Modified dimensional regulations for legally created substandard lots of record

A substandard lot of record is not required to seek any zoning relief based solely on the failure to meet minimum lot size requirements of the district in which such lot is located. For any structure proposed under this section on a substandard lot of record, the following dimensional regulations shall apply:

• • a. Minimum building setbacks, lot frontage and lot width requirements for a lot which is nonconforming in area shall be reduced by applying the building setback, lot frontage and lot width requirements from another zoning district in the municipality in which the subject lot would be conforming as to lot area. If the subject lot is not conforming as to lot area in any zoning district in the municipality, the setbacks, lot frontage and lot width shall be reduced by the same proportion that the area of such substandard lot meets the minimum lot area of the district in which the lot is located.

  • b. Maximum lot building coverage for lots that are nonconforming in area shall be increased by the inverse proportion that the area of such substandard lot meets the minimum area requirements in the district in which the lot is located.

(Ch. 811(1), § 1(6.5), 3-4-2002; Ch. 1117, § 6, 12-18-2023; Ch. 1137, § 2, 6-16-2025)