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Hartsville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

- APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS

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


Sec. 1. - Use of land or buildings.

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

Right-of-way easements for streets and roads shall not be considered a part of a lot or open space or front, rear, or side yard for the purpose of meeting yard requirements.

Sec. 2. - Lot reduction prohibited.

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

Sec. 3. - Use of substandard lots of record.

Where the owner of a lot at the time of the adoption of this ordinance does not own sufficient land to enable him to conform to the frontage setback or area requirements of this ordinance, such lot may nonetheless be used as a building site. If two or more adjoining lots under one ownership, with insufficient frontage, setback, or area are intended for use as building lots, they shall be combined to create one lot which shall meet the ordinance requirements and shall be used as one building lot only.