(a) Use. No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, moved, or structurally altered except in conformity with the regulations of this chapter or amendments thereto, for the district in which it is located.
(b) Height and density. No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height limit or to exceed the density regulations of this chapter for the district in which it is located.
(c) Lot size. No lot shall be reduced in size so that the lot width or depth, front, side, or rear yards, lot area per family, or other requirements of this chapter are not maintained, except in cases of street widening.
(d) Yard use limitations. No part of a yard or other open space required around any building to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.
(e) One principal building on any lot. Every building hereafter erected, moved, or structurally altered shall be located on a lot of records, and in no case shall there be more than one (1) principal building and its customary accessory buildings on any lot, except in the case of a specially designed complex of institutional, residential, industrial, or commercial buildings in an appropriate zoning district, as permitted by Article I of this chapter.
(f) Building lot must adjoin public street. No building shall be constructed, erected upon, or moved to any lot that does not adjoin by at least thirty-five (35) feet a publicly dedicated or maintained street or on a private street that meets the standards of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Street standards as to maintenance, disclosure, and construction except as provided in Section 9-3040, Provisions for Landlocked Lots, Section 9-3047, Provisions for Ten-Acre Exempt Developments, and Section 9-4048, Provisions for Gated Subdivisions.
(g) Necessary repairs permitted. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent the strengthening or restoration to a safe or lawful condition of any part of any building or structure declared unsafe or unlawful by the Building Inspector, the Fire Chief, or any other duly authorized town officials.
(h) Water and sewer requirements. The lot sizes for the various districts in Article E of this chapter were drawn based upon the assumption that adequate water supply and sewage disposal systems are available to every lot. The lack of adequate systems for one or both facilities may require larger lot areas or, in some instances, not permit development as intended. (Ord. of 1/10/05; Ord. of 12/6/10; as amended by Ord. of / /; Ord. of 6/28/21)