(a) Two or more parcels, lots of record or platted lots when contiguous and when held in common ownership may be treated together as a single lot for purposes of this Zoning Ordinance provided such lots are in the same district.
(b) Where a single lot of record, platted lot or parcel of land is within two or more zoning districts, it may be treated as two or more lots for purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, provided that each portion has the required frontage on a street or place and meets all of the standards for the district in which it is located.
(c) Where a lot of record at the time of the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance is less than fifty feet in width, the required side yard may be reduced to ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot. However, no side yard shall be less than four feet.
(d) Lots created prior to 1979 and held in separate ownership from adjoining and/or abutting property and less than the required lot area and width requirements of the applicable zoning district shall be deemed a buildable lot if all of the following apply:
(1) The lot frontage is not less than 45 feet.
(2) The total area of the lot is not less than 4,500 square feet.
(3) Over sixty-five percent (65%) of the properties within 300 feet of the same street frontage of the lot are the same or less than the lot in question and developed with a permitted residential structure.
Any lot not meeting current zoning requirements for the district in which it is located and not meeting the requirements of this section will be deemed non-buildable unless granted a variance by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. 147-2018. Passed 7-2-18.)