(A) Site area and dimensions; requirements and exceptions.
(1) Required front, side, and rear yards shall be measured as the minimum horizontal distance from the property line of the site or street right-of-way line to a line parallel thereto on the site; provided, however where a precise street plan has been adopted by the Council, site area and required yards shall be measured from the plan line, and no provision of this chapter shall be construed to permit a structure or use to extend beyond such line; and provided further, where a site abuts on a street having only a portion of its required width dedicated or reserved for street purposes, site area and required yards shall be measured from a line drawn on the boundary of the additional width required for street purposes abutting the site.
(2) No site shall have less than 20 feet of frontage, and no portion of a site within which a square having a minimum dimension of 35 feet cannot be inscribed shall be counted in determining the site area.
(3) On an irregular site, required yards shall be measured in the manner prescribed by the Director of Community Development.
(4) On a corridor access lot having a width that exceeds its depth, the longer dimension may be considered the depth for purposes of measuring front, side, and rear yards.
(5) On the site of more than one dwelling unit, the area of all vehicular accessways exceeding 100 feet in length shall be deducted from the total site area, and the number of dwelling units permitted shall be determined by dividing the remainder by the site area required per dwelling unit.
(6) If after dividing the area of a site in an RS, RM, OR, CS, CN, or CW District by the site area required per dwelling unit, a remainder equal to or greater than 90%, of the area required for an additional dwelling unit is obtained, one additional dwelling unit may be located on the site provided all other applicable yard, open space, bulk, and parking regulations are met.
('63 Code, § 10-5.2921)
(B) Nonconforming sites. A site having an area, frontage, width, or depth less than the minimum prescribed for the district in which the site is located, which is shown on a duly approved and recorded subdivision map, or for which a deed or valid contract of sale was of record prior to October 16, 1966, and which had a legal area, frontage, width, and depth at the time the subdivision map, deed, or contract of sale was recorded, may be used for a permitted use or a conditional use in the district in which it is located but shall be subject to all other regulations for the district.
('63 Code, § 10-5.2921.1)
(Ord. 417-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 519-C.S., passed 8-26-90; Am. Ord. 589-C.S., passed 2-21-95)