§ 5.3. General requirements.

Except as hereinafter provided, the following shall generally apply:

5.31

Use. No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, moved, or altered except in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is or is to be located.

5.32

Building Heights. No building shall hereafter be erected, constructed or altered so as to exceed the height limit specified in the regulations herein except as otherwise provided in the Ordinance.

5.321

Height Exceptions. The height limits for the various districts shall not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, penthouses, or domes not used for human habitation, nor to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, parapet walls, cornices, radio and television transmitting and receiving antennas, or necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above the roof level, provided that such features are limited to that height necessary for their proper functioning.

5.322

Building height shall be measured from finished grade except where base flood elevations apply, in which case two (2) stories shall be allowed above the minimum required ground floor elevation, except as provided for elsewhere in this Ordinance.

5.33   

Lots. No lot, even though it may consist of one or more adjacent lots of record, shall be reduced in size so that lot width or depth, front, side or rear yard, inner or outer courts, lot area per family or other requirements of this Ordinance are not maintained. This section shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for public use.

5.34

Yards. No part of a yard or other open space required for any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building. Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for the ordinary projection of sills, cornices, buttresses, ornamental features, chimneys, flues, and eaves, provided such projections shall not extend more than two (2) feet beyond the yard area requirements.

5.35

Multifamily. Site plans for all multifamily dwellings intended for occupancy by three or more families shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for approval and at the least shall contain an accurate plot plan drawn to scale showing the actual shape and dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact sizes and locations on the lot of the buildings and accessory buildings then existing and the lines, within which the proposed buildings and structures shall be erected or altered, the existing and intended use of each building or part of building, the number of families or housekeeping units the building(s) is/are designed to accommodate, the topography, the proposed drainage system, the zone or intended zone for the use proposed, and the names of streets adjoining said property.

5.36

One Principal Building on Lot. Every residential building, including hotels, motels, condominiums, single-family and multifamily dwellings, and duplexes hereafter erected or moved shall be located on a lot, and in no case shall there be more than one (1) principal residential building on a lot except as follows:

5.361

In any district where multifamily structures, motels, or hotels are permitted, two or more such residential structures may be permitted on a lot provided that no building shall be located closer to another building on the same lot than a distance equal to half the sum of the heights of both buildings. In Flood Hazard areas identified on the National Flood Insurance Rate Maps, the height of a building shall be measured from the floor level of the first habitable story for purposes of this section. In addition, the front or rear of any building may be no closer to the front or rear of any other building than forty (40) feet. The side of any building shall be no closer to the side, front or rear of any other building than thirty (30) feet.

5.37

Residential Uses in Business District. Residential uses established in any Business District must comply with the minimum requirements for the high density.