be located on a lot and in no case shall there be more than one (1) principal building and its customary accessory buildings on the lot, except in the case of a specially designed complex of institutional, residential, commercial, or industrial buildings in an appropriate zoning district.

No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Ordinance shall be reduced in size or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein, except for street widening. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Ordinance.

No modular home shall be used in any manner for business or commercial purposes except when used for a sales office on a mobile home sales lot, or for temporary use approved by the Zoning Administrator.

Any planned development approved by the Town in any district may make use of the Zero Lot Line Concept: that is, no minimum lot size or yard requirements apply for individual units within the development, provided that the total area of the planned development meets the minimum lot size in its district, that the planned development remains under single control through a property owner's association or similar means, and that minimum yards and buffers, as required in its district, are preserved around the entire perimeter of the planned development. Such a planned development is a subdivision and must be approved as such through the Town's adopted requirements for subdivisions, as well as meeting the requirements of this article.

Recreational vehicles are prohibited to be used as a dwelling on any lot, lot of record, or zoning lot. Recreational vehicles are only allowed as a temporary use within permitted or grandfathered recreational vehicle parks, recreation clubs, or campgrounds.

The storage of an abandoned, inoperative, and junked motor vehicle is specifically prohibited in all residential districts. This section does not apply to any motor vehicle in an enclosed building which building conforms to applicable building code and zoning regulations or which building lawfully exists as a non-conforming use under applicable building code and zoning regulations.