(A) Exception to required lot area for residential districts. Any residential lot created and recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter may be used for any permitted use even though the lot area and/or dimensions are less than those required for the district in which the lot is located, provided:
(1) That the other requirements of the district are met.
(2) That no adjacent land or lot is owned by the owner of the lot in question.
(3) That no lot shall be so reduced in area that the required open spaces will be smaller than those established as a minimum for the district in which the lot is located.
(4) That any lot so excepted shall be no less than 50 feet in width at the street line.
(B) Lot area can be allocated once. No portion of a lot can be used more than once in complying with the provisions for lot area and yard dimensions for the construction of a proposed or the alteration of an existing building.
(Ord. 146, passed 3-2-1998; Ord. 230, passed 12-9-2014; Ord., passed 8-10-2021) Penalty, see § 153.999