The regulations set forth by this title for each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land except as set forth in this chapter or elsewhere in this title.
A. Conforming Within District: No building, structure or land shall be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations specified herein and for the district in which it is located.
B. Yard, Open Space, Off Street Parking Or Loading Space: 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 title shall be included as part of a yard, open space or off street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
C. Dimension Or Area Of Yard Or Lot: No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this title shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this title shall meet at least the minimum standards established by this title.
D. Yards Open To Sky: Every front, side and rear yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed by buildings or structures except for accessory buildings in a rear yard.
E. Building Height Limitations; Exceptions: No structure may be erected to exceed the height limits of the zone in which it is located. Aerials or antennas designed to aid home television reception may be erected to a height not to exceed sixty feet (60') from the ground level, provided said aerial or antenna is erected on a building or in the rear yard area.
F. Yards, Open Space Or Lot Area Encroachments Prohibited: The minimum yards or other open spaces, including lot areas per family required by this title for each and every building existing or for any building hereafter erected, shall not be encroached upon or considered as yard or open space requirements for any other building.
G. Number Of Buildings Per Lot; Requirements Generally: Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered to provide dwelling units shall be located on a lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than one such building on one lot unless otherwise provided in this title.
H. Existing Lots Utilizable When: Any separate lot, the title of which was of record at the time of the adoption of this title, that does not meet the requirements of this title for yards, courts or other area of open space, may be utilized for single residence purposes, provided the requirements for such yard or court or lot area, width, depth or open space are within seventy five percent (75%) of that required by this title. The purpose of this provision is to permit utilization of recorded lots which lack adequate width or depth as long as reasonable living standards can be provided.
I. Easements For Public Access Required: No building shall be constructed or erected upon a lot or parcel of land which does not abut upon a public street or have permanent easement for access to a public street, which easement shall have a minimum width of twenty five feet (25') unless an easement of lesser width was of record prior to the adoption of this title.
J. Provisions Not To Affect Certain Plans Or Acts: Nothing in this title shall be deemed to require any change in the plans for construction or designated use of any building upon which actual construction was lawfully begun prior to the adoption of this title and upon which building actual construction has been diligently carried on, and provided further, that such building shall be completed within one year. (Ord. 1183, 12-12-2005)