ARTICLE V: APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS Section 5.1 Use No building, structure, premises, or land use shall be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, extended, enlarged, constructed, moved, or altered except in conformity with these regulations for the district in which it is, or will be, located.
Section 5.2 Building Height No building or structure shall be erected; constructed or altered that exceeds the height limit for the district in which it is located.
Section 5.3 Lots 5.3.1 No lot, even though it may consist of one or more adjacent lots of record, shall be reduced in size so that lot width or depth, front, side or rear yard, inner or outer courts, lot area per family or other requirements of this ordinance are not maintained. This section shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for public use. 5.3.2 When three or more lots of 10 acres or less in size are divided from a parent parcel, the length of any such divided lot shall be no greater than four (4) times the width. Lots served by Private Drives and Private Access Easements shall not include the driveway portion of the lot when determining the length-to-width ratio. The length shall be measured from the front property line beginning at the right-of-way and along the longer of the two side lot lines. The width shall be the horizontal distance between one side lot line and the other side lot line at the narrowest point providing the minimum building line required by the zoning classification.
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Lot Length = 500 ft. Lot Width =125 ft. Length to Width Ratio is 500:125 - or 4 to 1
Section 5.4 Yards No part of a yard or other open space required for one building shall be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building. Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for the ordinary projection of sills, cornices, buttresses, ornamental features, chimneys, flues, and eaves, provided such projections do not extend more than two (2) ft. into the yard area requirements.
Section 5.5 Minimum Distance Between Buildings The following minimum distances between buildings are required unless otherwise specified within this ordinance. 5.5.1
The minimum distance between principal uses located on the same lot or parcel: 5.5.1.1 5.5.1.2 5.5.1.3 5.5.1.4 5.5.1.5
5.5.2
Front to Front Arrangement Front to Rear Arrangement Rear to Rear Arrangement Side to Side Arrangement All other combinations
................................ ......................40 ft. ................................ ......................50 ft. ................................ ......................30 ft. ................................ ......................20 ft. ................................ ......................20 ft.
There shall be a distance of not less than twenty (20) ft. between a principal and accessory building located on the same lot or parcel.
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5.5.3
No accessory building shall be located closer than twenty (20) ft. to any common property line in any district except where specifically permitted in the B-1, B-2 and I districts."
Section 5.6 Number of Buildings Only one (1) principal residential dwelling is permitted per lot unless otherwise specified.
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