The regulations set forth in this chapter within each district shall be minimum regulations, and they shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as hereinafter provided.
(A) Regulations apply. No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, moved, or structurally altered except in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
(B) Lot areas and yards may not be encroached upon. No building shall be erected, reconstructed, or structurally altered in any manner which will encroach upon, or reduce in any manner, the yards, lot area per family, ground floor area of dwellings, or lot coverage provisions established and specified for the use and the district in which such building is located, or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
(C) Yards are separate. No part of a yard, 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 chapter, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
(D) No reduction in yards. No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of the ordinance comprising this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of the said ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
(Ord. passed - -1996)