(a) Permitted Construction. Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by other provisions of this Zoning Ordinance on a prerecorded nonconforming lot which complies with subsection (b) hereof, the following may be erected only by special permit from the Planning Commission:
(1) In the R-2, R2-A, R-4 and R-4A districts:
A single-family dwelling.
(2) In the R-5 and R-6 districts:
A. On a lot with 3,750 to 5,000 square feet of area, a single or two- family dwelling.
B. On a lot with less than 3,750 square feet of area, a single-family dwelling.
(3) In the R-8, R-10, R-10A and R-0 districts:
A. On a lot with 3,750 to 5,000 square feet of area, a single-family, two-family or multiple-family dwelling with no more than three dwelling units
B. On a lot with 2,500 to 3,709 square feet of area, a single or two- family dwelling.
C. On a lot less than 2,500 square feet in area, a single-family dwelling.
(Ord. 2176. Passed 1-3-13.)
(Ord. 2176. Passed 1-3-13.)
(b) Definition. A prerecorded nonconforming lot is a lot consisting entirely of a tract of land that:
(1) Has less than the prescribed minimum lot size, width, depth or any combination thereof, for single-family dwellings.
(2) Is shown by a recorded plat or deed to have been owned separately and individually from adjoining tracts of land at a time when the creation of a lot of such size, width, depth or any conbination thereof, at such location, would not have been prohibited by any zoning ordinance.
(3) Has remained in separate and individual ownership from adjoining tracts of land continuously during the entire time that this creation of such lot has been prohibited by the applicable zoning ordinance.
(c) Compliance with District Regulations; Additional Side Yard Requirements. When the construction of a residential dwelling is permitted by subsection (a) hereof, such dwelling shall comply with all regulations applicable to specific residential dwellings permitted and regulated in the district in which the lot in question is located; provided, that the following side yard requirements shall be additionally applicable:
(1) The sum of the widths of the two side yards shall be not less than twenty- five percent (25%) of the width of the lot; nor shall the width of either required side yard be less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot.
(2) No side yard shall in any event be less than three feet in width.
(3) The width of any side yard that adjoins a public street shall not in any event be less than ten feet.
(d) Exception to Requirements of Section. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, any prerecorded nonconforming lot, as hereinabove defined, may be improved pursuant to the development standards of the previous ordinance, if commenced within eighteen months from the date of the enactment of this ordinance.
(1970 Code Sec. 32-75)