(a) The provisions of the Zoning Ordinance shall be held to be minimum requirements for the promotion of public health, public safety, and general welfare. Where the Zoning Ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or lands than is required by any other provisions of law, the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance shall govern and apply.
(b) No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed, structurally altered, nor shall any building be moved onto the zoning lot or within the same zoning lot, nor shall any parcel of land described by metes and bounds or any lot hereafter be created which does not conform and meet the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, except as provided for in Section 1161.05.
(c) No building shall, after the Zoning Ordinance is enacted, be erected or altered:
(1) To exceed the height;
(2) To accommodate or house a greater number of families;
(3) To occupy a greater percentage of lot area; or,
(4) To have a narrower or smaller rear yard, front yard or side yard;
than is specified herein for the zoning district in which such building is located.
(d) No parcel of land described by metes and bounds nor any lot shall hereafter be created which does not conform and meet the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(e) No land shall be used except for a purpose permitted in the zoning district in which it is located.
(f) Nothing in the Zoning Ordinance shall require any change in the overall layout, plans, construction, size or designated use of any development, the building, structure or part thereof for which official approvals and required building permits have been legally granted before the enactment of the Zoning Ordinance, the construction of which, conforming with such plans, shall have been started within six months of the enactment of the Zoning Ordinance and completed in a normal manner within a subsequent two-year period and not discontinued until completion except for reasons beyond the builder's control. All building permits, of which construction has not begun within six months of the enactment or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance are hereby revoked and void.
(g) Pre-existing uses shall be permitted to be continued on the following conditions. Except as hereinafter specified, any use, building, or structure existing prior to the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance may be continued; even though such use, building, or structure may not conform with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance for the district in which it is located, provided that such use, building or structure conforms to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance in effect at the time of such use, building or structure came into being.
(h) Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot except as otherwise provided in the Zoning Ordinance.
(i) No commercial or industrial establishment shall be permitted to create a continuous curb cut along its property line.
(j) All free standing principal buildings in any “C” District shall have a minimum floor area of 200 square feet. (Ord. 314. Passed 5-30-73.)