(a) Except as hereinafter specified, no land, building, structure or premises shall hereafter be used, and no building or part thereof or other structure shall be located, erected, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted or altered except in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
(b) Any use, building or structure, existing at the time of the enactment of the Zoning Ordinance may be continued, even though such use, building or structure may not comply with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance for the district in which it is located, subject to the provisions of Section 1183.01.
(c) Nothing in the Zoning Ordinance shall prevent the strengthening or restoring to a safe condition of any part of any building or structure declared unsafe by proper authority.
(d) Outdoor advertising shall be classified as a business use and shall be permitted in all districts zoned for industry, business or trade, subject, however, to the pertinent provisions set forth in Chapter 1187.01.
(e) Nothing herein contained shall require any change in the overall layout, plans, construction, size or designated use of any premises, building, or part thereof, the construction of which shall have been started prior to the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance and completion thereof carried on in a normal manner and not discontinued for reasons other than those beyond the builder’s control provided that, in any event such construction shall be completed within six months after the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance or within such extension of this six month period as may be allowed by the Board.
(f) If the construction or structural alterations of a structure has been planned but no substantial construction has been made and no contract or contracts have been let for its construction prior to the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance, a Certificate of Occupancy and zoning permit for such construction or structural alteration shall be required, the construction and use of such structure shall comply with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.
(g) The minimum yards, parking spaced, and open spaces including lot areas, required by the Zoning Ordinance or for any building hereafter erected, shall not be encroached upon or considered as required yard or open space for any other building nor shall nay lot area be reduced below the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(h) Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot, except as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 2002-25. Passed 4-8-03.)
(Ord. 2002-25. Passed 4-8-03.)