Where there exist two or more adjoining and vacant lots considered either as a single lot or several lots under single ownership with dimensions smaller than that required in the zoning district in which they are located, the owner shall be permitted to join as one or more lots by submitting a request and plat of the proposed combination to the UDO Administrator and recording the change in the office of the Register of Deeds of the county provided these lots or the subdivision of these lots was recorded by the county Register of Deeds prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance; that the proposed permitted uses shall conform to the minimum side and front yard requirements set out in this Ordinance for the district in which these uses are located except that the minimum side yard requirement shall be 15% of the property width but in no case to be less than seven and one-half feet.
(Ord. 1695, passed 11-8-12; Am. Ord. 1838, passed 3-10-22)