HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Section Five of Ordinance 583 (General Regulations) ORDINANCE M.
AN ORDINANCE ADING ORI)INAxCp 110. 583 "ARTICULARLY
SECTION 5, "GETMRAL REGULATIONS"
13F IT ORDAINED By THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, Iowa:-
Section 1. That S*etion 5, "General Regulations" of Ordinance
No� 533 of the City Ordinances of the City cf Iowa, is
hereby specifically repealed and that the following shall be here-
Inafter known as Fection 5 of Ordinance No . 583.
"Section 5. General Regulations:
" (a) Except as hereinafter )rovided no building or r,.art
thereof shall be erected, conEtrueted, reconstructed, converted,
altered, enlarged, extended, raised, moved or used, and no land
shall be used except in conformity with the regulations herein.
prescribed for the district In which such buillding or land may be
situated and until a building -ermit has been issued by the Zoning
Enforcing Officer as provided herein.
" (b) Unless otherwise specified, no use shall be permitted
in any district, which is prohibited In any less restricted
district, and unless otherwise Provided, no use 'permitted in a
more restricted district shall be rrohi.bited in a less restricted
district ,
" (c) The principal building on a lot shall front on a
street or a public ;.lace.
" (d) No yard, or other copen sj?ace provided about any
building for the purpose of comPlyins with the provisions of this
ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open s1pace
for any other building, nor shall the lot area T.)er family be re-
duced in any manner except In conformity with the area regulations
herein established for the district in which such building Is
Located.
" (e) The depths of front or rear yards and the width of
side yards shall in all cases be measured from the lot line to the
nearest point of the adjacent building wall of the building under
consideration except in such cases where building lines as ro-
v1ded by Section 368.20 of the Code of Iowa, 1946, have been
established and In such event the depth of yards shall be measured
from said building line .
' (f) No lot shall hereafter be so reduced In area that any
required yard. court or other o,,,en s;,,,ace will be smaller than Is
prescribed in this ordinance for the district in which It is
located.
" (g) Nctmore than two (2) dwellings are permitted on any
lot tract, or of land until the same has been subdivided
in accordance with Chapter 409 of the Code of Iowa, 1946.
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" (h) No building in the rear of any -rincipal building, on
the same interior lot shall be used for residence pur,loses.
' (i) Each lot u.,or, which a dwellin6, Is to be erected or
enlarged shall provide a lot area )er family not less than those
, ecified hereafter-,
One-family dwellings, 5 000 square feet.
Two-family dwellings, 1.000 square feet per family
or 6,000 square feet.
Three through six-family dwellings : on c,-rner lots,
6,000 square feet plus 1,200 square feet for
each ramll�� above two and for interior lots,
6,000 square feet -•Jus 1 ,800 square feet for
each family above iwo.
Seven families and above , 1 ,300 square feet per family.
The above requirements shall not apply to hotels.
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Arr,� portion of €t building which is covered by a roof
and which is enclosed on three (3) or more si.dep shall t considered
as a part of the Iri ll,d i .
* k The owner of a corner lot may elect to front the princi-
pal building on such lot on either of the two streets upon which
the corgi lot abuts, provided that the principals entrance to such
building shall open can the street so selected. Where any such
election to manifestly eontrs7 to the established character or
welfare of the neighborhood, the enforaing officer shall thereupon
refer the case to the Board of Adjustments, herein; established, for
a decisionj as provided in Section 19 of this Ordinance.
*(1) No permit shall be issued for a dwelling, In a residence
district if the lot upon which said dwelling It! to 1�e erected has
lose than sus front yard width of R10 feat at the front building line
of the dwelling on the lot., excepting exiat%rW, lots not less than
forty ( s) feet at the front building line of the dwelling on the
lot as of tht date of the passage of this ordinance. "
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordi,na1 cee in conflict
with the, provisions of this amendment are hereby repealed.
.3set,je a 3. This ameadnont to lftenae No. 583 Of the City
rdinannee of the City of Ames, lama, shall be in farce and effect
from Rnd sifter its psa s so and publication as provided b-,ir lax.
Passed this lot day of November, 19".
YAY*r
Moved by NeCormloko aeeorAod by LaVlorit that Ordinance Vo. W tse
passed on its first readf, .
Voting Ay*t Cri f fi,thj Lowloro s oimiek, 14olleston, 'MacDonald, Moore
Voting Ways None
Moved by RacDonal,d, seconded by moll+eston that the rules be a%*-
pendedl, the aenoW and third readings omitted.# and Ordinance No.
660 placed can final pasW e•
Voting Ayos Griffiths LRwlor, McCormick, Nollosetan, cDonald* 1
voting s None
X,oved b,., oozes, seconded b. Mr,'".oraloks, that le eat No. 660 do
now pas .
Voting Ayoe Or .ffith, Lawlor, slles m, Nsabomld, Moore
Voting Xa7t 'gone
Chairman declared Ordinance go. 660 paa"� d.
I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance no. 660 was duly and
properly passed at n meting of the City Council on the let day of
November, 1948, and published in the Ames Daily Try on the 11th
day of November, 1948.
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