Any 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.
In any residential district, a single-family
detached dwelling and its accessory structures may be erected on any
legal lot or parcel of record in the County Register of Deeds office,
notwithstanding the effective date or amendment of this chapter. Such
lot or parcel shall be in 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 not be less than the following:
A. The lot width shall be a minimum of 30 feet. The lot
area shall be a minimum of 4,000 square feet.
B. The building area shall have a minimum of 600 square
feet. The building height shall be a maximum of 30 feet.
C. Street yards shall be a minimum of 25 feet. The second
street yard on corner lots shall not be less than 10 feet. Rear yards
shall be a minimum of 25 feet. Side yards shall be a minimum of 15%
of the frontage but not less than five feet.