17.02.030: INTERPRETATION, SCOPE OF REGULATIONS:
A.   In their interpretations and application, the provisions of this title shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of public health, safety and the general welfare.
B.   The regulations for each district shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as hereinafter provided.
C.   Whenever the requirements of this title conflict with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, ordinances or resolutions, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.
D.   No building, structure or land shall be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
E.   No yard or lot existing at the effective date hereof shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date hereof shall meet at least the minimum requirements set forth herein. (Ord. 1070, 2010)