1. Principal Structures: Only one principal detached building shall be located on a zoning lot in all zoning districts except as follows: (1) within the manufacturing districts; (2) within the CR Commercial Residential District for multifamily residential and mixed use developments on zoning lots of not less than one acre, which comply with all the bulk, dimensional and parking requirements and would otherwise be permitted as a matter of right, provided all common areas located therein shall be owned and maintained by a property owner’s association pursuant to covenants, restrictions, and easements of record approved by the Village; (3) pursuant to a special use permit in commercial districts (C1, C2, and CR), or (4) as a planned unit development pursuant to Section 12-6 of the Unified Development Code. Two (2) or more buildings joined by a fence, canopy, freestanding wall or other nonfunctional connection shall not be considered to be one principal detached building. Components of a single building may be connected by an enclosed pedestrian accessway with a continuous foundation. (Ord. 16-17; 07-11-16)
2. Accessory Structures: A limit of two (2) detached accessory structures are permitted on a zoning lot provided they meet all of the regulations of section 12-2-5, "Accessory Uses and Structures", of this chapter. Additional detached accessory structures beyond the two (2) may be allowed upon a variation granted by the zoning board of appeals, provided the rear yard coverage is still met. (Ord. 07-07, 3-26-2007)

1. Allowable Use Of Land Or Buildings: The use of land or buildings established after the effective date of this title shall be for a use which is herein specified as a permitted or special use in the district regulations applicable to the district in which such land or buildings are located.
2. Prohibited Use Of Land Or Buildings: When a use is not specified as a permitted or special use, such use is hereby expressly prohibited.
   
   The keeping, propagation or culture of livestock, poultry, or pigeons is prohibited.
3. Existing Building Permits: Where a building permit for a building or structure has been issued in accordance with law prior to the effective date of this title or any amendments thereto, and where construction has begun within six (6) months of such effective date, said building or structure may be completed in accordance with approved plans used in obtaining the building permit if the completion will be accomplished within eighteen (18) months of such effective date and may, upon completion, be occupied under a certificate of occupancy by the use originally designated, subject to the provisions set forth in the "nonconformities" section of this title.
4. Nonconformities: No structure, use of land, lot of record, zoning lot, now or existing after adoption of this title shall be established, enlarged, extended, altered, moved, divided, or maintained in any manner contrary to the provisions of this title. Without limiting the foregoing, any such activity that would cause any structure to not comply with this title, or that would create any parcel of land that could not be developed in compliance with this title shall be prohibited; provided, however, that in residential districts, a nonconforming lot that has remained in the same ownership of record since August 4, 1959, shall be a factor weighing in favor of residential development despite the existence of nonconformities as to width and area. In all other respects, the provisions of chapter 15, "Nonconformities", of this title, shall apply. (Ord. 07-07, 3-26-2007)

1. Buildings Or Structures: All buildings or structures shall conform to the bulk regulations established herein for the district in which the building or structure is located. (Ord. 07-07, 3-26-2007)

1. Location Of Required Yards: All required yards shall be located on the same zoning lot as the building, structure, or use of land for which such yard is required.
2. Exclusive Use For Requirement Satisfaction: The minimum yard space required for one zoning lot shall not be considered as yard space for any other zoning lot.
3. Division Of Zoning Lot: No zoning lot shall be reduced in area so that the yards or other open space become less than required by this title.
4. Front Yard Setbacks: Front yard setback determination in residential zoning districts:
   1. Where lots comprising fifty percent (50%) or more of the frontage on a block are developed with buildings, or portions thereof, having a front yard setback lesser than that required by district regulations, the front yard setback required shall be twenty five feet (25') or the average setback of the adjacent existing buildings one hundred feet (100') in each direction from the subject property, whichever is less.
   2. Where lots comprising fifty percent (50%) or more of the frontages on a block are developed with buildings, or portions thereof, having a front yard setback greater than that required by district regulations, the front yard setback required shall be the average setback of the adjacent existing buildings one hundred feet (100') in each direction from the subject property.
5. Through Lots: On a vacant through lot, either of the lot lines abutting a street right of way line may be established as its front lot line. Where two (2) or more through lots are contiguous and a front lot line has been duly established, the same street lot line shall thereafter be deemed to be the front lot line of all such contiguous lots.
6. Side Yards Abutting A Street: The side yard abutting a street on a corner lot shall be considered a front yard for the purposes of the applicable setback requirements of the zoning district within which it is located.
7. Permitted Obstructions: The following shall not be considered as obstructions when located in the yard indicated:

* In order to maintain visibility on corner lots, the height of a permitted obstruction located within twenty feet (20’) of the lot corner formed by the intersection by any two (2) lot lines bounding a public street may not exceed twenty-four inches (24”) above curb level.

** Within five feet (5’) of any lot line, height shall not exceed grade of nearest lot line, or as otherwise approved by the Building Commissioner.

***Prohibited on through lots.

(Ord. 07-07, 3-26-2007; Ord. 20-01, 1-27-2020)

1. Cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, energy collecting devices, flagpoles, mechanical appurtenances, parapet walls, recreational facilities, roof gardens and skylights may exceed the maximum building height by not more than ten feet (10'), but such appurtenances shall be suitably screened.
2. Bell towers, spires, scenery lofts, minarets and steeples may exceed the maximum building height of the district in which they are located by not more than twenty five feet (25'). (Ord. 07-07, 3-26-2007)