(A) Minimum ground floor area. All new one-story, single-family residential units shall have a minimum square footage of living space on the ground floor of 1,200 square feet. All new multi-story, single-family residential units shall have a minimum square footage of living space on the ground floor of 900 square feet.
(B) Minimum width. All new single-family residential units shall have a minimum width of 18 feet.
(C) Nonconforming residential units. Where a lawful single-family residential structure exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this section that could not now be built under the terms of this section by reason of restrictions on the structure, such structure may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions.
(1) No such nonconforming structure may be enlarged or altered in any way which increases its nonconformity, but any structure or portion thereof may be altered to decrease its nonconformity.
(2) Should such nonconforming structure or nonconforming portion of structure be destroyed by any means to the extent of more that 50% of the area of the structure immediately prior to the damage, it shall not be restructured except in conformity with the provisions of this section.
(3) Should such nonconforming structure be removed, it shall not be replaced except in conformity with the provisions of this section.
(4) Should such structure be moved for any reason, it shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located after it is moved.
(Ord. 98-2, passed 3-16-1998) Penalty, see § 152.99