Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or converted for any use permitted in the district in which it is located, unless it is in conformity with all the minimum regulations herein specified for lot area, lot width, lot depth, lot coverage and front, side and rear yards.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-100)

The minimum residential lot area for the various districts shall be in accordance with the following schedule except that a lot having less area than herein required, which was an official lot of record prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived may be used for a one-family dwelling and no lot existing at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be reduced in area below the minimum requirements set forth herein.

(1)

In the following zoning districts the minimum lot area for each residential dwelling unit shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

(2)

Minimum required lot area in square feet for each dwelling unit. Note: Indicates area; does not apply for type of housing.

(3)

The maximum number of dwelling units for townhouses and single-family attached dwellings in the Townhouse Dwelling District shall be 14½ dwelling units per acre.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-101)

The minimum lot width for lots in the various districts used for residential purposes shall be in accordance with the following schedule, except that a lot having less width than herein required which was an official lot of record prior to the adoption of this article may be used as a one-family dwelling and no lot existing at the time of passage of this article shall be reduced in width below the minimum set forth herein:

(1)

In the following zoning districts the minimum lot width for residential uses shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

Note: Minimum required lot width specified in feet.

(2)

The width of the lot as specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be measured at the specified setback or front building line, but in no case shall the lot width at the front street line be less than 30 feet. In the case of townhouses located on public streets or on private streets established by a subdivision plat, the minimum width of the lot shall be 16 feet.

Note: Indicates width not applicable. See appendix illustration 1 for method of measuring lot width.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-102)

(a)

The minimum residential lot depth for the various districts shall be in accordance with this schedule except that a lot having less depth than herein required which was an official lot of record prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived may be used for a one-family dwelling and no lot existing at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be reduced below the minimum requirements as follows:

Note: Minimum required lot depth specified in feet.

(b)

The depth of the lot as specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be measured from the front property line to the rear property line along a line midway between the side property lines.

(c)

The minimum lot depth may have to be increased above the minimum lot depth specified in subsection (a) of this section in order to meet the minimum lot area requirements specified in section 140-137(1).

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-103)

(a)

No building shall hereinafter be located, erected, or altered to have a front yard less than required by this section, and no front yard existing at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be reduced below the minimum set forth by this section.

(b)

The minimum required front yard in the Agricultural, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F-1, 2F-2, TH, MF-1 and MF-2 districts shall be 25 feet.

(c)

The minimum required front yard in the Parking, Office, Neighborhood Service, General Retail, Limited Commercial, Commercial, Industrial-1 and Industrial-2 districts shall be 15 feet.

(d)

No front yard is required in the Central Business District.

(e)

The front yard setback as required by this section shall be measured from the front property line unless the front property line is along a street right-of-way and that front property line is less than 25 feet from the centerline of a residential or residential-collector street, 30 feet from the centerline of a collector street, or 40 feet from the centerline of an arterial street. If the front property line is less than the above specified distance from the centerline of the street, the front yard setback shall then be measured from the above specified distance from the centerline of the street.

(f)

The front yard shall be measured to the front face of the building, covered porch, covered terrace or attached accessory building. Stairs, uncovered porches, eaves and roof extensions may project into the required front yard for a distance not to exceed four feet. Where no front yard is required, all stairs, eaves, roofs and similar building extensions shall be located behind the front street right-of-way line or property line.

(g)

Where a building line has been established by a subdivision plat or other ordinance which requires a front yard setback greater or lesser than required by this section, the required front yard shall comply with the building line established by such plat or ordinance.

(h)

Where lots have double frontage, running through from one street to another, a required front yard shall be provided on both streets, unless a building line has been established along only one frontage by a subdivision plat or by another ordinance.

(i)

Except in the CB district, where buildings exceed three stories in height, the front yard shall be increased one foot for each two feet the building exceeds three stories but no front yard need exceed 50 feet.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-104)

In the following zoning districts, the minimum required side yard shall be in accordance with the following schedule and no building, structure or use shall hereafter be located so as to have a smaller side yard on each side of such building than herein required, and no side yard existing at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be reduced below the minimum set forth herein:

(1)

Schedule of minimum and maximum required side yards:

Note: Minimum required side yard specified in feet; Indicates side yard not applicable B.

(2)

Special side yard regulations:

a.

Every part of a required side yard shall be open and unobstructed by any building except for accessory buildings as permitted herein and the ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices and other architectural features projecting not to exceed 12 inches into the required side yard, and a roof eave or canopy projecting not to exceed 24 inches into the required side yard.

b.

Multiple-family dwellings shall provide a minimum side yard of 15 feet between any building wall containing openings for windows, light and air and any side lot line except that any such building face or wall not exceeding 35 feet in length may

provide a minimum side yard of ten feet. Where a building wall contains no openings for windows, light or air, a minimum side yard of ten feet shall be provided between such wall and the side lot line (see appendix illustration 9). Where high-rise apartment buildings, exceeding three stories in height are erected in the MF-2, O or other districts permitting such construction, the side yard shall be increased one foot for each two feet the structure exceeds three stories but no side yard need exceed 50 feet.

c.

On a corner lot, a side yard adjacent to a street for a multiple-family dwelling not exceeding three stories in height shall not be less than 15 feet and no balcony or porch or any portion of the building may extend into such required side yard, except that a roof may overhang such side yard not to exceed four feet.

d.

On a corner lot used for one-family or two-family dwellings, both street exposures shall be treated as front yards on all lots platted after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, except that where one street exposure is designated as a side yard by a building line shown on a plat approved by the planning and zoning commission containing a side yard of 15 feet or more, the building line provisions on such plat shall be observed. On lots where official lots of record prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, the minimum side yard adjacent to a side street shall comply with the required side yard for the respective districts as specified in subsection (1) of this section. (See appendix illustration 4.)

e.

A townhouse or single-family attached dwelling building unit shall provide a minimum side yard of ten feet, except where such building unit is adjacent to a side street, in which case the minimum side yard shall be 15 feet. The minimum side yard between two such building units shall be ten feet. In the MF-1, MF-2 or other districts permitting such building units, such building unit shall not exceed 300 feet in length. In the TH district, such building unit shall not contain more than six dwelling units and shall not exceed 200 feet in length.

f.

No side yard is specified for nonresidential use in the GR, LC, CB, C, I-l or I-2 districts except where a commercial, retail or industrial use or other nonresidential use abuts upon a district boundary line dividing such districts from a residential district in which event a minimum five-foot side yard shall be provided on the side adjacent to such residential district.

g.

The minimum side yard requirements in a Planned Development District shall be established on the site plan or in the amending ordinance in accordance with section 140-108.

h.

In the O and NS districts, a minimum five-foot side yard shall be provided for nonresidential uses.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-105)

(a)

No building or structure shall be located, erected, or altered to have a rear yard smaller than required in this section.

(b)

When a rear yard abuts a street, the rear yard shall be the same as would be required for a front yard under section 140-140.

(c)

In any zoning district, the main residential building may not be constructed nearer than ten feet to the rear property line. Any nonresidential uses permitted in residential districts shall not be constructed nearer than ten feet to the rear property line. In any residential district, a detached accessory building shall have a rear yard of not less than three feet from the rear property line. A garage or carport entered from an alley shall have a rear yard of not less than 15 feet.

(d)

In the P, O, NS, GR, LC, C, I-l and I-2 districts, a rear yard is not required for any nonresidential use, except a rear yard of not less than ten feet is required when such business zoning district abuts a residential zoning district.

(e)

No rear yard is required in the CB Central Business District.

(f)

Except in the CB district, where building exceed three stories in height, the rear yard shall be increased one foot for each two feet the building exceeds three stories, but no rear yard need exceed 50 feet.

(g)

The ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices, roof overhangs and architectural features shall not project more than two feet into the required rear yard.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-106)

The maximum percentage of any lot area which may hereafter be covered by all buildings shall not exceed the following:

(1)

Forty percent in the Agriculture, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F-1, 2F-2, MF-1, MF-2, P, O, NS and GR districts.

(2)

Fifty percent in the LC, C, I-l and 1-2 districts.

(3)

Sixty percent in the TH district.

(4)

One hundred percent in the CB district.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 9-107)

(a)

No building or structure shall be located, erected or altered so as to exceed the height limit hereinafter specified for the district in which the building is located.

(b)

The zoning board of adjustment (ZBA) board will not be allowed to increase sign heights.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, §§ 10-100, 10-101)

In the districts where the height of the buildings is restricted to two or three stories, cooling towers, roof gables, chimneys and vent stacks may extend for an additional height not to exceed 40 feet above the average grade line of the building. Water stand pipes and tanks, church steeples, domes and spires and school buildings and institutional buildings may be erected to exceed three stories in height in residential areas restricted to two or three stories in height, provided that one additional foot shall be added to the width and depth of side and rear yards for each foot that such structures exceed three stories in height.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 10-102)

Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected, added to or altered to exceed the maximum floor area ratio standards in the various zoning districts as set forth herein.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 11-100)

In the following zoning districts, the maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for any building or structure shall be as follows:

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 11-101)

In any residential district or along the common boundary between any residential or nonresidential district where a wall fence or screening separation is erected, the standards for height and design in this article shall be observed.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 15-100)

(a)

Any fence or wall erected on the property line and located to the rear of the minimum required front yard line as determined by the provisions of section 140-140 shall not exceed eight feet in height above the adjacent grade.

(b)

No fence, screen, wall or other visual barrier shall be so located or placed so that it obstructs the vision of a motor vehicle driver approaching any street, alley or drive intersection. At all street intersections clear vision shall be maintained across the lot for a distance of 15 feet back from the property corner along both streets.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 15-101)

(a)

Any screening wall or fence required under the provisions of the Planned Development District shall be constructed of masonry or with a concrete or metal frame supporting a permanent type wall or fence material which does not contain openings constituting more than 40 square inches in each one square foot of wall or fence surface, and the surface of such wall or fence shall constitute a visual barrier. All wall or fence openings shall be equipped with gates equal in height and screening characteristics to the wall or fence.

(b)

No open storage of commodities, materials or equipment for sale or display shall be permitted in any residential or office district. All commodities and materials offered for sale and displayed in the open in the NS, GR, LC, C or I-1 district shall be located back of the minimum required front yard line. In the I-1 and PD district, no open storage operation shall be permitted, except as an accessory use and all such open storage operations shall be located behind the main building and screened with a visual barrier as herein prescribed.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 15-102)

No permit for the construction of a building or buildings upon any tract or plot shall be issued until a building site, building tract or building lot has been created by compliance with one of the conditions in sections 140-152, 140-153 or 140-154.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 16-100)

The lot or tract is part of a plat of record, properly approved by the planning and zoning commission and filed in the plat records of the county.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 16-101)

The site, plot or tract is all or part of a site plan officially approved by the city council in a Planned Development District after recommendation by the planning and zoning commission, which site plan provides all utility and drainage easements, alleys, streets and other public improvements necessary to meet the normal requirements for platting, including the designation of building areas and such easements, alleys and streets have been required and properly dedicated and the necessary public improvements provided.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 16-102)

The plot, tract or lot faces upon a dedicated street and was separately owned prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived or prior to annexation to the city, whichever is applicable, in which event a building permit for only one main building may be issued on each such original separately owned parcel without first complying with section 140-152 or section 140-153.

(Ord. of 9-7-1970, § 16-103)