(A) Prior building permits. Any building permit issued prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be valid, even though not conforming to the provisions of this chapter, provided that construction is commenced within 90 days after the date of permit issuance and that the entire building shall be completed according to the plans filed with the permit application within one year after the issuance of the building permit.
(B) Access to a street. Any lot of record created after the effective date of this chapter shall have frontage on a public street, except in the case of an officially approved group housing development as provided in § 153.059. Any one lot of record created before the effective date of this chapter without any frontage on a public street shall not be occupied without access provided by an easement or other right-of-way no less than 20 feet wide.
(C) Rear dwelling prohibited. No building in the rear of and on the same lot with a principal building shall be used for residential purposes except for watchpeople, caretakers, and domestic employees whose employment functions are related to the functions of the principal building, provided that all other requirements of this chapter are satisfied.
(D) Dwelling standards. All dwellings shall comply with the minimum square footage requirements of this chapter for the district in which it is located, and have a core living area with a minimum dimension of 20 feet by 20 feet within the principal portion of the building having exterior wall construction, unless otherwise provided.
(E) Required water supply and sanitary sewerage facilities. After the effective date of this chapter, no structure shall be erected, altered, or moved upon a lot or premise and used in whole or in part for dwelling, business, industrial, or recreational purposes unless it shall be provided with a safe, sanitary and potable water supply and with a safe and effective means of collection, treatment, and disposal of human excrete and domestic, commercial, and industrial wastes. All the installations and facilities shall conform with the minimum requirements of the County Health Department and the State Health Department.
(F) Sidewalks. All new construction, and all alterations to a site requiring site plan approval, shall trigger a requirement for the applicant to construct a sidewalk along all adjacent public rights-of-way that do not contain a sidewalk. This provision may be waived by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 146, passed 3-2-1998; Ord. 230, passed 12-9-2014; Ord., passed 8-10-2021)