(A) Principal structures.
(1) All principal structures shall be located on a lot, and only one principal structure shall be located, erected or moved onto a lot in the single-family residential districts.
(2) The Planning Committee may permit more than one principal structure per lot in other districts where more than one principal structure is needed for the orderly development of the parcel. When additional structures are permitted, the Planning Committee may impose additional yard requirements or parking requirements, or may require a minimum separation distance between principal buildings. See § 155.07 for certified survey requirements if no subdivision.
(B) Existing substandard lots.
(1) A lot located in a residential district which does not contain sufficient area to conform to the dimensional requirements of this chapter, but which at least 50 feet wide and 6,000 square feet in area, may be used as a single building site, provided that the use is permitted in the zoning district prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(2) A lot located in a business or manufacturing district which does not contain sufficient area to conform to the dimensional requirements of this chapter may be used as a building site, provided that the lot is a lot of record in the County Register of Deeds office prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(3) Substandard lots granted permits under this section shall be required to meet the setback and other yard requirements of this chapter. A building permit for the improvement of a lot with lesser dimensions and requisites than those stated above shall be issued only after a variance is granted by the Board of Appeals.
(C) Roadway. All lots shall abut a public street or approved private road or way which is constructed to applicable standards.
(D) Minimum yard. No yard or other open space existing on the effective date of this chapter shall be reduced below the minimum required by this chapter.
(E) Conflicting allocations. No yard or other open space allocated to a structure or parcel of land shall be used to satisfy yard, other open spaces or minimum lot area requirements for any other structure or parcel.
(Prior Code, § 22.12) (Ord. passed - -2011)