No building shall be constructed on a parcel unless in compliance with all the area requirements in this chapter.

(Ord. 376 § 10-4-2 (part), 1967.)

Provisions of this title imposed on minimum parcel area shall not apply to a parcel of record or a parcel divided and conveyed by valid deed or written contract of sale, executed before the effective date of such provision made applicable to such parcel.

(Ord. 376 § 10-4-2(A), 1967.)

No parcel shall be reduced in area so as to be smaller than required by this title, nor shall it be divided to create parcels smaller than required by this title. If already less in dimension or area, it shall not further be reduced or divided. Unless served by a community water system and public sewer system available to each residential parcel, no parcel shall be divided.

(Ord. 600 § 6 (part), 1985; Ord. 376 § 10-4-2(B), 1967.)

The parcel shall have the minimum area required by the zone regulations for the particular zone. In addition to compliance with the minimum parcel area, any parcel on which dwelling units or rental units are proposed shall also comply with the minimum parcel area for each such unit required by the zone regulations. An increase in the number of such units existing on a parcel shall not be allowed unless the parcel area per unit can be met, exclusive of land used or designed for other than residential uses on the same parcel.

(Ord. 376 § 10-4-2(C), 1967.)

The parcel shall further have the following minimum area requirements:

A.

When the parcel is not served by a public sewer system, ten thousand square feet per dwelling unit;

B.

When the parcel is not served by a community water system, ten thousand square feet per dwelling unit;

C.

When the parcel is not served by a public water system and is not served by a community water system, twenty thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

(Ord. 600 § 6 (part), 1985: Ord. 376 § 10-4-2(D), 1967.)