A. General Restrictions: Except for land classified as PCC Property District and except as hereinafter provided:
1. Use: No building shall be erected or altered, nor shall any building or premises be used for any purpose other than permitted in the district in which such building or premises is located.
2. Height: The following height restrictions are applicable within the Village:
a. No principal building in the A Residence District shall be erected or altered to exceed thirty feet (30') in height, nor exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories.
b. No principal building in the B Residence District shall be erected or altered to exceed twenty eight feet (28') in height, nor exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories.
c. The maximum height of the finished first floor above grade, as measured at the midpoint of the established grade at the front of a principal building, shall be three feet (3').
3. Area Regulations: No building shall be erected, nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open spaces surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced in any manner except in conformity with the area regulations hereby established for the district in which such building is located.
4. No Double Counting Of Yards: No yard, court or other open space provided about any principal building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of these regulations shall again be used as a yard, court or other open space for another principal building.
5. No Corner View Obstruction: On any corner lot, no accessory building or structure, fence, hedge or other obstruction shall be placed in the required setback area or side yard adjoining the side street so as to interfere with the clear vision from one street to the street across the corner.
B. Street Setback Restrictions: Notwithstanding other provisions of this title relating to minimum building and structure setbacks, the required minimum setback from a street for any building, principal or accessory, on a lot shall be forty feet (40') or the average setback determined for such lot, whichever is greater, except as follows:
1. Exception To Average Setback: Notwithstanding an average setback of greater than forty feet (40'), a new principal building may occupy any portion of the footprint of the former principal building, if any, existing on the lot before such new construction, as disclosed by a sealed plat of survey, as long as the new building observes a minimum setback of forty feet (40') from the street within the area of such footprint. Additions to a building, principal or accessory, shall observe the required minimum street setback applicable to the lot at the time of the addition.
2. Other Building Lines: If a lot is subject to any platted building line or other recorded agreement or covenant establishing a setback, then the required minimum street setback shall be the platted building line or other recorded setback, provided that the required minimum street setback shall not be less than forty feet (40').
3. Petitions: Where owners of all properties in the block petition in writing for the establishment of a building line within that block, which building line differs from that which would otherwise be established by the provisions of this section, the Zoning Board of Appeals may, after due notice and hearings, recommend to the Village Board the adoption of the building line proposed by the petitioners.
4. Street Setback Exceptions: The required minimum street setbacks required in this subsection B are reduced when expressly so authorized in section 9-1-6 of this chapter. (Ord. 2018-03, 1-8-2018)