(A) For the purpose of regulating, classifying and restricting the location and impacts of trades, industries and enterprises, and the location of the buildings designed, erected or altered for specified uses, and limiting the height and size of such buildings, and the use of lot areas and regulating the density of population in the city, and regulating and determining the areas of the yards and other open spaces surrounding buildings hereafter erected, and preventing additions to and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a manner as to avoid the restrictions and limitations in this chapter contained, the city is hereby divided into seven districts termed respectively as follows:
(1) “A” Residential;
(2) “B” Residential;
(3) “C” Residential;
(4) Mixed Commercial and Residential;
(5) Mixed Commercial and Industrial;
(6) Highway Commercial; and
(7) Public Recreation.
(B) Except as hereinafter provided, no building shall be erected or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit herein established for the district in which such building is located. No lot shall be so reduced or diminished, that the yard or other open spaces, shall be smaller than prescribed by this chapter, nor shall the lot area per family be reduced, except in conformity with the regulations hereby established for the district in which such building is located. No building shall be erected or structurally altered, nor shall any building or premises be used for any purpose other than that permitted in the district in which such building or premises are located.
(C) On any property within the city limits, all inhabited buildings must be property connected to the sewer system unless otherwise authorized by City Council. For the purposes of these regulations, each residential unit shall be served by a separate, metered water and sewer hook-up.
(1992 Code, § 9-1-103)