(a) When authorized as a variance, a building may be erected or altered on any lot held in single and separate ownership on the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance which is not of the required minimum area or width or is of such unusual dimensions or topographical characteristics that the owner would have difficulty in providing the required open spaces for the district in which the lot is situated.
(b) Where two or more contiguous undeveloped lots are held in single and separate ownership, within a subdivision which has been duly recorded prior to the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, which lots are individually not of the required minimum area or width for the district in which they are situated, no variance shall be required for the issuance of building permits, provided such lots shall be developed or grouped in fractions thereof, as single lots, to provide the minimum lot frontage required for each structure.
(Ord. 81 (66-67). Passed 12-15-66.)