A lot of record which does not comply with the area and/or width of lot regulations of the district in which it is located on the effective date of this Zoning Code, or any amendment thereto which shall make the lot nonconforming, may be used as follows:
(a) If occupied by a dwelling, such dwelling may be maintained, repaired or altered, provided however, that the building may be enlarged in floor area only if the enlarged sections comply with all other regulations of this Zoning Code except lot area and lot width regulations.
(b) If vacant, the lot may be used as a site for a one-family dwelling only, provided that:
(1) All other regulations of this Zoning Code, except lot area and lot width regulations, shall be complied with;
(2) A required side yard for a lot less than seventy-five feet in width may be reduced in width from that required in the Schedule, Section 1211.09
, but shall be not less than five feet in width, and the sum of the widths of two required side yards on any lot shall be not less than twenty feet;
(3) A required side yard for lots with less than eighty-five feet in width but seventy-five feet or more in width, shall be not less than ten feet in width, and the sum of the widths of the two side yards on any such lot shall be not less than twenty-five feet.
(4) When the lot exists adjacent to one or more other lots on the same fronting street owned by the same owner on, or after, the effective date of this Zoning Code, the number of one-family dwellings which may be built on the combined area of these lots shall be determined by the following table schedule:
Minimum Total Combined Frontage of Adjoining Lots | |||
Number of Permitted One-Family Dwellings | One Lot | Two Lots | Three Lots |
One | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Two | x | 125 | 125 |
Three | x | x | 200 |
(c) If replatting of four or more adjoining nonconforming lots cannot be affected reasonably without resulting in an average lot width less than the minimum required for the district, the Planning Commission may recommend, subject to the approval of Council that such regulations be modified to permit lots of less width, but not more than ten percent narrower than required in the district in which the subdivision is located.
(Ord. 1989-212. Passed 11-16-89; Ord. 1994-71. Passed 5-19-94.)