No structure, land or water shall hereafter be used and no structure
or part thereof shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed,
extended, enlarged, converted or structurally altered without full
compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable
City, county and state regulations.
The following use restrictions and regulations shall apply:
A.
Principal uses. Only those principal uses specified for a district,
their essential services and the following shall be permitted in that
district:
(1)
Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures are permitted in any
district, but not until their principal structure is present or under
construction. Residential accessory uses shall not involve the conduct
of any business, trade or industry. Accessory uses include incidental
repairs; storage; parking facilities; gardening; servant's and watchman's
quarters not for rent; private swimming pools; and private emergency
shelters. Accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 30% of the
required area for the rear yard.
(2)
Unclassified or unspecified uses. Unclassified or unspecified uses
may be permitted by the Common Council after the Plan Commission has
made a review and recommendation, provided that such uses are similar
in character to the principal uses permitted in the district.
(3)
Temporary uses. Temporary uses such as real estate sales field offices
or shelters for materials and equipment being used in the construction
of a permanent structure may be permitted by the Common Council.
A.
No lot area shall be so reduced that the yards and open spaces shall
be smaller than is required by this chapter, nor shall the density
of population be increased in any manner except in conformity with
the area regulations hereby established for the district in which
a building or premises is located.
B.
No part of a yard or other open space provided about any building
for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall
be included as a part of a yard or other open space required for another
building.
C.
No lot in the City which contains a building shall hereafter be reduced
by any type of conveyance to an area less than would be required for
the construction of such building on such lot.
Every building hereafter erected, converted, enlarged or structurally
altered shall be located on a platted lot and in no case shall there
be more than one principal building on one platted lot unless approved
by the Common Council.
Any side yard, rear yard or court abutting a district boundary
line shall have a minimum width and depth in the less restricted district
equal to the average of the required minimum widths and depths for
such yards and courts in the two districts which abut the district
boundary line.
No required side yard or front yard in the commercial or industrial
districts shall be used for storage or the conduct of business.
No obstructions such as structures, parking or vegetation shall
be permitted in any district other than the C-1 District between the
height of 2 1/2 and 10 feet above a plane through the mean curb
grades within the triangular space formed by any two existing or proposed
intersecting street or alley right-of-way lines and a line joining
points on such lines, located a minimum of 35 feet from their intersection.
Official signs, utility poles, tree trunks and wire fences may be
permitted within each segment of an intersection traffic visibility
area.
See Article XXII of this chapter.
See Article XXI of this chapter.
