Except as hereafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected or located on a lot unless such lot conforms with the lot area regulations in the district in which it is located as shown in § 155.028.
(A) Lots of record, or lots sold by verifiable land contract, prior to the passage of this chapter may be smaller in area than the figure prescribed provided all other regulations of the district can be met.
(B) Except as provided by division (C) below, no improvement location permit may be issued for a structure or use on any lot created after the adoption of this provision which does not have 40 feet of frontage on an open, public accepted and maintained street, or a private street, which meets the private street standards of the Subdivision Control Ordinance. Except as provided by division (C) below, no improvement location permit may be issued for a structure or use on any lot created prior to the adoption of this provision which does not have frontage on an opened, public accepted and maintained street, or a private street, which meets the private street standards of the Subdivision Control Ordinance.
(C) (1) To achieve more creative planning and preservation of natural property features, pipestem lots are permitted; provided they have exclusive unobstructed private easement of access of at least 20 feet width to a road.
(2) However, two pipestem lots with no more than one dwelling on each lot may share a common easement of access of at least 24 feet width. The area of a pipestem lot occupied solely by the pipestem driveway or easement shall not be deemed to be a part of the required minimum lot area.
(D) There may be more than one principal building, on a lot provided all regulations of the district can be met. In addition, there shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet between residential structures and a minimum distance of 25 feet between commercial or industrial structures.
(Prior Code, § 153.029) (Ord. 93-02, passed 2-1-1993) Penalty, see § 155.999