A. This chapter classifies and regulates the use of land, buildings and structures within the corporate limits of the city as hereinafter set forth, by dividing the city into zones and regulating therein the use of land and the use and size of buildings as to the height and number of stories, the coverage of the land by buildings, the size of yards and open spaces, the location of buildings and the density of population.
B. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, no land shall be used and no building, structure or improvement shall be made, erected, constructed, moved, altered, enlarged or rebuilt which is designed, arranged or intended to be used or maintained for any purpose or in any manner except in conformity with the regulations contained herein. (Prior code § 16-6)