§ 185-25
Substandard original lots
- A. A substandard original lot having frontage on a street may be used for any purpose permitted in its zoning district, if such lot was shown on a recorded deed or plat entered into the records of land evidence in the office of the Town Clerk on the effective date of this chapter, or any prior ordinance or amendment rendering it substandard. However, where such substandard original lot has one or more common boundaries with another lot owned by the same owner or their or its affiliate as defined herein, such lots shall be combined in accordance with the provisions of § 185-26. For the purposes of this article, an "affiliate" means, with respect to a specific owner, any of the following:
- (1) Such owner's spouse or parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren or siblings (blood or adoptive);
- (2) A trustee of a trust for the benefit of such owner, or of any person identified in the immediately preceding clause;
- (3) A corporation, partnership, firm, business or entity of which the majority of the voting interest is owned by such owner, or any person identified in either clause above; or
- (4) A person who is an officer, director, stockholder (15% or more), trustee, employee or partner of any entity or person referred to in any of the clauses above.
- B. Any application for a zoning permit on a substandard original lot will be accompanied by a sworn statement by the applicant that after diligent inquiry of the facts, such lot has no common boundary with another lot owned by the applicant or their affiliate.