(a)   In order to designate districts for the purpose of this Planning and Zoning Code, the City is divided into the following districts:

Class A Single-Family Districts

Class A-1 Two-Family Districts

Class A-2 Single-Family Cluster Homes Districts

Class B Multi-Family, Apt Districts

Class B-1 Multi-Family Parking Districts

Class HB Multi-Family, Apt High Rise Districts

SCRD Senior Citizen Residential Districts

Class C Commercial Districts

Class C-1 Commercial Parking Districts

TC-MUD Town Center Mixed Use Districts

W130-MUD West 130th Street Mixed Use Districts

N-MUD Neighborhood Mixed Use Districts

   (b)   The boundaries of such districts are established upon the map which is designated and is on file in the office of the Clerk of Council of the City. The Zoning Map covers the entire territory of the City. The key and chart containing the explanation of symbols and indications which appear on the Zoning Map are all made a part of this Planning and Zoning Code.

   (c)   No building or structure shall be erected or altered, nor shall any building or premises be used for any purpose other than a use permitted in the district in which such building or premises is located. No building shall be used so as to produce smaller yards or less unoccupied area and no building shall be occupied by more families than hereinafter prescribed for such building in the district for which it is located. No lot which is now or may be hereafter built upon as herein required may be so reduced in area so that the yards and open spaces will be smaller than prescribed by the Planning and Zoning Code.

(Ord. 2000-3. Passed 1-25-00; Ord. 2003-15. Passed 6-9-03; Ord. 2014-30. Passed 10-14-14; Ord. 2021-5. Passed 1-25-21.)

   Council may from time to time, on its own motion or on petition by any owner of property, and after public notice and hearing, amend, supplement or change the provisions, regulations and districts herein established.

(Ord. 1953-29. Passed 6-1-53.)

   Every proposed amendment, supplement or change shall first be referred to the Planning Commission for approval, disapproval or suggestions and the Commission shall have a reasonable time not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days for consideration and report. Any amendment, change or supplement that has failed to receive the approval of the Commission shall not be passed by Council except by a three-fourths vote of the full membership of Council.

(Ord. 1953-29. Passed 6-1-53.)

   (a)   Following the receipt of the Planning Commission's report and before any amendment, supplement or change is made to the Zoning Code or ordinances, Council shall hold a public hearing thereon and shall give thirty days notice of the time and the place thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality. During the aforementioned thirty days, the text or copy of the ordinance amending the Zoning Code together with the maps or plans or copies thereof forming part of or referred to in the ordinance plus any maps, plans or reports submitted by the Planning Commission shall be on file for public examination in the office of the Clerk of Council.

   (b)   At the time and place signified in the notice required, Council shall meet and all persons whose property will be affected by the amendment, supplement or change may appear in person or by agent or attorney or by petition and protest against the making of the amendment, supplement or change.

(Ord. 1953-29. Passed 6-1-53.)

   If at or prior to the hearing, a petition of protest duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of fifty percent or more of all the frontage proposed to be altered, by the owners of fifty percent or more of the frontage immediately in the rear thereof, by the owners of fifty percent or more of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, the amendment, supplement or change shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of three-fourths of all the duly elected members of Council.

(Ord. 1953-29. Passed 6-1-53.)