The provisions of this chapter shall be subject to such exceptions, additions or modifications as herein provided for in the following supplementary regulations.

All uses permitted in the village shall be in a structure having support by columns or by walls, as defined in § 262 2, and shall be sin accordance with the Building Code' requirements of the village in all other, respects and after a permit and certificate of occupancy have been issued.

No building shall be erected or altered and no lot area shall be so reduced that thereby the minimum dimensions of yards, courts or other open spaces shall be less than prescribed by this chapter, except where a practical and unnecessary hardship results.

In no district shall there be permitted any. show, exhibition or performance, circus, carnival, theatrical representation, moving picture shows, feats of horsemanship, caravan of animals, or of any animals or artificial curiosity, unless same are housed in a permanent structure erected for theatrical or show purposes in conformity with the Building Code of the village.

In no district shall there be permitted the erection or maintenance of carousel, Ferris wheel, gravity steeplechase, scenic cave or scenic railway, bicycle carousel, striking machine, switchback or merry-go-round, unless housed in an enclosed permanent structure erected for such purposes in conformity with the Building Code of the village.

[Amended 4-4-88 by L.L No. 10-1988]

A. The front yard or setbacks of any structure in all districts shall be the greater of:

(1) The front yard setbacks required in that district pursuant to the Articles of this chapter;

(2) The setbacks shown upon the Zoning Setback Map, as prepared by Carman-Dunne, Inc., which map is made a part of this chapter; or

(3) The average front yard setbacks of all existing structures on the block the parcel, upon which the structure is to be built or maintained is located and on the same side of the street as the subject parcel.

B. With respect to corner plots, such plots in the Commercial, Light Manufacturing and Industrial Districts shall be deemed to have two (2) front yards for purposes of compliance with the front yard setback provisions of this section.

The village may permit or erect, alter or use in any district any building or premises to be used for the housing of fire apparatus or performance of firemanic duties, or premises for municipal use or purpose.

The village may license for use in the Commercial, Light Manufacturing and Industrial Districts any lot or plot for public parking, for which parking a charge may be made, upon fee to be paid by the owner or lessee of said premises to the village, and said village may use for public parking, for which no fee is charged, any lot or plot in the village.

The Board of Appeals may, in appropriate cases, after public notice and hearing and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards imposed by the said Board of Appeals for the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the public, determine and vary the application of the use regulations contained in this Article established in harmony with the general purpose of the Zoning Ordinances and within the limits of the state enabling acts and the intent thereof, without the applicant being obliged to show practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship as follows:

A. Permit in the Light Manufacturing or Industrial Districts, a small animal hospital, subject however, to the standard and guide provision contained in this chapter.

B. In no district except Light Manufacturing and Industrial shall there be permitted to be placed in the open in any yard, lot or plot for storage any vehicles, materials or tools, nor shall same be permitted upon any such lot or plot where a building or buildings are to be constructed, unless a permit has been legally issued therefor and only for the purpose of such construction, but all such materials shall be fenced in.

The Board of Trustees reserves to itself the discretion, approval and authority to issue permits for the erection, enlargement or increase of buildings and uses for municipal uses or purposes and for public utility companies for public use, upon such conditions as it may deem necessary for the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.

No billboards or advertising signs shall be erected or maintained in the A, B or C District, and no billboards in the Commercial District. Billboards or advertising signs may be erected in the Light Manufacturing or Industrial Districts, provided that same are not more than fifty (50) square feet in area. All such billboards and advertising signs shall be three (3) feet or more clear above the ground and shall be ten (10) feet or more from any lot line. If not attached to the wall of the building for their entire length, they must be lighted on both sides, the lights, however, so arranged or shielded as not to shine into any building used for dwelling purposes in the vicinity of said billboard or sign.

Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by any other provisions of this chapter, the Superintendent of Buildings shall issue a permit for the erection of a dwelling for one (1) or two (2) families on any lot (except a lot in an Industrial District), separately owned or under contract of sale and containing, at the time of the passage of this chapter, an area or a width smaller than that required for a one- or two-family dwelling except that there shall be compliance with the front yard setback requirements.

No lot shall be so reduced in area that any required open space will be smaller than prescribed in the regulation for the district in which said lot is located, except as hereinbefore set forth.

[Amended 12-18-78 by L.L. No. 18-1978]

After December 18, 1978, on a corner lot in any residence district, no fence, wall, hedge or other structure or planting more than three (3) feet in height shall be erected or placed from a point twenty (20) feet from the inside sidewalk line.

Bay windows, including their cornices and eaves, may project into any required yard not more than two (2) feet; provided, however, that the sum of such projection on any wall does not exceed one-third (1/3) the length of said wall.

Open fire escapes may extend into any required yard not more than four (4) feet six (6) inches.

A. Where a residence district is bounded by a portion of a Commercial, Light Manufacturing or Industrial District, referred to hereafter as "business district," any side street extending through such residence district into such business district shall not be used for any business purposes except as herein set forth.

B. The business structure erected in said business district shall face and open upon the street set aside for business purposes, except that show windows in such business structures may be built and exposed upon said side street within the area set aside as a part of such business district, and an entrance may be made at the corner of such business and residential street; and all other entrances thereto must face on the business street, except that entrances may be made from such residential street to the upper stories of such business structure.

C. All front, side and rear doors of all such business structures must be and remain securely closed, except when being used to exit from or enter into such business structures. [Added 4-15-85 by L.L. No. 3-1985]

Where a lot in a business or industrial district abuts a lot in a residence district, there shall be provided along such abutting line a yard equal in width or depth to that required in the residence district. Such yard need not be in excess of ten (10) feet.

No permit shall be issued for a use which is prohibited or which is not expressly permitted in an amendment to this chapter or to a new Zoning Ordinance which has already been published, until such amendment or ordinance has been either defeated or adopted and ordained. In the event it is defeated, then if the use is permitted by the old ordinance, a permit shall be issued therefor, if the applicant has complied with all the code and other village requirements. If the use is prohibited by an adopted or ordained ordinance, then no permit shall be issued.

When the Board of Appeals grants an exception referred to in this Article, then it shall be guided in its determination and discretion by the same standard as is set out in § 252-115.

A.person, firm, association or corporation may, for the sole purpose of servicing the vehicle used in his or its own business with gasoline, maintain for such service not more than two (2) pumps and the tanks necessary therefor, such tanks to hold not more than two thousand (2,000) gallons of gasoline. Neither the pumps nor tanks may be installed inside the building but must be so located that they shall be wholly used and operated within the property lines of the building lot, the tanks to be serviced by vehicles without using the sidewalk.