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Chapter 17.16
GENERAL USE REGULATIONS
Sections:
   17.16.010   Applicability of chapter.
   17.16.020   General use restrictions.
   17.16.030   Height regulations.
   17.16.040   Accessory buildings.
   17.16.050   Required yards.
   17.16.060   Proximity to airport.
   17.16.070   More than one main building on a lot
   17.16.080   Off-street parking of commercial vehicles in residential zone.
17.16.010   Applicability of chapter.
   The district regulations set forth in this chapter qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this title. (Prior code § 11-3-7 (a)(part))
17.16.020   General use restrictions.
   Except as hereinafter provided:
   A.   No person shall use any premises for use other than those permitted in the district in which such premises are located.
   B.   No building shall be erected unless it conforms to the regulations for the district in which such premises are located.
   C.   No building shall be enlarged, structurally altered or moved unless such enlargement, structural alteration or moving conforms to the regulations for the district in which the premises are located.
   D.   Every building hereafter erected, enlarged or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as defined in this title and in no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot. Land that is part of one lot and that is not in excess of the area requirements for that lot shall not be used to satisfy the area requirements of any other lot. (Prior code § 11-2-5)
17.16.030   Height regulations.
   A.   Public, semipublic or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions or schools, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not exceeding sixty feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five feet, if that part of the building exceeding the height limit is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is built
   B.   Single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings and multiple dwellings may be increased in height by not more than ten feet when the side and rear yards are increased over the yard requirements of the district in which they are located by not less than ten feet, but they shall not exceed three stories in height.
   C.   Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers or scenery lofts, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers and spires, church steeples, radio towers, or necessary mechanical appurtenances, and farm buildings may be erected to a height in accordance with existing or hereafter adopted ordinances of the city. (Prior code § 11-3-7 (a) (1-3))
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