This article is established to provide the conditions that must be met by anyone under the jurisdiction of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.

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

No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed or altered to:

(a)

Exceed the height limits;

(b)

House a greater number of families or occupy a smaller lot area per family; or

(c)

Have narrower or smaller front or side yards than are herein required.

No lot, even though it may consist of one or more adjacent lots in the same ownership at the time of passage of this ordinance, shall be reduced in size so that lot width or size of yards or lot area per family or any other requirement of this ordinance is not maintained. This section shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for public use.

No part of a yard or other open space of [or] the off-street parking or loading space required adjacent to any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of the ordinance shall be included as a part of the yard or off-street parking or loading space required for another building.

Only one principal building and its customary accessory buildings may hereafter be erected on any one lot.

No building shall be erected on a lot which does not abut for at least 25 feet on a public street.