(A) No building shall be erected, reconstructed, relocated or structurally altered so as to have a greater height, a higher ratio or lot coverage or smaller open space about it than permissible under the limitations set forth herein for the district in which such building is located, except that parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, stacks, stage towers, scenery lofts, grain elevator silos and bins (grain or feed) and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be permitted to exceed the maximum height provisions when erected per all other ordinances of the city.
(B) No space allocated to a building or dwelling group for the purpose of complying with the side, rear, or front yard or court or other open space or lot area requirements of this chapter, shall thereafter, by reason of change in ownership or for any other reason, be used to satisfy the yard, court, open space, or lot area requirements of any other building or dwelling group.
(C) An open terrace, including a roofed-over open porch or terrace, on dwellings erected prior to July 1, 1996, may occupy a front yard, provided the vertical planes around the exterior perimeter of the porch have at least 50% of their surface area open with no screens, windows or other obstructions, and provided the unoccupied portion of the front yard has a depth of not less than 15 feet. A one-story bay window may project into a front yard not more than three feet. Overhanging eaves, including gutters, may project over the minimum required side yard not more than 18 inches.
(D) No usable open space or off-street parking space or loading space existing or provided hereafter for any building shall be reduced below the minimum requirements hereinafter set forth for such usable open space, parking space, or loading space, nor further reduced if already less than said minimum requirements.
('71 Code, § 11-4-6) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 1715, passed 1-10-72; Am. Ord. 3050, passed 4-22-96) Penalty, see § 155.999