Except as hereinafter provided, no building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved, or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.

For all future building or rebuilding on land which is located below the level of the one hundred (100) year flood, which will be designated as a special flood hazard area, the requirements of Section VII, paragraph 7.7, subparagraph F shall prevail.

Except as hereinafter provided, no building shall hereafter be erected or altered:

A.

To accommodate or house a greater number of families;

B.

To exceed the height or bulk;

C.

To occupy a greater percentage of lot area; or

D.

To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, inner or outer courts, or other open spaces;

than is specified herein for the district in which such building is located.

No part of a yard or other open space required about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.

Every building or structure hereafter erected shall be located on a lot of record and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one (1) lot unless otherwise provided for in this ordinance. (See Section VII, Exceptions and Modifications, subsection 7.3, paragraph B, for more than one (1) main building.)

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the governing body of the City of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall automatically extend to the center of same and all area included therein shall then become subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts.

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city council of the City of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, that the several provisions of this ordinance are separable, in accordance with the following:

A.

If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision of this ordinance or amendment thereto to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect any other provisions of this ordinance or amendments thereto not specifically included in such judgement.

B.

If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge invalid the application of the provisions of this ordinance to a particular property, building, or other structure, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provisions to any other property, building or structure not specifically included in such a judgment.

The schedule of regulations and the notes appended thereto, included herewith as Plate 2, applying to the uses of land and buildings, the height, the coverage of lots, the yards and other open spaces to be provided contiguous to or in connection with buildings, the area of lots, off-street parking space, and all other matters contained therein, as indicated for the various districts established by this ordinance, are hereby adopted and declared to be a part of this ordinance and may be amended in the same manner as any other part of this ordinance. The regulations listed for each district as designated reading from left to right across the schedule, and in all notes appended thereto, are hereby adopted and prescribed for such district, subject to the provisions of Sections IV and VI of this ordinance and, unless otherwise indicated, shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements in every instance of their application.