Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Where the owner of a lot consisting of one or more adjacent lots of official record at the time of the adoption of the zoning code does not own sufficient land to enable him to conform to the yard or other requirements of the zoning code, an application may be submitted to the board of zoning appeals for a variance from the terms of the zoning code. Such lot may be used as a building site, provided, however, that the yard and other requirements of the district are complied with as closely as in the opinion of the board of zoning appeals is possible.

No lot which is now or hereafter built upon shall be so reduced in area that the yards and open spaces will be smaller than prescribed by the zoning code, and no yard, court, or open space provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions hereof shall again be considered as a yard, court, or other open space for another building.

Where two (2) or more lots of record with a continuous frontage are under the same ownership, or where a substandard lot of record has continuous frontage with a larger tract under the same ownership, such lots shall be combined to form one (1) or more building sites meeting the minimum requirements of the district in which they are located. (1982 Code, § 11-503)