No principal building or structure shall be
built nor shall any existing building or structure be enlarged except
in conformance with the regulations of the Abington Zoning Bylaw as
to lot coverage, lot area per dwelling unit, lot width, front, side
and rear yards, and maximum height of structures, in the districts
as set forth below except as may otherwise be provided elsewhere in
the Abington Zoning Bylaw.
[Added 6-8-2015 ATM by
Art. 21]
No lot shall be reduced in area or frontage if it already has
or will be caused to have less area or frontage than required by this
section, except by a taking by eminent domain or a conveyance for
a public purpose. Such lots reduced in the area or frontage by a taking
by eminent domain or a conveyance for a public purpose shall be entitled
to the protections afforded by statute and in this Bylaw to lawfully
preexisting nonconforming lots. Further, if an existing structure
is rendered nonconforming as to setback (or more nonconforming as
to setback) by a taking by eminent domain or conveyance for a public
way or accessway or by the approval of a subdivision way for a third
party, said structure shall be entitled to the protections afforded
by statute and in this Bylaw to lawfully preexisting nonconforming
structures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the protections afforded
by this section shall not apply to vacant lots existing prior to the
effective date of this section which are less than 5,000 square feet
and/or with less than 50 feet of frontage.
On a corner lot, to provide unobstructed visibility
at intersections, no sign, fence, wall, tree, hedge or other vegetation,
and no building or other structure between three feet and eight feet
above the established street grades shall be erected, placed, or maintained
within the area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight
line joining said street lines at points which are 20 feet from the
point of intersection of ways or tangents of curves of rounded curbs,
measured along said street lines.
The primary apartment unit within an apartment
building shall have a minimum interior floor area of 600 square feet;
each additional apartment unit shall have a minimum interior floor
area of 400 square feet.
[Amended 4-7-2003 ATM by Art. 25]