§ 167-28. Space regulations.

A. 

Existing small lots. Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by any other provisions of this chapter, the Board of Appeals may issue a special use permit for the erection of a building on any lot separately owned or under contract of sale and containing, at the time of the passage of this chapter, an area or a width smaller than that required for a permitted use. The minimum side yard requirements are reduced in a proportion to the reduction of lot width over the specified minimum lot width for the district. This provision applies only where the applicant owns one lot, not two or more.

B. 

Reduced lot area. No lot shall be so reduced in area that any required open space will be smaller than prescribed in the regulations for the district in which said lot is located. Wherever such reduction in lot area occurs, any building located on said lot shall not thereafter be used until such building is altered, reconstructed or relocated so as to comply with the area yard requirement applicable thereto.

C. 

Front yard depth. Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by any other provisions of this chapter, each dwelling hereafter erected may have a front yard equal in depth to the average front yard depth of the dwellings within 100 feet adjacent thereto on either or both sides, but no front yard shall be less than 40 feet nor need any front yard have a greater depth than required by the district in which it is located. If there exists no dwelling within 100 feet adjacent on one side, the minimum permissible depth shall be the average of the minimum depth for the district in which it is located and the front yard depth on the other adjacent side.

D. 

Reduction in rear yards. When a lot is less than the minimum area prescribed for the district in which it is located at the time of passage of this chapter or subsequent amendments thereto which may affect the area requirement of the particular lot, the rear yard may be decreased 1/4 of the distance that the lot depth is from that depth required to meet the minimum area requirement; provided, however, that no rear yard shall be less than 15 feet in depth except that an accessory building less than 210 square feet in area and 16 feet in height may be as close as six feet from the rear property line.

E. 

Corner lot transition. On every corner lot there shall be provided on the side street a side yard equal in depth to the required front yard depth on said side street.