§ 74-619. In residential district.

(a)

In any residential district, notwithstanding the regulations imposed by any other provision of this chapter, a single-family detached dwelling which complies with the restrictions in subsection (b) of this section may be erected on a lot that is not less than 60 feet in width and no smaller than 7,500 square feet in area and that consists entirely of a single lot of record which:

(1)

Has less than the prescribed minimal lot area, width, depth or all three.

(2)

Is shown by a recorded plat or deed to have been owned separately and individually from adjoining lots of record at a time when the creation of a lot of such size and width at such location would not have been prohibited by the then applicable zoning ordinance.

(3)

Has remained in separate and individual ownership from adjoining lots of record continuously during the entire time that the creation of such lot has been prohibited by the then applicable zoning regulations.

(b)

Construction permitted by subsection (a) of this section shall comply with all of the regulations (except lot area, width or depth), applicable to single-family dwellings in the zoning district in which the lot in question is located; provided, however, that the following side yard requirements shall apply in place of the side yard requirements otherwise applicable:

(1)

The dwelling shall be placed on the lot so as to provide a side yard on each side of the dwelling.

(2)

The sum of the widths of the two side yards on each lot shall be not less than the smaller of:

a.

25 percent of the width of the lot; or

b.

The minimum total for both side yards prescribed by the bulk regulations for the zoning district.

(3)

No side yard shall be less than ten percent of the width of the lot and in no case less than six feet.

(Ord. No. 54, art. 8, § 8-101, 12-4-1958)