Newtown City Zoning Code
§ B70-8.02
Lots with restricted or no street frontage.
A.
A lot in any zone existing as of December 14, 1963, having sole access to a street by means of an easement, right of way or strip of land, and a lot having frontage only on a private road or trail shown on a subdivision plan filed in the Newtown Town Clerk's Office which is not valid under the Newtown Land Subdivision Regulations effective October 2, 1967, may be used for uses permitted in the zone and permitted buildings erected, altered or enlarged thereon provided that said easement, right of way, strip of land, private road or trail is at least 12 feet wide and will permit unlimited access for owners of such lot and for all public utilities.
(1)
Lots other than those having frontage on such a private road or trail may be so used and the permitted buildings erected, altered or enlarged only if the lot has not been owned or controlled by a person or persons owning or controlling any other means of access to a street or a wider easement, right of way or strip of land at any time subsequent to December 14, 1963. If said lot cannot meet the area or minimum square requirements for the zone in which it lies it may still be used provided that it has not been reduced in area at any time subsequent to December 14, 1963, and did not and has not since said date adjoined other improved or unimproved land owned or controlled by the same person owning or controlling said lot.
(2)
The same requirements set forth in Subsection 1 hereof shall apply to lots having frontage only on such private roads or trails.
(3)
Said lots shall conform in all other respects to the provisions of these Regulations.
B.
In establishing front, side and rear yards for any lot without street frontage permitted in this Section 8.02, the front yard of any such lot may be considered located on that portion of the rear lot nearest to the street to which such lot has access or adjacent to whichever lot line is closest to a dwelling or other building existing or under construction on an adjacent lot.
C.
No building or other structure shall be constructed on any lot without street frontage, except those on private roads or trails, unless each such lot has its own driveway to the street which is constructed with an all weather surface capable of supporting fire apparatus or similar mobile equipment during all seasons of the year.
D.
Where property exists in a residential zone (one acre) capable of being divided into more lots than it has street frontage for, said property may be subdivided, pursuant to law, into three or more lots provided that no more than one rear lot shall be created for every two lots with street frontage and the area of the access strip of land may not be included in computing the area of the rear lot.