§ 203. Effect of district regulations

Except as otherwise provided in this code:

A.

No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated or intended to be used for any purpose, or in any manner other than is included among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted or conditional in the district in which such structure, land or premises is located.

B.

No structure or part thereof shall be erected, nor shall any existing structure be altered, enlarged or rebuild or moved into any district, nor shall any open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, site area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the district in which such structure or open space is located.

C.

No yard or other open space on one site shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a structure on any other site.

D.

Two or more abutting lots may be combined and used as though a single site. Such combination of lots shall be deemed to be a single site for all purposes of this code, provided, however, that there shall not exist on any part thereof any structure or improvement which depends for compliance with this code upon the same being treated as a single site.

E.

A lot, or lots, may be divided into parts, provided that each part is equal to or exceeds the minimum lot area requirements of the code, and so long as such parts are used as though separate lots they shall be deemed to be separate lots under all provisions of this code.

F.

No deed or conveyance of any portion of a site shall be made which reduces the site area, yards, off-street parking spaces or other minimum requirements of this code, without the prospective grantor and grantee first recording, in the office of the county recorder, a covenant for the benefit of the city agreement that such site shall continue to be maintained, operated and used as though a single site so long as any part thereof depends on the other for compliance with the provisions of this code.

G.

Any lot recorded prior to the adoption of this ordinance, any lot of record in any area heretofore or hereafter annexed to the city, and any lot affected by an action of eminent domain as described in section 1308 J, which are substandard with respect to the minimum lot area requirements of this ordinance, shall be classified as a legal substandard lot. The existence of a legal substandard lot shall not be deemed to change any other requirement or regulation pertaining to such lot. Except as provided under paragraph H of this section, no lot shall be deemed to be a legal substandard lot where such lot, at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, or upon annexation or upon being affected by an action of eminent domain, has a common side lot line with another lot under the same ownership.

H.

Where a group of legal substandard lots have common side lot lines and are under the same ownership, and have in the aggregate less than the minimum lot area required for the zoning district in which located, the aggregate of such lots may be continued to be used as a single legal substandard lot.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)