Ordinance 2720-03 - Laserfiche WebLink

a. Public right-of-way; and b. Private roads, private primary access easement; and c. Minor portions of panhandle lots. 2. The area of any other easement is not subtracted from the net square footage of a lot. B. Minimum Lot Area—Shape. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, every lot shall be of a shape such that two lines, one equal to the required width and one equal to the required depth for the land use district, may be placed at right angles to each other entirely within the lot boundaries. Lot width shall be measured at the midpoint between the front and rear building setback lines of the primary structure, which structure does not include detached garages or other accessory buildings. C. Minimum Lot Area—Averaging in Subdivisions. In any formal subdivision or short subdivision, the individual lots of the subdivision shall be considered legal lots if the average of the areas of all lots in the subdivision meets the minimum requirement for the district in which the subdivision is located, provided: 1. That in the R-S zone, no individual lot therein shall be less than five thousand square feet in area or fifty feet in width; 2. That in the R- I zone, no individual lot therein shall be less than four thousand square feet in area, fifty feet in width, or eighty feet in lot depth; 3. That in the R-2 zone, the following standards shall apply: a. On lots without alley access, and on lots abutting a public alley where topography precludes vehicular access to off-street parking from the alley, no individual lot therein shall be less than four thousand square feet in area, fifty feet in width, or eighty feet in lot depth, b. On lots with alley access, except those described in subsection C.3.a of this section, no individual lot therein shall have an area less than three thousand square feet, be less than thirty feet in width, or less than eighty feet in lot depth. On such lots, the minimum lot frontage requirement shall be not less than thirty feet, and the lot frontage requirements of subsection D of this section shall not apply; 4. That lot area averaging may not be used to create lots for duplexes or multiple-family dwellings with less lot area than otherwise required by this title for the zone in which the property is located; 5. Not more than a thirty-five percent increase over the required minimum lot area for any single lot shall be credited in computing average lot area; 6. Common open space and/or common recreation areas provided within a subdivision shall be permitted to be included in the calculation of average lot area; 7. Environmentally sensitive areas placed in an environmentally sensitive area tract or covenant may be included in the calculation of average lot area, provided that no portion of an environmentally sensitive area may be included in the lot area of any lot containing less than five thousand square feet;