(a) Where the owner of property consisting of one (1) or more lots of record in any district at the time of adoption of this chapter or his successor in title does not own sufficient contiguous land to conform to the minimum area and width requirements of this chapter, such property may be used as a building site, provided that the requirements of the district are complied with, or a variance is obtained from the Board of Adjustment.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever two or more adjoining vacant lots of record are in single ownership at any time after the adoption of this chapter, and such lots individually have less area or width than the minimum requirements of the district in which such lots are located, such lots shall be considered as a single lot or several lots which meet the minimum requirements of this chapter for the district in which such lots are located.
(c) Every lot to be built upon shall adjoin, by at least thirty-five (35) feet, a public street or another public way, and no dwelling shall be placed or built upon a lot that does not adjoin upon a public street or another public way by the same distance except as provided in Section 9-3040, Provisions for Landlocked Lots, Section 9-3047 Provisions for Ten-Acre Exempt Development, and Section 9-3048, Provisions for Gated Subdivisions. (Ord. of 1/10/05; Ord. of 12/6/10; Ord. of 12/6/10; as amended by Ord. of / /; Ord. of 6/28/21)