A lawful nonconforming structure existing at the time of the
adoption or amendment of this chapter may be continued although its
size or location does not conform to the lot width, lot area, yard,
height, parking and loading, and access provisions of this chapter.
However, it shall not be extended, enlarged, reconstructed, moved
or structurally altered except when required to do so by law or order
or so as to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Once a nonconforming use or structure has been changed to conform,
it shall not revert back to a nonconforming use or structure. Once
the Zoning Board of Appeals has permitted the substitution of a more
restrictive nonconforming use for an existing nonconforming use, the
substituted use shall lose its status as a legal nonconforming use
and become subject to all the conditions required by the Zoning Board
of Appeals.
In any residential district, a one-family detached dwelling
and its accessory structures may be erected on any legal lot or parcel,
provided that such lot or parcel was of record in the County Register
of Deeds office before the effective date or amendment of this chapter.
Such lot or parcel shall be in a separate ownership from abutting
lands. If abutting lands and the substandard lot are owned by the
same owner, the substandard lot shall not be sold or used without
full compliance with the provisions of this chapter. If in separate
ownership, all the district requirements shall be complied with insofar
as practical, but shall be not less than the following:
A. Lot size:
(2) Area: minimum 4,600 square feet.
B. Building height: maximum 30 feet.
C. Yards:
(1) Street: minimum 25 feet; the second street yard on corner lots shall
be not less than 10 feet.
(3) Side: minimum 16% of the frontage, but not less than five feet each.