No building or land shall be used or occupied, and no building or part of a building shall be erected, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with the use and dimensional regulations of this article, or amendments to this article, for the district in which it is located.

(Code 2002, § 18-56; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 1)

In all districts every main building erected or altered shall be located on a separate lot, and in no case shall there be more than one main building and permitted accessory buildings on the lot; however, this requirement shall not apply to multifamily developments and to certain special uses as specified in section 18-110, nor to a bona fide rural farm use. No main building and permitted accessory buildings shall occupy more than 60 percent of the lot area in any zoning district, with the exception of the B-2 district.

(Code 2002, § 18-57; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 2)

The minimum yards or other spaces required by this article, including those provisions regulating intensity of use, for each and every building erected or structurally altered shall not be encroached upon or considered as meeting the yard or open space requirements or the intensity of use provisions for any other building.

(Code 2002, § 18-58; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 3)

Regulations set forth by this article shall be minimum regulations. If the district requirements set forth in this article are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the more restrictive or higher standards shall govern.

(Code 2002, § 18-59; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 4)

No separate accessory buildings shall be erected within five feet of any other buildings or six feet of the side or rear property line.

(Code 2002, § 18-60; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 5)

Every building erected or moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a street right-of-way; and all structures shall be so located as to provide safe and convenient access for servicing, fire protection and required off-street parking.

(Code 2002, § 18-61; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 6)

When a combination use comprises two or more principal uses that require different types of permits (zoning or special use), the permit authorizing the combination use shall be the following:

(1)

A special use permit if any of the principal uses combined requires a special use permit.

(2)

A zoning permit in all other cases.

(Code 2002, § 18-62; Ord. of 1-5-1993, art. III, § 7)