(A)   Where the owner of a lot of official record in any residential district at the time of the adoption of this chapter or his or her successor in title thereto does not own sufficient contiguous land to enable him or her to conform to the minimum lot size requirements of this chapter, such a lot may be used as a residential building site; provided, however, that, the requirements of the district are complied with or a variance is obtained from the Board of Adjustment.

   (B)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever two or more adjoining vacant lots of record are in single ownership at any time after the adoption of this chapter and the lots individually have less area or width than the minimum requirements of the district in which the lots are located, the lots shall be considered as a single lot or several lots which meet the minimum requirements of this chapter for the district in which the lots are located.

(Ord. passed 9-10-1984)

   (A)   The front yard requirements of this chapter for dwellings shall not apply to any lot where the average setback of existing buildings located wholly or partially within 100 feet on either side of the proposed dwelling and on the same side of the street in the same block and use district as the lot is less than the minimum required front yard depth.

   (B)   In that case, the front yard on the lots may be less than the required front yard, but not less than the average of the existing front yard on the aforementioned lots, or a distance of ten feet from the street right-of-way, whichever is greater.

(Ord. passed 9-10-1984)

   The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes not intended for human occupancy, monuments, water towers, observation towers, transmission towers, chimneys, smokestacks, conveyors, flag poles, radio towers, television towers, masts, aerials and similar structures, except as otherwise provided in the vicinity of airports.

(Ord. passed 9-10-1984)

   On a corner lot in any residential district, no planting, structure, signs, fence, wall or obstruction to vision more than three feet in height measured from the centerline of the street shall be placed or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street right-of-way lines and a straight line connecting points on the street right-of-way lines each of which is 25 feet distant from the point of intersection.

(Ord. passed 9-10-1984)