(A) All buildings hereafter erected and existing buildings which may be reconstructed, altered, moved or maintained or enlarged shall comply with the area regulations of the zone in which they may be located.
(B) The lot area shall be that prescribed by this title and shall not be reduced, diminished or maintained so that the yard or open spaces are smaller than that prescribed by this title, and the density of population shall not be increased in any manner, except in conformity with the area regulations of the zone in which it is located.
(C) Except as provided in § 17.98.020, every building and structure hereafter erected, and every use hereafter undertaken in any zone, shall be located and conducted only on a legal lot which has been surveyed and had monumentation set (as certified by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor), and only within the lot lines of such legal lot. A building or structure may be erected and a use may be conducted across the lot lines of contiguous lots and legal lots, however, if the lots are owned by the same person or persons as an undivided and nonfractional interest; provided, that any such building or structure erected and use being conducted across any lot line shall be in accordance with the property development standards of the zone in which the lots are located and general conditions provided in this chapter as the standards and conditions apply to each lot, the lot line of which is so crossed, with the exception that the following property development standards and general conditions do not apply to those lots which do not constitute the exterior lots of the series of lots over which such building or structure is erected or use is conducted; yards and distance between buildings (insofar as such standards relate to side yards); lot coverage and walls, fences and landscaping (insofar as said standards apply to interior lots and lot lines).
(D) The minimum lot width and depth allowed in single-family residential zones shall be that described in the respective zone or Specific Plan land use designation. Residential zones and/or Specific Plan land use designations that require a minimum lot size of 200 square feet shall have a minimum lot width of 65 feet. In addition to the minimum lot width requirement, the R-1-7.2 zone shall have an average lot width requirement of 70 feet in residential subdivisions, the R-1-8.4 zone shall have an average lot width requirement of 75 feet in residential subdivisions, and the R-1-9.6 zone shall have an average lot width requirement of 80 feet in residential subdivisions. This average lot width requirement is also applicable to Specific Plans with similar land use designations, as determined by the minimum lot size requirement of that designation. Minimum lot size requirements falling in between the R-1-7.2, R-1-8.4 and R-1-9.6 zones shall use the minimum lot width and average lot width requirements of the preceding zone (9,000 square foot minimum lot size will use the R-1-8.4 lot width requirements). The lot width requirements stated above apply to all legally created lots in the city as described in § 17.64.015 (Lots- Single-Family Residential).
(E) The lot area coverage by single-story buildings or structures on legal lots that are 9,600 square feet in area or smaller, and do not otherwise satisfy the minimum lot area requirement of the residential zone in which the lot is located, shall not exceed 45% of the total lot area. The lot area coverage by two-story buildings or structures on legal lots that are 9,600 square feet in area or smaller, and do not otherwise satisfy the minimum lot area requirement of the residential zone in which the lot is located, shall not exceed 35% of the total lot area.
(`78 Code, § 17.64.010.) (Ord. 3291 § 9, 2018; Ord. 2850 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2428 § 4, 1999; Ord. 1864 § 2, 1987; Ord. 1544 § 1, 1979.)