(A) Legally established nonconforming lots of record. Any legally established lot recorded or any legally established platted lot recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter, having less than the required minimum lot area or minimum lot width required by the applicable district regulations of this chapter, shall be deemed a permitted exception to the minimum lot area or minimum lot width and may be used for any permitted use within the applicable district in which the lot is located, provided that all other development standards are met, and the lot must be in separate ownership and not of continuous frontage with other lots in the same ownership.
(B) Legally established nonconforming lot frontage or lot area resulting from acquisition of right-of-way. Any legally established lot in which the frontage of the lot or the area of the lot has been reduced below that which is required by the applicable district regulations of this chapter by the acquisition of right-of-way or access rights by a governmental entity shall be deemed a permitted exception to the minimum frontage requirements and may be used for any permitted use within the applicable district in which the lot is located, provided that all other development standards are met.
(Ord. 1221, § 1.03(d), passed 1-26-2010)