(A) General. Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected on a lot unless such building, structure or enlargement conforms with the minimum lot area regulations of the district in which it is located. The “Table of Standards for Principal Buildings on Individual Lots” set forth in § 171.08 shall apply.
(B) Ingress and egress. Every lot shall front and have ingress and egress to and from the proposed building site from a dedicated street or right of way maintained by the town or other participating jurisdiction unless the lot is subject to the following modifications:
(1) Recorded lots on non-maintained dedicated town or other participating jurisdiction street or right-of-way. Where a lot fronts and has ingress and egress to and from the proposed building site from a dedicated street or right-of-way which has not been accepted for maintenance by the town and was a lot of record prior to the effective date of this title the lot shall qualify for an improvement location permit.
(2) Lots in subdivisions recorded after the effective date of the Subdivision Control Ordinance of 2001, which have streets or rights-of-way which are not maintained by the town or other participating jurisdiction but have met bonding or other proof of financial responsibility for their construction. Where a lot fronts and has ingress and egress to and from the proposed building site from a dedicated street or right-of-way which has not been accepted for maintenance by the town or other participating jurisdiction but the subdivision has been approved and recorded after the effective date of the Subdivision Control Ordinance, 2001, and which the street improvement has been bonded or other proof of financial responsibility has been provided, the lots shall qualify for an improvement location permit.
(3) Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected on a lot unless such building, structure or enlargement conforms with the minimum lot area regulations of the district in which it is located.
(C) Area, reduction of lot area. No lot area shall be reduced, diminished or maintained so that the yards, other open spaces or total lot area shall be smaller than prescribed by this title, nor shall the density of population be increased in any manner except in conformity with the regulations herein established.
(D) Area, principal main building on a lot. Every building hereafter erected shall be on a lot as herein defined. In no case shall there be more than 1 principal residential building and its accessory buildings on 1 lot. Row dwelling or group housing may be considered as 1 principal residential building.
(E) Area, lot coverage. The lot coverage of an accessory building or combination of accessory buildings shall not exceed the lot coverage of the principal structure (dwelling). An accessory dwelling unit shall be exempted for purposes of this calculation.
(F) Except for dwellings permitted pursuant to § 173.05, where a lot has a width or contains less area than herein required and was a lot of record prior to adoption of this title, such lot may be utilized for residential use permitted in R-1, R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, R-1D and R-2, provided yard regulations in § 172.02 are met.
(G) A through lot may be 2 lots. Where a through lot has a depth of 180 feet or more, and an area of 15,000 feet or more, the lot may be assumed to be 2 lots with the rear line of each approximately equidistant from the front lot line, provided all area requirements are complied with and both lots front onto a dedicated street or right-of-way. Accessory buildings shall not be located in either front yard.
(H) Lot coverage or accessory building. Except as hereinafter provided no residential building or structure shall be erected, enlarged, or reconstructed to exceed the lot coverage established for the district wherein such building or structure is located. See § 171.08, “Table of Standards for Principal Buildings on Individual Lots.” (Lot coverage in square feet divided by lot square feet = % of lot coverage).
(Ord. 2017-02, passed 2-20-2018; Am. Ord. 2024-08, passed 4-1-2024) Penalty, see §
175.99