10-2-2: SCOPE OF REGULATIONS:
The regulations set by this title within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided.
   A.   Conformity With Regulations: No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified of the district in which it is located.
   B.   Prohibited Alterations: No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to:
      1.   Exceed the height;
      2.   Accommodate or house a greater number of families;
      3.   Occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
      4.   Have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces than herein required; or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this title.
Exception: Roof structures for the housing of stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, steeples, flagpoles, chimney, smokestacks, radio and television aerials, wireless masts, or similar structures may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed. No such structure may be erected to exceed by more than twenty five feet (25') the height limits of the district in which it is located.
   C.   Yards, Off Street Parking And Loading: No part of the yard, or other open space, or off street parking or loading space required about, or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this title, shall be included, by reason of change in ownership or otherwise, as part of a yard, open space, or off street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
   D.   Reduction In Dimension Or Area: No yard or lot existing 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 established by this title.
   E.   Public Street Width: No private street or easement of access to a public street shall have a width of less than fifty feet (50').
   F.   Certificates Of Zoning Compliance: All articles of title 10 will be covered by a certificate of zoning compliance in the areas outside of the corporate limits of the village but within one and one-half (11/2) miles of those corporate limits. Fee structure for zoning compliance is as outlined in section 10-6-4 of this title. (Ord. 10-09, 8-17-2010)