The regulations set by this chapter within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as hereinafter provided. Except where provisions for relief are set forth elsewhere in this chapter, the following general standards for the enforcement of district regulations shall apply.

(Ord. No. 2008-02, art. III, intro., 6-2-2008)

(a)

No building, land or portion thereof shall be erected, used, moved, or altered except in conformity with the regulations specified for the district in which it is located.

(b)

No structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:

(1)

With greater height, size, bulk, or other dimensions;

(2)

To occupy a greater percentage of lot area; or

(3)

To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces

than herein required, or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter.

(c)

No part of a setback, or other open space, off-street parking or loading area required in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this chapter shall be included as part of a setback, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.

(Ord. No. 2008-02, § 301, 6-2-2008)

No setback or lot existing at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Setbacks or lots created after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2008-02, § 302, 6-2-2008)

Where, at the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, an existing lot of record, recorded in compliance with all regulations in effect at the time it was recorded, does not conform to the dimensional requirements of this chapter, it may nonetheless be used as a building site, and the zoning administrator is authorized to issue a certificate of zoning compliance for the use of the property. The zoning administrator shall establish setbacks to conform as closely as possible to the dimensional requirements of this chapter, but so as not to prohibit reasonable use of the parcel. If any of two or more adjoining lots under the same ownership do not conform to the dimensional requirements of this chapter, then the lots must be combined to meet more closely, if not completely, the dimensional requirements of this chapter for the issuance of a certificate of zoning compliance.

(Ord. No. 2008-02, § 303, 6-2-2008)