The lot or tract is part of a plat of record, properly approved by the Town Council of Highland Park, and filed in the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas, and has not been previously utilized as all or part of building site.

The site, plot or tract is all or part of a site plan officially approved by the Town Council of Highland Park, which site plan provides all utility and drainage easements, alleys, streets and other public improvements necessary to meet the normal requirements for platting including the designation of building areas and such easements, alleys and streets have been required and properly dedicated and the necessary public improvements provided.

The plot, tract or lot, which is a combination of previously platted lots utilized as a single building site and has not been diminished in area or dimension and which faces upon a dedicated street and was separately owned prior to the effective date of this ordinance in which event a building permit for only one main building may be issued on each such combination of lots or parts of lots without first filing a replat of the building sites involved which plat is approved by the Town Council as provided for in 18-100 a.

Editor’s note–The reference to “18-100 a.” above was changed from “17-100(a)” at the request of the Town.

The site, tract, or lot results from two (2) building sites that have been combined.

The site, tract, or lot results from division of a building site and subsequent combination with an adjacent building site.

For zoning districts B, C, D, E and F, no more than (i) two building sites or (ii) one building site and a part of an adjacent building site shall be combined to create a combined building site.

No combined building site created after August 22, 2005, may be combined with another building site. The building sites to which this provision applies shall be listed in Section 26-101 b., except as provided in Section 26-101 a.

c. The requirements of this section cannot be varied by the Board of Adjustment.