(A) Required area or space. A lot or lots in common ownership or a yard, court, parking area or other space shall not be divided, altered or reduced so as to make it not in conformance with the minimum requirements of this chapter. If already less than the minimum requirements of this chapter, a lot or lots in common ownership or a yard, court, parking area or other space shall not be divided, altered or reduced so as to increase its non-compliance with such minimum requirements.
(B) Existing lots of record. If a parcel in an agriculture or residential zoned district was platted or recorded with the register of deeds as of 10-10-1977 and does not comply with the area or width requirements of its zoning district, where two or more such non-compliance parcels are adjacent to each other and in common ownership, they shall be combined for zoning purposes so that they comply, as closely as possible, with the minimum requirements of this chapter.
(C) Exceptions. The following buildings and structures shall be exempt from height regulations in all zoning districts: parapet walls not exceeding four feet in height, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, grain elevators, silos, stacks, elevated water towers, stage towers, scenery lofts, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, penthouses housing necessary mechanical appurtenances and television and radio reception and transmission antennas and towers which do not exceed 50 feet in height. Additions to existing buildings and structures which now exceed the height limitations of their zoning district up to the height of an existing building or structure on the same lot are permitted if the lot is large enough to encompass a circular area with a radius at least equal to the height of the structure or building.
(Prior Code, Ch. XV, § 12.03) (Ord. 1977-1, passed 10-10-1977; Ord. 2001-1, passed 7-17-2001)