Except as hereinafter provided, no building or part thereof shall be moved, erected, located, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or altered, unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height, to accommodate or house a greater number of families, to occupy a greater percentage of lot area or to have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards or inner or outer courts than is specified herein for the district in which such building is located.
No part of a yard or other open space about any building which is required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Zoning Code shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.
Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined.
The City shall be exempted from limitations or restrictions imposed by this Zoning Code on the use of any land or structure.
Essential services, electrical substations, gas regulator stations, telephone exchange buildings, public utility buildings, municipal buildings and equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by a public utility or Municipal department or commission for the public health, safety or general welfare, shall be permitted as authorized or regulated by law and other ordinances of the City in any use district, it being the intention hereof to except such erection, construction, alteration and maintenance from the application of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66.)