The minimum lot, yard and height requirements herein set forth shall prevail in all cases, except as follows:
(a) Existing Nonconforming Lots. A single-family dwelling may be constructed as a permitted use in any R District on a nonconforming lot if the following conditions are satisfied.
(1) At the time of the amendment (October 2, 1979) of this Zoning Ordinance such lot is in existence as a separate entity.
(2) At the time of the amendment (October 2, 1979) of this Zoning Ordinance the owner of such lot does not own an adjoining lot.
(3) The plan for the lot and for the proposed single-family dwelling shall be in at least seventy percent (70%) compliance with each of the following requirements for single-family dwellings as specified in the district in which the lot is located: lot area, lot width, rear yard, side yard and maximum building coverage.
(b) Height Limitations. Height limitations need not apply to church spires, cupola and domes, monuments, water towers, chimneys, smokestacks, silos, flag poles, radio and television towers, masts and aerials and parapet walls extending not more than four feet above the limiting height of the building.
(c) Front Yard Exception. If the twenty-five feet front setback can not be obtained, or if such setback would put the proposed structure out of character with other properties, then the following modification is accepted. Where forty percent (40%) of the lots of a block, on the same side of the street as the proposed structure, is occupied by buildings, the average setback of such buildings determines the dimension of the front yard in the block, but the maximum front yard need not exceed thirty-five feet from the lot line and the minimum shall not be less than ten feet.
(Ord. 6-00. Passed 8-14-00.)