Milltown City Zoning Code
§ 34-19.4
Conformity with Regulations.
[Ord. No. 919 Art. XIV, D; Ord. No. 01-110]
The regulations set by this chapter within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as hereinafter provided:
a.
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
b.
No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height, to accommodate or house a greater number of families, to occupy a greater percentage of lot area or 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 chapter.
c.
No part of a yard or other open space or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this chapter shall be included as part of a yard, open space or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
d.
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirement set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
e.
Only those uses specifically identified as a permitted principal use, permitted accessory use, conditional use, permitted sign or other permitted use shall be permitted. All other uses are prohibited.
f.
All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the municipality shall be considered to be zoned in the same manner as the contiguous territory inside previous municipal limits until otherwise classified.
g.
No lot which conforms to the requirements of the zoning ordinances of the Borough governing minimum lot width, depth, area or setbacks shall be considered to be nonconforming where such nonconformity was created solely as a result of a dedication of land to the Borough, the County, the State or any other governmental agency or authority for a sewerage, drainage or road widening project, provided that the remaining property is not less than 80% of the requirements of the zoning ordinances.