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

400.2 No structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:

a)

with greater height, size, bulk, or other dimensions;

b)

to convert any structure into a dwelling or to increase the number of units within a dwelling so as to accommodate a greater number of dwelling units or families than is permitted in the zoning district in which located;

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 in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance.

400.3 No part of a yard, or other open space, off-street parking or loading [space] required 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.

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 at least the minimum requirements established by this Ordinance.

Where, at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, an existing lot of record, that was recorded in compliance with all regulations in effect at the time it was recorded, does not conform to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance, it may nonetheless be used as a building site and the Zoning Administrator is authorized to issue a Certificate of Zoning Compliance for the use of the property. The Zoning Administrator shall establish setbacks to conform as closely as possible to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance, but so as not to prohibit reasonable use of the parcel. If any of two (2) or more adjoining lots under the same ownership do not conform to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance, then the lots must be combined to meet more closely, if not completely, the dimensional requirements of this ordinance for the issuance of a Certificate of Zoning Compliance.

In all districts, where property adjoins the Norfolk Southern Railroad's one hundred (100) foot right-of-way, the rear and/or side setback requirement shall be waived.