§ 117-59. Exceptions to lot width, lot area and setback requirements.

(a)

Applicability. This section shall apply to residential zones R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 and R-6.

(b)

Exceptions to lot width and area requirements. On a lot of record shown on a plat or deed recorded prior to March 26, 1962, or where the lot is adjoined on both sides with lots with structures thereon or on a lot adjoined on one side by a street and on the other by a lot with a structure thereon, the minimum lot width at the building line and minimum lot area may be waived by the planning commission staff, providing that the intended structure is in full compliance with all other requirements of this chapter. In no case, however, shall a lot width of less than 40 feet be permitted or a lot area of less than 4,800 square feet be permitted, except in an R-5 area a lot width of not less than 20 feet and a lot area of not less than 2,500 square feet may be permitted when utilized for terrace or row housing.

(c)

Exceptions to setback requirements. Where lots comprising 40 percent or more of the frontage of any block have structures thereon having an average front yard with a variation in depth of not more than 16 feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall project beyond the average front yard setback thus established, provided further that this regulation shall not be interpreted as to require a front yard of more than 75 feet, and provided further that in case of a subdivision approved by the city planning commission with a front building line less than that required by zones R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 and R-6 then the requirements of zones R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 and R-6 shall be waived and said recorded building line shall be accepted.

(Ord. No. 3171, § 701.4, 3-26-62)