A parcel of land designated as a separate parcel on a plat, map or deed in the public records of Cuyahoga County, and which does not comply with the area and width regulations of the district in which it is located on the effective date of this chapter, or of any amendment thereto making the parcel nonconforming after the amendment, may be used as follows:
(a) If occupied by a building, such building may be maintained, repaired or altered, provided, however, that the building may not be enlarged in floor area unless the front, rear and side yard regulations hereof are complied with.
(b) If vacant, the parcel may be used only as a site for a dwelling, provided:
(1) No adjoining parcel was owned by the same owner on the effective date of this Zoning Code, or such amendment, or other vacant land cannot be equitably acquired adjoining such parcel;
(2) All other regulations of this chapter, except lot area and lot width regulations, can be complied with.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)