No building or structure shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which the building or land is located.

('71 Code, § 11-4-1) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60) Penalty, see § 155.999

   No application for a building permit or other permit or license, or for a certificate of occupancy, shall be approved by the administrative officer of this chapter, and no permit or license shall be issued by any other city departments which would authorize the use or change in use of any land or building contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the erection, moving, alteration, enlargement or occupancy of any building designed or intended to be used for a purpose or in a manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter.

('71 Code, § 11-4-2) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60)

   The residential districts are established in order to protect public health, and promote public safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity and welfare. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:

   (A)   To protect residential areas against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, offensive odors, noise, smoke, vibrations, dust, heat, glare and other objectionable factors.

   (B)   To protect residential areas to the extent possible and appropriate in each area against unduly heavy motor vehicle traffic, especially through traffic, and to alleviate congestion by promoting off-street parking.

   (C)   To protect residential areas against undue congestion of public streets and other public facilities by controlling the density of population through regulation of the bulk of buildings.

   (D)   To protect and promote the public health and comfort by providing for ample light and air to buildings and the windows thereof.

   (E)   To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same zoning lot with residential development.

   (F)   To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the probable need for future residential expansion and to meet the need for necessary and desirable services in the vicinity of residences, which increase safety and amenity for residents and which do not exert objectionable influences.

   (G)   To promote the best use and development of residential land per a comprehensive land use plan, to promote stability of residential development and protect the value of land and improvements and so strengthen the economic base of the city.

('71 Code, § 11-4-3) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60)

   The business districts are established to protect public health, to promote public safety, comfort, convenience and the general welfare, and to protect the economic base of the city and the value of property. These general purposes include, among others, the following specific objectives:

   (A)   To promote the most desirable use of land per a well-considered plan so that adequate space is provided in appropriate locations for the various types of business uses, thereby protecting and strengthening the economic base of the city.

   (B)   To place in separate districts those businesses which may create noise, odors, hazards, unsightliness or which may generate excessive traffic.

   (C)   To permit selected business uses in districts where adjacency to or inclusion in a residential area has sufficient elements of service or convenience to such areas to offset the disadvantage.

   (D)   To encourage the grouping in appropriate locations of compatible business uses which will tend to draw trade that is mutually interchangeable and so promote public convenience and business prosperity and contribute to the alleviation of traffic and pedestrian congestion.

   (E)   To provide for the establishment of off-street parking facilities, permitted and required, so as to alleviate traffic congestion and so promote shopping convenience and business prosperity.

('71 Code, § 11-4-4) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60)

   The manufacturing districts are established to protect public health, safety, comfort, convenience and the general welfare and to protect the economic base of the city, as well as the value of real estate, by regulating manufacturing developments in appropriate locations. These general objectives include, among others, the following specific objectives:

   (A)   To protect established residential areas, and the health of families living therein, by restricting those nearby manufacturing activities which may create offensive noise, vibration, smoke/dust, odors, heat, glare, fire hazards and other objectionable influences to those areas which are appropriate therefor.

   (B)   To provide adequate space in appropriate locations for most types of manufacturing and related activities so that the economic structure of the community may be strengthened, and that employment opportunities may be found in the interest of public prosperity and welfare.

   (C)   To provide more space for manufacturing activities in locations accessible to rail and highways, so that the movement of raw materials, finished products and employees can be carried on efficiently and with a minimum danger to public life and property.

   (D)   To establish proper standards of performance which will restrict obnoxious manufacturing activities, while at the same time encourage and permit the manufacturing activities which have adopted facilities for the processing of finished products without adversely affecting the health, happiness, safety, convenience and welfare of the people living and working in nearby areas.

   (E)   To protect manufacturing districts from incompatible uses of land by prohibiting the use of such space for new residential development, thereby preserving the land for a more appropriate use per the plans for city improvement and development.

   (F)   To promote the most desirable use of land per a well-considered plan of land use for all of the city, to conserve the use of property, to promote stability of manufacturing activities and related development, and to protect the character and established development in each area of the community, to enhance and stabilize the value of land and to protect the tax base of the city.

('71 Code, § 11-4-5) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60)

   (A)   No building shall be erected, reconstructed, relocated or structurally altered so as to have a greater height, a higher ratio or lot coverage or smaller open space about it than permissible under the limitations set forth herein for the district in which such building is located, except that parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, stacks, stage towers, scenery lofts, grain elevator silos and bins (grain or feed) and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be permitted to exceed the maximum height provisions when erected per all other ordinances of the city.

   (B)   No space allocated to a building or dwelling group for the purpose of complying with the side, rear, or front yard or court or other open space or lot area requirements of this chapter, shall thereafter, by reason of change in ownership or for any other reason, be used to satisfy the yard, court, open space, or lot area requirements of any other building or dwelling group.

   (C)   An open terrace, including a roofed-over open porch or terrace, on dwellings erected prior to July 1, 1996, may occupy a front yard, provided the vertical planes around the exterior perimeter of the porch have at least 50% of their surface area open with no screens, windows or other obstructions, and provided the unoccupied portion of the front yard has a depth of not less than 15 feet. A one-story bay window may project into a front yard not more than three feet. Overhanging eaves, including gutters, may project over the minimum required side yard not more than 18 inches.

   (D)   No usable open space or off-street parking space or loading space existing or provided hereafter for any building shall be reduced below the minimum requirements hereinafter set forth for such usable open space, parking space, or loading space, nor further reduced if already less than said minimum requirements.

('71 Code, § 11-4-6) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 1715, passed 1-10-72; Am. Ord. 3050, passed 4-22-96) Penalty, see § 155.999

   (A)   When two or more parcels of land, each of which lacks adequate area and dimension to qualify for a permitted use under the requirements of the use district in which they are located, are contiguous and are held in one ownership, they shall be used as one zoning lot for such use.

   (B)   Any single lot or parcel of land, held in one ownership, which was of record at the time of adoption of this chapter, that does not meet the requirements for minimum lot width or area, may be utilized for a permitted use, provided that yards, courts or usable open space are not less than 75% of the minimum required dimensions or areas.

   (C)   A one-family dwelling constructed prior to enactment of the zoning regulations, or amendments thereto, located in any residential zoning district, except R-6, which is nonconforming in terms of lack of width or depth in one of the yards required in the district in which it is located, is permitted to be enlarged, provided the enlargement is not constructed in the nonconforming yard and the nonconforming yard meets the following minimum width or depth:

      (1)   A nonconforming front yard to be no less than 50% of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located.

      (2)   A nonconforming side yard to be no less than 75% of the side yard required for the district in which the lot is located.

      (3)   A nonconforming rear yard to be no less than 75% of the rear yard required for the district in which the lot is located.

('71 Code, § 11-4-7) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2926, passed 10-19-94; Am. Ord. 3297, passed 2-13-01)

   Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, every building shall be constructed or erected upon a lot or parcel of land which abuts upon a public street or permanent easement of access to a public street, which easement shall have a minimum width of 25 feet, unless an easement of lesser width was of record prior to the adoption of this chapter.

('71 Code, § 11-4-8) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60) Penalty, see § 155.999

   Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered to provide dwelling units shall be located on a zoning lot as defined in § 155.003 and in no case shall there be more than one such building on one zoning lot.

('71 Code, § 11-4-10) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60) Penalty, see § 155.999

   An area indicated on the zoning map as a public park, recreation area, public school site, cemetery or other similar open space, shall not be used for any other purpose than that designated; and when the use of the area is discontinued, it shall automatically be zoned to the most restricted adjoining district until appropriate zoning is authorized by the City Council within three months after the date of application filed for rezoning.

('71 Code, § 11-4-11) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60) Penalty, see § 155.999

   No building or structure hereafter erected and no planting or other obstruction to the vision of drivers of motor vehicles shall be located:

   (A)   In any R Districts, exceeding a height of three feet above the street grade within 12 feet of the intersecting street lines bordering corner lots, and

   (B)   In any B or M Districts, within eight feet of the intersecting street lines bordering a corner lot, provided that this regulation shall not apply to that part of a building above the first floor.

('71 Code, § 11-4-12) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60) Penalty, see § 155.999

   All satellite dishes 24 inches in diameter and larger hereinafter erected within the city limits of the city shall be erected only in the side yard or the rear yard as defined in § 155.003. Satellite dishes erected in the front yard of any property shall be less than 24 inches in diameter and shall be affixed to the principle building on the zoning lot. The Zoning Officer shall be consulted by all citizens regarding the proper placement of any satellite dish to be erected within the city. All free-standing dishes shall be installed only after obtaining a building permit.

('71 Code, § 11-4-13) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 3297, passed 2-13-01) Penalty, see § 155.999

   Smoke detection devices shall be installed within every structure as required by the current adopted edition of the International Residential, Building and Fire Codes.

(Ord. 4230 , passed 2-10-25)