[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 2010-14]
On a legal lot of record which existed on the
effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto, or which
existed at the time of the application of this chapter or any amendment
thereto to the lot by reason of annexation, which does not fulfill
the regulations for the minimum lot area and/or width for the zone
in which it is located, a building may be erected, altered and used
and the lot may be used for a conforming (permitted) use, providing
the yard and other requirements of this chapter are not less than
the minimum specified for the zone in which the lot is located.
Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers, elevators,
bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers, or scenery
lofts, tanks, water towers, spires, radio and television towers, grain
elevators, or other such architectural and mechanical appurtenances
may exceed the height regulations, provided that the required setback
of the appurtenance is increased at least one additional foot for
each foot that the height limit is exceeded.
In the case of lots located along the circumference
of a cul-de-sac, the minimum lot width shall be measured (arc definition)
at the required minimum front building setback line and there shall
be provided a minimum front lot line width of not less than 50% of
the minimum lot width.
In any residential district, on parcels of 30
acres or greater where the Planning Commission deems it to be in the
public interest to require the dedication of land within a proposed
development for specific public purposes beyond those normally required
of the development, the Planning Commission may recommend the land
dedication and a corresponding reduction of lot area, lot width and
setback requirements to the Town Council. The reduction in lot area,
lot width and setback requirements shall be equal to the percent of
the development site dedicated to the specified public use, but in
no event shall the reduction be greater than 20%. The maximum density
of the zoning district in which the site is located shall not be exceeded.
Any land dedication or reduction in lot requirements considered pursuant
to this section of this chapter shall be subject to a final decision
of the Town Council.