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(A) Conformity with regulations. No land or structure shall be used or occupied and no structure or portions thereof shall be constructed, erected, altered, enlarged, or moved, unless in conformity with all of the regulations specified for the district in which it is located.
(B) Number of permitted dwellings per lot. No more than one duplex or single-family detached dwelling shall be permitted on a lot of record; except as provided for in § 157.045
-Accessory Apartments.
(C) Minimum requirements established. The minimum lot area, yards, buffer areas, and open space required by the regulations for each lot, parcel or building existing at the time of the passage of this chapter shall not be encroached upon or reduced, or considered as required yards or open space for any other building. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter for the district in which they are created.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)
Each lot or parcel shall abut a public street and shall have direct deeded vehicular and pedestrian access to such street with the following exceptions:
(A) Any lot for which a residential use has been legally established prior to the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance in accordance with provisions permitting establishment of use on a lot served by a private and exclusive recorded easement of at least 15 feet in width connecting said lot to a public street, may be used as if it abutted a street, provided that it is served by a driveway located on the easement.
(B) Any lot for which a non-residential use has been legally established prior to the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance in accordance with provisions permitting establishment of use on a lot served by a private, exclusive recorded easement of at least 15 feet in width connecting said lot to a public street, may be construed in the same manner as a lot abutting a street provided that it is served with a driveway built to city standards located on the permanent, recorded easement.
(C) A development site consisting of one or more legal lots of record which is developed under a coordinated, approved site specific plan and which is accessed solely by driveways shall only be required to abut a public street along some portion of the development site, the minimum distance of which shall be determined by the city to be adequate for public and emergency vehicle access but which shall not be less than 35 feet.
(D) A multi-family, townhouse, condominium, or industrial development site consisting of one or more legal lots of record which is developed under a coordinated, approved site specific plan may be permitted, on a case-by-case basis, to be served by a private street network and shall only be required to abut a public street along some portion of the development site, the minimum distance of which shall be determined by the city to be adequate for public and emergency vehicle access but which shall not be less than 35 feet.
(E) Lots created for utility facilities, including but not limited to water towers, electric and gas substations, telecommunication towers, and satellite receivers, may be created without frontage or deeded access as long as a legally enforceable access easement a minimum of 15 feet in width has been granted and documentation for such has been received by the City Planner at the time of final plat approval.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)
No building lot (development site), even though it may consist of one or more adjacent lots of record, shall be reduced in size such that the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance cannot be met, or the performance standards for building design cannot be respected. This prohibition shall not be construed to prevent the purchase, dedication, or condemnation of narrow strips of land for public utilities or street or sidewalk right-of-way purposes.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)
(A) Manufactured housing shall not be used as permanent structures except where permitted in § 157.029(D)-Table of Permitted Uses.
(B) Modular buildings shall not be used as permanent structures unless such are placed on a permanent masonry foundation, have secured a certificate of occupancy, and meet all of the other design standards for buildings in the district in which they are located.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)
Where standards and responsibility for infrastructure construction, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, and landscaping, are specified in this Zoning Ordinance the city standards, as set out in the Land Development Regulations for the city, shall control.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)
(A) No driveway or other point of access to the street shall be constructed, relocated, or altered unless the driveway has been approved by the city.
(B) For development projects composed of multiple buildings and lots, access to the preexisting public street system shall be determined by the location of proposed intersecting streets, topography, and other general site characteristics. No parcel of land which is a functional part of the overall development, even though it may be removed by the developer from the rest of the project area by subdivision or by metes and bounds description, shall be permitted to have driveway access to the public streets bounding the project area unless so approved by the city as part of the development project.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)
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