Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Development allowed
Nonconforming lots may be developed with land uses that are permitted by the zoning district in which they are located, provided that all development occurs per zoning code standards.
- Lot line adjustment allowed
Lot line adjustments to nonconforming lots that do not increase the deviation between the existing nonconforming situation and the code requirement or create a new nonconforming situation are allowed.
- Merger area threshold5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Comprises less than five thousand square feet in area at the time of the determination of merger
From the ordinance
Nonconforming lots may be developed with land uses that are permitted by the zoning district in which they are located, provided that all development occurs per zoning code standards. ... If a development is proposed on a nonconforming lot and a contiguous lot or lots is owned by the same party as the lot on which the development is proposed, the city shall have the authority to require the merger of the lots to create a conforming lot, provided all the following requirements are met: ... Comprises less than five thousand square feet in area at the time of the determination of merger