Whenever title to two or more contiguous lots are held by the same owner, regardless of whether or not each of the lots may have been approved as portions of a major subdivision, or acquired by separate conveyance or by other operation of law and one or more of the individual lots should, by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness, topographical conditions, substandard area or yard space, not conform with the minimum lot area and dimension requirements for the zone in which it is located, the contiguous lots of the owner, for the purposes of this chapter shall be considered as a single lot and the provisions of this chapter shall hold.

Whenever land has been dedicated or conveyed to the Borough by a lot owner to meet the minimum street width requirement of the Land Subdivision Ordinance or to implement the Official Map or Master Plan of the Borough, the Construction Official shall issue building and occupancy permits for the lot whose depth or areas are rendered substandard in area only because of such dedication and where the owner has no other adjacent lands to provide the minimum requirements.