A building may be constructed, provided the yard requirements are observed, on any lot which was lawful when created and which, prior to the effective date of this Chapter, was in separate ownership duly recorded by plan or deed. If there is single ownership of two or more contiguous lots each of which does not conform to the dimensional requirements of § 27-402 at or subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter, this exception shall not apply and the landowner shall be required to treat those two or more contiguous lots as one lot for purposes of these dimensional requirements, even if a reparceling or replotting could create one or more lots which would conform to § 27-402.
(Ord. 45, Z-§ 403, 5/12/76)