A. 
Whenever title to two or more contiguous lots is held by the same owner, regardless of whether or not each of said lots may have been approved as portions of a subdivision or acquired by separate conveyance or by other operation of law, and one or more of said individual lots should, by reason of exceptional shallowness, topographical conditions, substandard area or yard space, not conform with the minimum lot area and dimension requirements for the zone in which it is located, the contiguous lots of said owners shall be considered as a single lot, and the provisions of this chapter shall hold.
B. 
Whenever land has been dedicated or conveyed to the Borough by a lot owner to meet the minimum street width requirement of Chapter 518, Subdivision of Land, or to implement the Official Map or Master Plan of the Borough, the Building Inspector shall issue building and occupancy permits for the lot whose depth and/or areas are rendered substandard in area only because of such dedication and where the owner has no other adjacent lands to provide the minimum requirements.
Structures located on a corner shall be set back from both streets the required front yard distance, but in no case less than required in § 525-22.
Any portion of the roof structure above that which is used in measuring the height of a building as defined in § 525-6 as well as ventilating fans, air-conditioning units or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building and fire walls, spires, cupolas, flagpoles, chimneys, water tanks or similar structures may be erected above the height limits prescribed by this chapter but in no case more than 25% more than the maximum height permitted in the district.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Art. VII, Planning Board, of the 1973 Borough Code and which immediately followed this subsection, consisted of reserved § 99-36 (previously § 99-36, Board of Adjustment established, as amended, repealed 5-6-2004 by Ord. No. 725); § 99-37, Time limit on special use permits, variances; § 99-38, Former Zoning Board of Adjustment powers transferred to Planning Board, added 5-6-2004 by Ord. No. 725 (previously § 99-38, Applications to Board, repealed 11-3-1988 by Ord. No. 543); and § 99-39, Site plan approval by Board. At time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II), said §§ 99-37 and 99-38 were relocated to §§ 470-7 and 470-2, respectively, of Ch. 470, Land Use Procedures, of this Code; and original § 99-39 was repealed. Original § 99-40, Reviews and hearings, as amended, and § 99-41, Certified court reporter, which comprised original Art. VIII, Fees, that followed, were relocated to Ch. 470, Art. III, Fees, and to § 470-5, respectively, at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).