Substandard Lots of Record

413. Substandard Lots of Record No lot area shall be so reduced that yards, total area, and lot width shall be less than prescribed for the district in which the lot is located. No yard or open space provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall again be used as a yard or open space for any other building.

A lot smaller than the minimum area and width required by this ordinance, which was a lot of record on the effective date of this amendment, which is separately owned may be used for a single family dwelling in any RS, RL, RG, CL or CG district provided that said lot shall have minimum width of 40 feet and a minimum area of 3,200 square feet, and further provided that connection is to be made to a public water and sanitary sewer. In all zoning disticts where adjacent lots which are smaller than the minimum area and width required by this ordinance, which were lots of record on the effective date of this amendment, are held under the same ownership, they shall be combined to form a lot which meets the minimum requirements of the zoning district where such lots are located. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Ordinance to the contrary, a lot of record which was conforming at the time of passage of this Ordinance and which would be rendered nonconforming by the provisions of this Ordinance, need not be combined with contiguous land and shall continue to be considered conforming. The intensity regulations existing immediately prior to the passage of this ordinance shall govern such a lot. In all R Zones where a single household dwelling may be erected on a substandard lot in accordance with the provisions of this section of the Ordinance, one of the side yards may be reduced from ten feet to six feet provided that the side of the dwelling unit facing the reduced yard area is of firerated construction, designed and constructed to the satisfaction of the Building Official.