Code Section: 161 (a)

Subject: Criteria for topographic inaccessibility

Effective Date: 5/96

Interpretation:

   This Section states that no off-street parking need be provided for a one- or two-family dwelling where the lot on which such dwelling is located is entirely inaccessible by automobile because of topographic conditions. This exemption is NOT applicable for a normal case of a sloping lot with a developed street in front. It is necessary to determine what constitutes inaccessibility on a case-by-case basis but the following determinations may serve as guidelines. This is an automatic exemption that affects only one- or two-family houses. The variance procedure is available to consider the merits of all other situations.

The exemption APPLIED to the following cases:

(see pages 810 and 811 of former edition.)