The lot or yard requirements for any new building
or use shall not include any part of a lot that is required by any
other building or use to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
No required lot or area shall include any property, the ownership
of which has been transferred subsequent to the effective date of
this chapter, if such property was a part of the area required for
compliance with the dimensional requirements applicable to the lot
from which such transfer was made.
Where a minimum lot size is specified, no primary building or use shall be erected or established on any lot of lesser size than as specified in §§
130-21 through
130-27, except as otherwise provided.
A. Exceptions to minimum lot size:
(1) The provisions of Articles
V and
VI shall not prevent the construction of a single-family dwelling in a residential district on any lot that was lawful when created and which, prior to the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendments thereto, and the effective date of any predecessor zoning provisions regulating the use of the land in question, was in a separate ownership duly recorded by plan or deed, and provided that:
(a)
Such lot is not less than 7,500 square feet
in any districts.
(b)
Those lots not served by public water and sewers
shall meet all requirements of the Borough and any agency of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(c)
The percentage of lot area covered by the single-family
dwelling shall not exceed 25% of the gross area of the lot.
(d)
The front and rear yards shall aggregate at
least 50% of the total lot depth or meet the normal requirements of
the district in which the lot is located, but in no case shall either
the front yard or the rear yard be less than 25 feet.
(e)
The side yards shall aggregate at least 30%
of the total lot width or meet the normal requirements of the district
in which the lot is located, but in no case shall either side yard
be less than five feet.
(f)
The lot is configured with direct access to
a public street.
(2) This exception shall not apply to any one of two or
more contiguous lots in single and separate ownership and of or subsequent
to the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendments thereto
or of any predecessor zoning provision regulating use of the land
in question in any circumstances where a combination of two or more
of the contiguous lots held in single and separate ownership would
create one or more lots which would conform to the minimum lot size
requirements of this chapter.
Where a minimum lot width is specified, no primary building shall be erected on any part of a lot which has a width less than that specified in §§
130-21 through
130-27, except as otherwise specified.
In all districts, no structure, fence, planting
or other obstruction shall be maintained between a plane two feet
above curb level and a plane seven feet above curb level so as to
interfere with traffic visibility across the corner within that part
of the required front or side yard which is within a triangle bounded
by the two street lines and a straight line drawn between points on
each such line 50 feet from the intersection of said lines or the
extension thereof. When one or both streets which form the intersections
are classified as collector or arterial highways, the sight triangle
bounded by the two street lines and a straight line drawn between
points on such line shall be 50 feet from the intersection of said
lines on the extension thereof.