[Ord. 672]
(a) 
Minimum Lot Area. Unless otherwise provided in this article, the required area of a lot or parcel of land shall not be less than 2,000 square feet.
(b) 
Area Accepted as the Required Area. The required area of a lot or parcel of land shall be not less than the area specified by applicable zoning standards except under the following special conditions:
(1) 
Subdivisions. Required area shall mean the area of a lot or parcel of land shown as a part of a subdivision for purposes of sale, when recorded as a final map or on file as a Record of Survey Map approved as provided in the Subdivision Map Act or the City of Avalon Subdivision Ordinance.
(2) 
Free-Existing Parcels. Required area shall mean the area of a lot, or parcel of land the right of possession of which, by virtue of deed duly recorded, or by a recorded contract of sale, is vested in a person who neither owns nor has right of possession of any contiguous parcel of property; provided that the deed or contract of sale by which such right of possession was separated was recorded prior to the adoption, by the City Council of the City of Avalon, of this title imposing the area requirements upon such lot or parcel.
(3) 
Parcels of Land Divided by Boundary Lines. Where a parcel of land, which would otherwise have been shown as one lot, is divided into two or more lots because of a City boundary line, required area shall mean the total area of said parcel of land.
[Ord. 672]
A corner lot or parcel of land subject to a street or highway easement for a corner cut-off, where the owner does not have the right to use the entire surface area of the lot or parcel of land, shall be considered to have the required area as indicated by the zoning symbol provided:
(a) 
The required area for said lot or parcel of land is less than one acre and the area included in the corner cut-off does not exceed 5% of the required area indicated by the zoning symbol; and
(b) 
The provisions of § 9-7.201 do not apply to said lot or parcel of land.
[Ord. 672]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, a person shall not divide any lot or parcel of land, and shall not convey any lot or parcel of land or any portion thereof, if as a result of such conveyance the area of any lot or parcel of land so reduced, or a lot or parcel of land so created, is in violation of the requirements of this article.
[Ord. 672]
If a lot or parcel of land has not less than the required area and after creation of such lot or parcel of land or part thereof is acquired for a public use other than for street or highway purposes, in any manner including dedication, condemnation, or purchase, and if the remainder of such lot or parcel of land has not less than 80% of the area indicated by the number which follows the zoning symbol, such remainder shall be considered as having the required area. If no number follows the zoning symbol, the required area shall be that designated in § 9-7.201.
[Ord. 672]
If a lot or parcel of land has not less than the required area, as designated in § 9-7.201, and after the creation of such lot or parcel of land a part thereof is acquired for street or highway purposes exclusively, in any manner including dedication, condemnation or purchase, and if the remainder of such lot or parcel of land has not less than 75% of the required area, the Commission, without notice of hearing, may approve a reduction of lot area to 75% of the required.