Division 4 — LOT STANDARDS

9604. • Lot standards purpose.

The purpose of the following lot standards is to amplify and clarify the provisions of the development and special standards of each district.

A.

Required front, side, and rear yards shall be measured as the minimum horizontal distance from the property line of the site or street right-of-way line to a line parallel thereto on the site; provided, that where a specific street plan has been adopted by the city council, site area and required yards shall be measured from such plan line, and no provisions of this title shall be constructed to permit a structure or use to extend beyond such line; and provided further, that where a site abuts a street having only a portion of its required width dedicated or reserved for street purposes, site area and required yards shall be measured from a line drawn on the boundary of the additional width required for street purposes abutting the site. In cases where a highway line has been established as a dashed line on a recorded subdivision map, the front yard shall be measured from said line.

B.

No site shall have less than the required lot width as prescribed in the applicable district, except lots fronting on cul-de-sac or knuckle streets may have no less than thirty-five (35) feet of frontage.

Corner lots shall have extra width at least equal to the width of the minimum street side yard prescribed for a main structure in the district. In no case shall the lot width be less than eighty (80) feet.

The "staff" or fifteen-foot access strip portion of a flag lot shall be excluded when calculating the required area of such lots. In addition, the required width shall be measured at the center of the lot exclusive of the "staff" or fifteen-foot access strip portion.

If a lot or parcel of land has the required area, and after the creation of such lot or parcel of land a part thereof is acquired for street purposes exclusively, in any manner including dedication, condemnation or purchase, and if the remainder of such lot or parcel has seventy-five (75) percent of the required area, then such remainder shall be considered as having the required area, provided the remaining portion of said lot or parcel of land has an area of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet, or an area as is otherwise provided herein.

If a lot or parcel of land has the required width, and after the creation of such lot or parcel of land a part thereof is acquired for public use in any manner, including dedication, condemnation or condemnation or purchase, and the remainder of such lot has an average width of at least forty (40) feet, such remainder shall be considered as having the required width.

Except in the case of a conveyance for public use or as otherwise provided in this part, 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 division or conveyance the area or average width of any lot or parcel of land is so reduced, or a lot or parcel of land is created, which lot or parcel of land has an area or average width less than permitted.