The minimum lot size and building site size regulations set forth in this chapter for each particular zone shall be modified as follows:
(a) Where a public water supply and/or public sanitary sewer is not accessible, the Environmental Health Services Division may establish minimum lot size or lot area requirements for home site or new development in excess of, or less restrictive than, those otherwise set forth in this chapter, which requirements shall be based upon the area the Division determines to be necessary for the adequate provision of water and sewerage in the location and for the use requested. Under the provisions of Section 19 (Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the County Code, the Division has set a minimum parcel size of two acres for land use projects located on lands that rely upon an onsite wastewater treatment system. The Director of Environmental Health has the authority to issue variances to provisions set forth in the ordinance.
(b) Any lot or parcel of land in an agricultural or residential zone containing an area or dimension smaller than that required by the provisions of this chapter, which lot or parcel was of record in the office of the Clerk-Recorder on December 18, 1963, may be used as follows: one (1) single-family dwelling may be constructed on a parcel containing less than the minimum parcel size of the zone provided such structure complies with all the other regulations of the zone in which it is situated and regulations of other County departments, including water and sewerage requirements, and regulations of State or Federal agencies that have jurisdiction over the development.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014; as amended by § 2, Ord. 1497, eff. June 7, 2018)